27. Juli 2019
Baku, AZE
Artistic Gymnastics
2019 European Youth Olympic Festival

"EYOF" - The European Youth Olympic Festival is held under the patronage of the IOC, and is the pride of the European Olympic Committees with 25 years of tradition. EYOF is the biggest and first top European multi-sport event aimed at young athletes aged 14 to 18. There is a winter and a summer edition, which take place in two-year cycles, in odd-numbered years.
Some 2,700 athletes representing 48 European countries competed in ten sports at Baku...

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24. Juli 2019
Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
Jahn's descendants in Germany welcome

The historical trip of the American descendants of the German father of gymnastics Friedrich Ludwig Jahn went for a week across Germany and found an extremely attentive, public and media interest:
<< Ernest John Rohr sen. and his 18-year-old son Ernie John Jr. as the great-, great-, great-, great, great-, great-, grandson of the "old man in a beard" stood deeply moved at the feet of their larger-than-life ancestor in the Jahn city of Freyburg on the Unstrut....

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11. Juli 2019
Berlin, GER
Artistic Gymnastics
Descendants of German Grandfather of Gymnastics Friedrich Ludwig Jahn looking for clues

<<  Seventeen years after this photo (2002), when Little "Ernie John" once smiled at his famous great-great-great grandfather, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn,now an almost 20-year-old descendant of the German "Father of Gymnastics" now follows his footsteps on a tour of Germany.
With his Rohr Family from Chicago / Illinois - the American line of the Jahn family tree - the tour starts at upcoming weekend in Potsdam, in the Jahn Sports Gymnasium, where Olympic champion and photographer Peter...

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7. Juli 2019
Naples, ITA
Artistic Gymnastics
30th UNIVERSIADE 2019 with strong Japanese Presence

The world sports games of the students have been held since 1959. This year's Universiade in Naples (Italy) is the 30th edition. It is attended by around 6,000 athletes from 118 different countries. After the opening ceremony on Wednesday (3 July), the gymnastics competitions have started.
Dominant performances were carried out by teams from the current Olympic host in 2020: JAPAN won both, the men's team competition in front of Chinese Taipei and Russia and is leading...

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6. Juli 2019
Troyes, FRA
Artistic Gymnastics
French Men's team beats Turkey and Germany

The French men's Team Tricolor realized an unbeaten host victory in a friendly triple meet in Troyes (FRA, department Aube). With 242,900 points, the French team won clearly with over 6 points ahead of the "shooting" nation Turkey (236,459) and with more than 10 points clearly before a young German selection (232,250).
Best all-around fighters were the two Frenchmen Julien SALEUR (80,200) - who is under contract with the German second division club TG Hanauerland - as well...

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