* f i g --: Today, July 27, marks the one year to go count down to the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London (GBR).
Traditionally figuring among the top sports on the Olympic Programme in terms of attendance and number of TV spectators, Gymnastics is still the cream of the crop when it comes to the Olympics. With Gymnastics events having sold out quickly during the run on Olympic tickets, fans will experience gymnastic...
At the 11th European Olympic Youth Festival in Trabzon, Turkey, the Russian boy's and the Italian girl's team won the team competition.
The young Russians successfully defended their team title in front of the Brits and the Swiss team.
On girl's side Italian trio won gold in front of Romania and the German team, while titleholder Russia came on fourth place only, without their best Grishina and Sidorova.
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Between the 24th and the 29th of July, the Yomra Gymnastics Hall in Trabzon, Turkey, will host the 11th edition of the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival.
More than 170 gymnasts of 38 European different countries will have a chance to experience their first competition under the Olympic spirit.
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* f i g --: Precisely 130 years ago on July 23, 1881, a convention was signed in Antwerp (BEL) establishing the European Gymnastics Union, today known as the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). The founding charter of the FIG was signed by representatives from Belgium, France and Holland; but it was Nicolas J. Cupérus of Belgium who was the association’s architect and original president.
To commemorate the event, the Royal Belgian Gymnastics Federation decorated the Cupérus monument...
The British Olympic Association (BOA) this week announced the athletes selected to represent Team GB at the 11th European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Trabzon, Turkey between 23-30 July.
GB will consist of 64 athletes from the six sports of athletics, cycling, gymnastics, judo, swimming and tennis.
The British gymnastics will include all around, team and individual apparatus finals.
The following gymnasts have been selected to represent Great Britain at this year’s festival....