17. Dezember 2017
Hanover, GER
Artistic Gymnastics
Kazakh team win at the IVth ZAG Junior Cup 2017

That's  a big thing, when you come home from your first international competition tour with a team cup:
The young talents from Kazakhstan proudly present him at the IV International ZAG Junior Cup 2017 on the pre-Christmas weekend in Vinhorst, Lower Saxony, near Hanover.
Although the lead of the physically rather petite quartet to the second placed TZ Bochum-Witten 2 (from Germany) with +0.50 points was only minimal, one sensed the targeted team selection...

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10. Dezember 2017
Hanover, GER
Artistic Gymnastics
PREVIEW: 4th International ZAG Junior Cup 2017

The fact that you need a long breath in the artistic gymnastics world is well-known!
This also applies to the establishment of new international competitions, like the 4th International ZAG Junior Cup in Hanover (Germany), the capital of Lower Saxony. With the announcement of the 4th International ZAG Junior Cup 2017 on December 16, the traditional "TuS Vinnhorst" continues its consistent and goal-oriented...

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10. Dezember 2017
Toyota City, JPN
Artistic Gymnastics
11th TOYOTA CUP 2017: 7 Titles for Japan

Reigning world champion Kenzo Shirai won the men’s floor exercise for the third year in a row at the first day of the 11th Toyota International Gymnastics Competition. The 21-year-old, who won both the floor and vault at the worlds in Montreal in October, performed his namesake “Shirai 3” technique, a double backward somersault triple twisting layout ranked as a maximum-difficulty H-level move, scoring 15.800 points in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture. Compatriot Wataru Tanigawa (14.600) was second and Canada’s Jeremy...

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6. Dezember 2017
Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
British Gymnastics coach Eddie van Hoof suspended pending investigation

British media reported, that Eddie VAN HOOF has been suspended by British Gymnastics as an independent investigation is conducted into allegations of misconduct. Van Hoof, men's technical director at the Rio Olympics as Britain won five medals, was UK coach of the year 2016.
In Rio, Max Whitlock won two golds and a bronze, Louis Smith took silver, while Nile Wilson won bronze. "The suspension is not a disciplinary penalty, and indeed does not imply any assumption...

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3. Dezember 2017
Split, CRO
Artistic Gymnastics
New UEG President elected: Farid Gayibov

At the 27th Congress of the European Gymnastics Federation (UEG) in Split, Croatia, Mr. Farid Gayibov of Azerbaijan was elected as the new president at the attended by the 50 member federations of the UEG. Gayibov defeated Slovenia's Edvard Kolar, 28 votes to 20. After George Guelzec (FRA), who held the post for the past eight years, Gayibov will become the 5th president of the UEG.

Gayibov, who was elected Vice President of the UEG's Executive Committee four years ago,...

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