Postponed by a year due to the Covid19 pandemic, the 19^th Asian Games 2022 began today, 24 September, in Hangzhou, China, where teams and individual competitors from 19 countries are taking part in the prestigious multi-sport event, including a high-profile artistic gymnastics team for the host nation.
Many top athletes have chosen to compete here rather than at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, where qualifiers begin the day after the Asian Games end....

After an unfortunate dismount from the uneven bars during the final World Championships training in Frankfurt, Germany's Emma MALEWSKI from Chemnitz suffered a foot injury in her left ankle. As a result the 19-year-old European Beam Champion (Munich 2022) from TuS Chemnitz-Altendorf will miss the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, where the German girls will compete on Monday for the longed-for Olympic qualification. Thus, Karina Schönmaier from Bremen, who trains also in Chemnitz, will join the World Championships team. Last...