After a marathon competition since Saturday morning 9.30 clock and after three subdivisions at a record participation of 31 teams representing 22 nations at the 19th International Junior Team Cup 2014 in the German capital Berlin - 12 hours later was this the the result:
After 2011 there is the second time a victory of a BRITISH Junior Team with 247.400 points, followed by BELGIUM (243.750) and the boys from JAPAN (242.759).
Behind of the...
Saturday, April 5 in Tokio it was the expected slugfest of Giants:
Again, invincible, the exceptional athlete Kohei UCHIMURA unveiled the all-around dream score of 92.898 (!), but on the heels was Germany's World champion's bronze medalist Fabian HAMBUECHEN, the only other gymnasts in the competition who broke through the 90-point barrier with a score of 90, 231 points and ranked second and the Japanese World's vice-champion Ryohei KATO (89.397) referred to 3rd place.
Because...
Kyle SHEWFELT (CAN) is among a stellar group of golden athletes announced as 2014 Canada's Olympic Hall of Fame Inductees.
The three-time Olympian, Kyle Shewfelt made a historic breakthrough at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens when he won gold on floor exercise for Canada’s first ever Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics. Shewfelt nearly added a second medal on vault, but missed out on the bronze in a controversial judging decision. Kyle Shewfelt's Olympic gold medal...
The Chinese gymnast SHANG, Chunsong is rumored to have a quad twisting layout included in her floor routine. A few days ago, a video emerged on Youtube of Shang performing a 3 1/2 twisting layout on floor.
If Shang successfully competed this quad twist at the next World Championships, the skill will bear her name in the Code of Points.
* Remembering: Last year, Kenzo Shirai from Japan became the first athlete of the world to perform...
Stuttgart's new signing:
On of the German top club of the 1st Artistic Gymnastics League (Bundesliga), the MTV Stuttgart - club of Marcel Nguyen actually makes serious:
The MTV engaged for the last (4th) competitionday of the spring circuit (19 April) the U.S. junior champion of 2013, the 18-years old Donnell WHITTENBURG.
The reason is: Stuttgart's top star Marcel Nguyen but also their foreign starters Daniel Purvis (GBR) and Igor Radivilov (UKR) are all prevented because...