The German Ambassador in Japan, His Excellency Clemens von GOETZE, received on the eve of the historic first senior men's gymnastics international competition the representatives of the two national gymnastics teams as well as of the Japan Gymnastics Federation, headed by its president Zenjiro YANAGI.
After greetings from the heads of delegation, Jens KRUEGER for the German guests and Chiozou SHINOHAROU, the team leader of the Japanese team, the Germany's ambassador also acknowledged the realization of this idea, which...

The perceptible quality of artistic gymnastics competitions specially at the highest national and international level depends, of course, first and foremost on the level of performance and the aesthetic presentation ability of the actors. However, equally high demands are placed on the evaluation specialists - the judges - when communicating the results to the outside world. Without their special knowledge and objective evaluation ability, it would not be possible to award any marks!
Therefore it is more than commendable...