HILFERUF aus Chemnitz!
Unglaubliche dreieinhalb Monate sind seit einer Spiegelveröffentlichung über angeblich "untragbare Zustände" am DTB-Kunstturn-Standort des Olympiastützpunktes Chemnitz vergangen, und "nichts ist mehr so wie es vorher war", berichtet die 15-jähre Deutsche Vize-Jugendmeisterin Lea QUAAS. "Wir verstehen nicht: Da reden einige über Psycho-Gewalt, die hier ausgeübt worden sein soll, aber was jetzt ist, ist viel schlimmer! Mit Spitzensporttraining hat das nur noch wenig zu tun, alle sind verängstigt, verunsichert und können nicht...
* The ranking of the Russian artistic gymnastics all-around championships for women was headed by three championship debutants after the first qualifying round:
The 3-time junior world champion (Györ 2019), Victoria LISTUNOVA (57.566), ahead of Vladislav URASOVA (56.299), followed by Yana Worona (55,199), also from the golden Russian Junior Worlds team. In the all-around final Victoria LISTUNOVA just got the upper hand and became Russian champion, although Vladislava URASOVA was able to shorten the gap with 57.365 points...
After the only 19-year-old defending champion Alexander KARTSEV had already fought an exciting duel with ex-world champion Artur DALALOYAN in the first all-around qualifying, and initially narrowly defeated with 85.198 to 85.331 points, he followed his opponent in the all-around final with 83.664 : 82.298 who had to cope with a fall on the parallel bars and so he successfully defended his championship title. The former national champion of the years 2014 and 2015 and current third in...
*fig-info--: The Japan Gymnastics Association (JGA) and the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) have agreed to cancel the All-Around World Cup scheduled in Tokyo on 4 May 2021, which was also set to serve as a test event for the Olympic Games in Artistic Gymnastics.
The Tokyo World Cup was initially planned to conclude the All-Around World Cup series, acting as qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Games, but the cancellation of the two earlier
Luxembourg's 16-time all-around champion of artistic gymnastics Josef "Josy" STOFFEL, died today at the age of 92. With five (!) participations in the Olympic Games between 1948 and 1964, he was also a special record holder in his country, took part in five World and six European championships: At the first continental championships in 1955 in Frankfurt / Main (FRG), he won the vault behind European champion Adalbert Dickhut (FRG) and together...