11. Juli 2019
Berlin, GER
Artistic Gymnastics
Descendants of German Grandfather of Gymnastics Friedrich Ludwig Jahn looking for clues

<<  Seventeen years after this photo (2002), when Little "Ernie John" once smiled at his famous great-great-great grandfather, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn,now an almost 20-year-old descendant of the German "Father of Gymnastics" now follows his footsteps on a tour of Germany.
With his Rohr Family from Chicago / Illinois - the American line of the Jahn family tree - the tour starts at upcoming weekend in Potsdam, in the Jahn Sports Gymnasium, where Olympic champion and photographer Peter...

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7. Juli 2019
Naples, ITA
Artistic Gymnastics
30th UNIVERSIADE 2019 with strong Japanese Presence

The world sports games of the students have been held since 1959. This year's Universiade in Naples (Italy) is the 30th edition. It is attended by around 6,000 athletes from 118 different countries. After the opening ceremony on Wednesday (3 July), the gymnastics competitions have started.
Dominant performances were carried out by teams from the current Olympic host in 2020: JAPAN won both, the men's team competition in front of Chinese Taipei and Russia and is leading...

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6. Juli 2019
Troyes, FRA
Artistic Gymnastics
French Men's team beats Turkey and Germany

The French men's Team Tricolor realized an unbeaten host victory in a friendly triple meet in Troyes (FRA, department Aube). With 242,900 points, the French team won clearly with over 6 points ahead of the "shooting" nation Turkey (236,459) and with more than 10 points clearly before a young German selection (232,250).
Best all-around fighters were the two Frenchmen Julien SALEUR (80,200) - who is under contract with the German second division club TG Hanauerland - as well...

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30. Juni 2019
Gyor, HUN
Artistic Gymnastics
1st Junior World Championships Artistic Gymnastics

The F.I.G. wrote about the first day of the very first Junior World Championships in history of artistic gymnastics in Gyor / HUN:
♦ Japan dominate on historic opening day of Junior Worlds

History was made at the Audi Arena, Gyor, Hungary on Thursday, 27 June, as the first ever medals of the FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships were handed out – and many of them were heading to JAPAN. They won the...

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30. Juni 2019
Minsk, BLR
Artistic Gymnastics
2019 EUROPEAN GAMES - Artistic Gymnastics

On Thursday, June 27 the Artistic Gymnastics competitions of the EUROPEAN GAMES started  in the Minsk Arena.
Both the men and women battled for a spot in the all-around and apparatus finals. The top 18 with a limit of 2 per country and the top 6 with only one gymnast per country advance to these finals. Spread over two subdivisions, Europe’s top gymnasts gave the best of themselves.
Russia’s David Belyavskiy, the

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