An important day in Albufeira (POR) today as the 50 member federations of European Gymnastics ("EG") got the opportunity to elect their choice of authorities that will guide European Gymnastics through the next 3 years, instead of 4 due to the postponement of this Congress after the covid-19 pandemic. 45 nations sent their representatives thus being allowed to cast their vote.

* In a DTB-press release today, the German Gymnastics Federation informs --:
The German youth gymnast Jukka NISSINEN (Eintracht Frankfurt) suffered a serious accident in a training accident at the Frankfurt performance centre at the beginning of September. The 16-year-old injured his spine and is currently undergoing in-patient rehabilitation. According to the Nissinen family, the possible consequences of the injury are not yet foreseeable. The son of Mauno Nissinen, who competed for Finland at the 1972 Olympic Games in...