24. Januar 2012  
SUPHANBURI Province, Thailand  
Artistic Gymnastics

PREVIEW: 16th Asian Junior Gymnastics Championships

AGU- news--: January 24: Great participation to the 12th Junior Artistic and Trampoline Gymnastics Asian Championships 2012  which will be held in SUPHANBURI province of Thailand during the period 11-15 March 2012.
18 countries have confirmed their participation in the event, yielding an unexpected total of 348 participants and forcing organisers at the Thailand Gymnastic Association to change the location of both the competition hall and the hotel. Suphanburi Sports School and Songphanburi Hotel have been chosen to host the delegations...
So many of participants demonstrate the interest of Asian countries in promoting the sport of gymnastics and full of confidence to Asian Gymnastics Union who defied all odds and proved his intention to raise the level of gymnastics in whole Asia.

Participant countries:
* 18 Countries for Men`s Artistic Gymnastics:
Iran – Iraq – Kuwait – Uzbekistan – Korea – Japan – Singapore – Qatar – Vietnam – China – Chinese Taipei – Kazakhstan – Jordan - Sri Lanka – Malaysia – India – Hong Kong, China and Thailand.

* 15 Countries for Women`s Artistic Gymnastics:
- Iraq – Uzbekistan – Korea – Japan – Singapore – Qatar – Vietnam – Chinese Taipei – Kazakhstan – Jordan - Sri Lanka – Malaysia – India – Hong Kong, China and Thailand.

* 8 Countries for Individual Men Trampoline:
- Iran – Uzbekistan – Korea – Japan – Qatar – Vietnam – China – Kazakhstan.

* 5 Countries for Individual Women Trampoline:
- Japan – Qatar – Vietnam – China – Kazakhstan.

* Source: Asian Gymnastics Union