FIG President Prof Bruno Grandi recently presented Mr Uli Spieth, Director of Spieth Gymnastic, with a copy of the book prefaced with his De Arte Gymnastica; Spieth has been an official FIG partner and apparatus supplier for nearly 54 years. The gift is a token of the exemplary collaboration that has spanned multiple generations.
From its production site in Esslingen (GER) near Stuttgart, the company was swift to expand its export business beyond its own borders. In 1956, it...

One expected anything but a German double win at the 31st SWISS CUP 2009, but the championship coupling of Kim BUI and Matthias FAHRIG as Germany I proved to be the Swiss dream team at the end of the final and won with 30,400 points ahead of the Germany II team with Elisabeth SEITZ / Thomas TARANU, which could keep - with a breath of 0,025 points - the host-duo Ariella KAESLIN / Niki BOESCHENSTEIN (29,675) at a distance. The fourth place in this final was taken...