29. Januar 2016
London, GBR
Artistic Gymnastics
Big Honor for Max Whitlock

The British Gymnastics Federation congratulated its pommel-horse world champion Max Whitlock who has been named on the Debrett's 500, a positive endorsement and recognition of Britain's 500 most influential people.
The list has been carefully compiled by independent specialists with Max making the list alongside other sporting greats such as David Beckham, Lord Coe and Jessica Ennis-Hill.
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22. Januar 2016
Houston, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Junior Intern. TEAM CUP 2016

It was a successful start to the competition season for British junior boys team of Joshua Nathan, Joe Fraser, Tom Nicolaou, Hamish Carter and Giarnni Regini-Moran who recently won the International Junior Team Cup in Texas, USA.
The five strong team managed to score 254.350 to hold off an impressive Japanese team just .1 behind with 254.250. Host country USA finished in bronze with 250.850. In the all-around event won the Japanese Kakeru TANIGAWA with a total...

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16. Januar 2016
Kuala Lumpur, MAL
Artistic Gymnastics
NG Shu Wai gives positive influence for Malaysian team

Former Olympian NG Shu Wai from Malaysia has only been coaching the national women’s artistic gymnastic team for three months, but he has already made a big impression on them. National Malaisian gymnast Tracie Ang has given Shu Wai the thumbs up, saying she believes that his coaching style will only toughen and strengthen the women gymnasts to reach greater heights this year.
The now 30-year-old Shu Wai, who won a silver in the vault event at the 2006...

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15. Januar 2016
Baku (AZE)
Artistic Gymnastics
2015 successful year for Azerbaijanian Gymnastics

2015 was a very successful year for the national Azerbaijanian Gymnastics, as the country gained 157 medals during last year.
Rhythmic gymnasts could distinguish among the athletes, winning 81 medals overall.
Men’s Artistic Gymnasts comes next with 32 medals followed by acrobats scoring 15 medals.
Women’s Artistic Gymnasts won 11 medals, and, finally, representatives of trampoline gymnastics and aerobic gymnastics scooped 9 medals each.
Baku will host three World Cup series including Artistic Gymnastics in February,...

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9. Januar 2016
Lausanne, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
Mersin and Szombathely added as hosts of FIG World Challenge Cups

Mersin and Szombathely have been added to the 2016 International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) World Challenge Cups calendar for artistic gymnastics. The FIG Executive Committee opted to include the events on their calendar at their regular meeting in Lausanne in December, taking the number of overall World Cups in the discipline this season to 13.
Mersin, a Turkish city on the Mediterranean coast between Antalya and Adana, will host the penultimate event of the World Challenge Cup season with the...

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