Also the 54th NHK Trophy 205 was an event of great national importance in the year of World championships, because it was national trialsof qualifications for this highlight. Once again Kohei UCHIMURA dominated this competition at will; overall twice all-around had to be completed during the weekend. Uchimura scored at the end of these two days 184,250 points, followed by "Konami" club colleague Yusuke TANAKA with 181,325 points and Ryohei KATO ("Juntendo") with 179,850 points. At the parallel...

After nearly 20 hours of her journey yesterday from Halle, flying from the German capital Berlin with a stopover in Chicago, the world's oldest active artistic gymnast, Johanna QUAAS, now arrived in Oklahoma City safely and was warmly welcomed at the local airport by representatives of the "International Gymnastics Hall of Fame" (IGHOF).
Anyone familiar with the dynamic lady in her 90th year of live is absolutely not surprised that she naturally led one of its...