22. September 2014
New York, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Johanna Quaas was the Star of the 2014 Steuben Parade

Standing ovations and cheering in the stands accompanied the world's oldest active gymnast, the 88-year-old Johanna QUAAS from Germany on Saturday afternoon on the red carpet of the 57th STEUBEN PARADE 2014 by the Fifth Avenue of New York City.
In the hour-long Steuben procession, which is dedicated to the historic German-American cooperation annually since 1957, the agile inhabitant of the city of Halle (Middle Germany, near Leipzig), received the most and loudest applause for her parallel...

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17. September 2014
Berlin, Stroudsburg
Artistic Gymnastics
Johanna Quaas: The oldest active Gymnast of the World visits USA

At the invitation of the New York Turners and the International Gymnastics Training Camp in Stroudsburg (PA) the oldest active gymnast in the world, the German Mrs. Johanna Quaas, will visit the USA, this week. (> 2013: Guinness Book of World Records).
The reason is her active participation at the "German-American Steuben Parade" in the Fifth Avenue in New York.
Mrs. Johanna Quaas, who will celebrate her 89th birthday in 2014, November, will...

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6. September 2014
Obersiggenthal, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
German Women's team beats Romania to the very first time

With an international match victory in historical dimension the German women's national team of artistic gymnastics won for the very first time about the top gymnastics nation Romania: With 220.00 points, the gymnastics team Germany began after a closed team performance with just one point ahead of Romania by (219.050).
The host Swiss team finished third with 212.40 points. Romania's Larisa Iordache was the star of this international contest and best of the individual all-around with 58.95...

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6. September 2014
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG OPENS DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

f i g --: The International Gymnastics Federation (F.I.G.) has opened disciplinary proceedings against the American apparatus manufacturer, AAI (American Athletic, Inc.) based in Jefferson, Iowa, for selling unapproved gymnastic mats.
The violation surfaced at the recent gymnastic events at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing (CHN).
As required by current procedures, an on-site representative from the FIG-accredited testing laboratory in Freiburg im Breisgau (GER) systematically verifies equipment used in competition.
The 20cm landing...

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4. September 2014
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
Ukraine: Stella Zakharova Cup 2014 cancelled

The International Gymnastics Federation (F.I.G.) very much regrets to inform that the Organizing Committee of of Artistic Gymnastics Tournament tournament "Stella Zakharova Cup 2014" and the Ukrainian Federation have cancelled this international tournament, which would have taken place September 10 - 15, because of very difficult situation in Ukraine.
The worldwide FIG Community feels for the Ukainian Gymnastics Family during these difficult times and hopes that the situation in the country stabilises as soon as possible.
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