The German city of Freyburg (Saxonina-Anhalt) was the last residence of the German gymnast Friedrich Ludwig JAHN (1778 - 1852), who is considered the founder of the German gymnastics movement. In the city of his tomb sit competitions for everyone take place every year in August at the beginning of the 20th century.
Following the example of the Berlin Hasenheide, where Jahn opened the very first gymnastics place (Turnplatz) in 1811, gymnastic equipment is still standing...
* us gymnastics --: 2016 Olympic and 2018 World all-around champion Simone BILES of Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre, treated a nearly packed house to her gravity-defying gymnastics on the way to her sixth U.S. senior women’s all-around title at the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.
Biles, who was named women’s gymnastics Athlete of the Year, is the first woman in nearly 70 years to win six senior U.S. all-around titles!...
* us-gymnastics --: Two-time World medalist Sam MIKULAK of Newport Coast, Calif./U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, thrilled the crowd with high-flying skills and routines on his way to his sixth U.S. men’s all-around title at the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. Mikulak ties Makoto Sakamoto, who earned his sixth all-around title in 1970. With 86.750 in the 1st freestyle exercise and 87.400 points in the second, he left Yul...
"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...