10. Oktober 2024
Selzach, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
Maxi Gnauck, the former uneven bars queen turned 60

Maxi GNAUCK (GER)- who was the first German Olympic gymnastics champion to open the “Walk of Fame” of German artistic gymnastics in Freyburg (GER) with a stepping stone at the 100th Jahnturnfest in August - is celebrating her 60th birthday today in her adopted home of Switzerland.
Forty-five years ago in Fort Worth, Texas (1979) she became the last German all-around vice world champion and one year later in Moscow, the last German gymnastics Olympic champion...

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8. Oktober 2024
Leverkusen, GER
Artistic Gymnastics
The desire for artistic gymnastics events has increased ...!

After the attractive Olympic artistic gymnastics broadcasts from Paris, the first major international women's gymnastics event is coming up in Germany upcoming weekend:
At the 47th International Leverkusen Cup 2024 on October 12, nine teams from South-Africa and guests from seven European nations will compete for this coveted trophy, which was last year won by the Netherlands.
In the new Olympic cycle, it will be interesting to see which young gymnasts from the...

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5. Oktober 2024
Szombathely, HUN
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG World Challenge Cup Serie in the Olympic Year 2024

In terms of format, the FIG World Challenge Cups of the series in the 2024 Olympic year do not differ from the first four WELTCUPS with Olympic qualifying chances, except that they have no significance for the current Olympic qualification. Even before the fourth and final Olympic qualification with World Cup status in Doha (April 17-20), the so-called World Challenge Cup circuits begun at the end of March in Antalya (TUR), closely followed...

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21. September 2024
Vienna, AUT
Artistic Gymnastics
Gabriela Jahn new president of Turnsport Austria

The delegates of the 9 Austrian provincial associations elected the current Vice President Dr. Gabriela JAHN as the new President of Turnsport Austria today in Vienna at the association's ordinary meeting without a dissenting vote. The previous President, Prof. Friedrich Manseder, had previously stepped down after 14 years at the helm of Austria's sixth-largest federal sports association and was appointed Honorary President.
Bianca Franzoi, Thomas Dworak and Helmut Haderer were elected as the new Vice Presidents of Turnsport...

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30. August 2024
Paris, FRA
Artistic Gymnastics
When will ‘Para Gymnastics’ also become Paralympic?

You won't find ‘Para Gymnastics’ in the Paris 2024 Paralympic programme yet!
Nevertheless, the sport of apparatus gymnastics was included in the programme as an official international summer sport at Special Olympics International and was also introduced as an official sport at Special Olympics Germany in July 2020. At the "Special Olympic World Games" in Berlin / GER (June 2023), we also learnt more about the development status of this still young sport in Germany.
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