3. März 2023
Lausanne, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG Executive Committee reaffirms measures against Russia and Belarus

* F I G --:  At its first meeting of the year in Lausanne on 1-2 March 2023, the FIG Executive Committee decided to confirm the measures in force against athletes and officials from Russia and Belarus that were taken last year due to the conflict in Ukraine.
Unfortunately, the conflict in Ukraine, which started just over a year ago, is still going on. Considering the exceptional circumstances related to this conflict, the FIG Executive Committee has decided, based...

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15. Februar 2023
Potsdam, GER
Artistic Gymnastics
International Gymnastics Expert Margot Dietz passed away

Almost 3 months before her 92nd birthday, the former FIG gymnastics expert and international referee Margot DIETZ passed away peacefully in Potsdam yesterday (February 14)! At the side of the former German (GDR) federation coach and later president of the Technical Committee Women's Gymnastics of the World Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Ellen Berger, she did analysis work and worked as an international judge for many years.
Above all,...

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8. Februar 2023
Antalya, TUR
Artistic Gymnastics
European Gymnastics Championships 2023 in Turkey ...?

In view of the terrible earthquake catastrophe in Turkey and Syria and its traumatic consequences, the Turkish Gymnastics Federation as host of the European Gymnastics Championships planned for April 11 - 16 has not yet made any official decisions.
First of all, the national training camps for juniors and the preparation camps for elite athletes planned for February, were cancelled internally in Turkey.
!! N o t e :
According to the...

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24. Januar 2023
Lilleshall, GBR
Artistic Gymnastics
British Elissa Downie retires

Great Britain's multiple medallist at World and European Championships, 23-year-old Elissa Rebecca Louise "Ellie" DOWNIE has announced her retirement from top-level sport. Ellie retires as one of Britain's most successful gymnasts. She won 12 medals at World and European Championships in her career and represented the British Gymnastics team to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
2017 was arguably Ellie's best year; a year in which she became a major all-around champion - another first for Great Britain. This happened at...

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10. Januar 2023
Budapest, HUN
Artistic Gymnastics
Oldest Olympic Champion in the world celebrated 102nd Birthday

Yesterday (2023, January 09) Hungary's 5-time Olympic gymnastics champion, Agnes KELETI, celebrated her 102nd birthday  and remains the oldest Olympic champion in the world. However, this fact does not mean much to her. "You have to love life and always look on the bright side," she said in a press interview, that was her general attitude to life! Without it, Keleti would probably not have come this far in life. High-ranking representatives of Hungarian sport and the National Olympic Committee...

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