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European vision?
European gymnastics emerged from post-Olympic hibernation in mid-April in Moscow. The official title of this competition is quite a mouthful “The 5th European Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Championships”. The title of European AA champion has, however, been awarded since 1957 (WAG) …

Today was women’s podium training day at the European Championships in Moscow. The numbers show quite a huge discrepancy in WAG and MAG participation: Only eight federations were able (or willing?) to field the maximum number of four gymnasts for this competition- Denmark, Finland, Great …

Research by Sandra Schmidt
The German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) is dealing with serious financial problems. In 2006 the country’s second largest sports federation decided to rebuild its headquarters in Frankfurt. At the time, the original building was in such a state of disrepair that it …

The Spanish National Sports Council (CSD) decided to oust Jesús Carballo from his National coaching duties after an official complaint of allegations of humiliating and degrading treatment by a former gymnast. The information leaked to the Spanish media is confusing, with some media outlets citing …

After three Olympics marred by scandal, the FIG could be forgiven for praying to the gym gods for an uneventful Olympics. It nearly worked. The Olympics were wonderful with a lot of great gymnastics and some very exciting finals that showcased everything that is good …

It did not come as a surprise. Germany’s Philipp Boy, reigning European all-around champion and silver medallist at the 2010 and 2011 world championships, is retiring. The 25-year-old had already hinted he was considering retirement during the past few weeks and made it official at …

Introduction and translation by Nora Schuler

The dust has settled after the FIG elections at the Congress in Cancun. Bruno Grandi was elected for a fifth term. A good election for him. Not a bad one for Japan and Russia – they wound up with six …

The Swiss Cup is quite a unique experience. Ten teams of one MAG and one WAG battle it out for a whopping total of 100.000 US dollars in prize money and appearance fees in a competition that seems to have found the perfect balance between …

As expected the new FIG President is Bruno Grandi. By the way, that is just Bruno Grandi not Prof. Bruno Grandi since – as far as TAA knows – he is not actually a professor of anything at any university. He is a teacher by …

Delegates from 116 of the 131 FIG member federations will elect the authorities for the next four years at the 79th Congress in Cancun. 12 member federations – Albania, Botswana, Cyprus, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Paraguay, Poland, Seychelles, Syria, Tajikistan and Yemen – currently have …