* BG-Info --: Danusia FRANCIS joins the British Gymnastics Board to ensure the athlete’s voice is present in decision making. British Gymnastics Board announced that former British gymnast, Danusia Francis, has been named as the Non-Executive Athlete Representative on the British Gymnastics Board.This new role on the Board has been created to ensure the athlete’s voice is present in all decision making at British Gymnastics. Danusia will provide insight and specialist knowledge from a gymnasts’ perspective with first-hand experience...
FRANCE in front of host Germany, Italy, Switzerland and USA was the team ranking at the at the head of a large field of participants of the 2022 International Junior Team Cup in Berlin / Germany, last weekend. A total of 28 teams from 19 different nations took part.
France was the strongest and most balanced team and won by a clear margin. Behind them there were only slight differences in the next team places ... ►...
* ighof --: Six gymnastics legends will be honored at the 25th annual "International Gymnastics Hall of Fame" (IGHOF) ceremony on Saturday, June, 04, 2022, at the Petroleum Club in Oklahoma City.
“The 2022 IGHOF honorees include some of the most successful and inspiring gymnasts in the history of our sport, so this year’s ceremony promises to be especially exciting and uplifting,” said Bart Conner, Chairman of the IGHOF board.
As has just become known, 2022 on March 6th, a few months before her 90th birthday, Hungary's two-time Olympic champion and eight-time Olympic medalist, Margit KORONDI, passed away in her adopted home of Las Vegas (USA).
With a total of 8 Olympic medals and 2 Olympic games, Margit Korondi is one of the most successful Hungarian gymnasts of all time. Korondi was born on June 24, 1932,
* f i g --: The Olympic qualification systems for ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS, RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS and TRAMPOLINE GYMNASTICS for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have now been published following approval by the Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) earlier this month:
A total of 318 athletes (192 in artistic gymnastics, 94 in gymnastics and 32 in trampoline) will compete for the medals in the French capital. With the qualification process set to begin in...