30. Juni 2016
Saint Louis (Mo.), USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Simone Biles won national all-around title again

Three-time World all-around champion Simone BILES of Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre, became the first woman since 1974 to win four consecutive senior women’s all-around titles at the 2016 P&G Gymnastics Championships at the Saint Louis (Mo.) University’s Chaifetz Arena.
Performances at the P&G Championships determined the 15 women who will compete at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics in San Jose, Calif.
< Biles, the first woman to win four-straight U.S. titles since Joan Moore...

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15. Juni 2016
Berlin, GER
Artistic Gymnastics
2022 edition of the multi-sport event confirmed

The European Sports Federation members of the European Championships Board have confirmed their intentions to take part in the 2022 edition of the multi-sport event.
The Board members of the European Sports Federations of athletics (European Athletics), swimming (LEN), cycling (UEC), GYMNASTICS (UEG), rowing (FISA), triathlon (ETU) and golf (ET & LET) all committed in principle to participating in 2022 after preliminary discussions on the host venue selection process for future editions of the championships, and...

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6. Juni 2016
Tokyo, JPN
Artistic Gymnastics
Japanese Olympic Trials and Qualification.

70th All Japan Final Round competition and national qualification for 2016 Olympic Games was held Sunday, June 05, in the Japanese capital Tokyo.
Of course top-star Kohei Uchimura is already selected, and after than four more names of team members for the Olympic selection in Rio de Janeiro were named:
Uchimura, who has won a record seven Olympic or World all-around titles, is set for his third Olympics. He can become the first gymnast to repeat as Olympic all-around...

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6. Juni 2016
Hartford, CT/USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Sam Mikulak won fourth straight US All-around title

Sam Mikulak won his fourth straight P&G Championships all-around title and took another step toward his second Olympic team on Sunday, June 05.
Mikulak totaled 181.500 points in the cuty of Hartford, Connecticut's capital, winning by 1.65 points over Chris Brooks, a 2012 Olympic alternate making his last push for a first Olympics. So Mikulak is the first man to win four straight U.S. all-around titles since Blaine Wilson in 2000 and the fifth overall. Jacob Dalton, another 2012 Olympian, was third, 2.5...

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5. Juni 2016
Boehlen, GER
Artistic Gymnastics
90-year-old pensioner skydives in honour of the Queen’s birthday

A woman who recently won the title as "the oldest gymnast in the world" in the "Guinness Book of World Records" has done a parachute jump in honour of the Queen’s 90th birthday. Johanna Quaas, 90, jumped from a plane on Sunday morning near Leipzig in Germany. Mrs Quass appeared to be unfazed by the jump and smiled for cameras after she landed. it is not the first time she has been noticed for her youthful, sporty ways. Mrs Quass...

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