Many countries and regions are facing the problem of rapidly increasing social security costs due to an ageing society. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) set up the "Ageing Society Working Team" in 2022 with the aim of proving that social security costs can be reduced if older people practice gymnastics.
The 53^rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships will be held in Jakarta in October this year. On this occasion, the FIG, in collaboration with the Indonesian Government,...

Just one week before her 104^th birthday, Hungary's five-time Olympic champion Agnes KELETI fell asleep peacefully on New Year's Day after a short illness. Until then, she was the most successful Jewish sportswoman and also the longest-living Olympic champion in sporting history. The gymnast won her last Olympic gold on the balance beam in Melbourne in 1956. She had previously become world champion on the uneven bars in Budapest in...