24. Januar 2018
Lansing, Michigan
Artistic Gymnastics
175 years in prison for former US gymnastics doctor Nassar

After hearing of more than 160 girls and women in Lansing, Michigan /USA, including senior Olympic gymnasts such as Simone Biles, the former team doctor of the US Gymnastics Federation Larry Nassar sentenced him to 40-175 years in prison. After seven days of listening to more than 160 girls, women and parents describe the impact of his sexual abuse, disgraced gymnastics physician Larry Nassar turned to the courtroom...

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21. Januar 2018
Houston, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Japanese Juniors won the III. International Team Cup

Japan's national junior selection (U 18) won the team rating of the 3rd International Junior Team Cup in Houston / Texas with a score of  244.90 points ahead of Great Britain (241.550) and the host USA (234.650). A total of seven teams were involved (- up to 17 years). After ranking 5th in the previous year, Germany's juniors came on fourth (231,400), ahead of Canada (227,050), France (224,950) and Australia (221,700).
The Japanese team winners also...

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19. Januar 2018
Pavia, ITA
Artistic Gymnastics
Carla Marangoni - Oldest Italian Olympian past away

Italian Carla MARANGONI, who won a silver at the 1928 Games and was the oldest living Olympic medallist, has died at the age of 102 years, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said yesterday (Saturday, Jan 18). Marangoni, who competed in artistic gymnastics, was the only surviving participant of the1928 Olympic Summer Games in Amsterdam where she competed aged 12 in the Italien women's gymnastics team as one of the youngest Olympic participant...

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18. Januar 2018
Lausanne, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
New President Farid Gayibov chairs first UEG Meeting

U E G --: From Thursday till Saturday (January 18 - 20), Farid Gayibov (AZE), who became the fifth president of the UEG, will lead his first President’s Board and Executive Committee meetings assisted by General Director Lisa Worthmann (GER). At the 27th Congress in December 2017 in Split (CRO), the UEG’s 50 member Federations elected the new authorities who

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16. Januar 2018
Lausanne, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
UEG presents: European Gymnasts of 2017

U E G --: Aiming to put also the European gymnasts in the spotlight where they belong, the Union of European Gymnastics (UEG) organised its first ever ‘European Gymnast of the Year’ elections. All 50 member Federations and the eight UEG Technical Committees were invited to nominate their favourites. A selection was made and put online open for everyone to vote over a period of...

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