29. September 2020
Zhaoqing, CHN
Artistic Gymnastics
Chinese Nationals 2020 in the Corona Year 2020

The Chinese National Artistic Gymnastics Championships, originally planned for spring, have now been moved to the period September 18-28 and to the city of Zhaoqing in the Guandong Province.
♦ In the men's competition, last year's World Cup fifth, SUN Wei, won the all-around title with 85,400 points and relegated the leading ex-world champions of 2017 (Montreal), XIAO, Ruoteng (83,950), to second place. Bronze went to DENG, Shudi, followed by LIN, Chaopan in 4th place ...:
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23. September 2020
Takasaki, JPN
Artistic Gymnastics
All Japan Gymnastics Championships 2020

A year after being left off the World Championship team, nothing could derail Mai MURAKAMI as she proved that she is still the best female gymnast in Japan at the 2020 All Japan Championships of Artistic Gymnastics in Takasaki. New national all-around  Japanese Champion on men's side is Kazuma KAYA ...:

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14. September 2020
Neuoettingen, GER
Artistic Gymnastics
Oldest German Olympian Hans Pfann celebrates his 100th Birthday

Today Hans PFANN from Bavaria in Germany celebrates his 100th birthday as the oldest German olympian!
Hans Pfann represented the team of Western Germany (FRG) at two editions of the Olympics: 1952 in Helsinki and 1956 in Melbourne, and came up just short of a medal, in fourth and fifth place respectively, in the team all-around both times. Individually, Hans Pfann's best performance was in the still rings at the 1952 edition, where he placed 18th.
1953,...

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12. September 2020
Lausanne, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
The Gymnastics Ethics Foundation publishes its first annual report

* f i g --: The Gymnastics Ethics Foundation (GEF) was founded in January 2019 by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), the world governing body for the sport of gymnastics with 148 member national federations. It now operates independently to ensure that violations of FIG rules, policies, and procedures, including ethical breaches, are handled in an unbiased way.
 

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2. September 2020
Kiev, UKR
Artistic Gymnastics
Nina BOCHAROVA, the first Ukrainian Olympic Champion died with 95

Nina BOCHAROVA, first Olympic balance beam champion, died at 95 on August 29.
The born Ukrainian Nina BOCHAROVA, who won the first Olympic balance beam competition among four medals for the Soviet Union at the 1952 Helsinki Games, died on Monday, August 29, at age 95, according to the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and Ukraine’s Olympic Committee.
Bocharova, of Ukraine, was part of the Soviet Union’s first Olympic...

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