The latest gymnastics news from around the world
The draw of the FIG Olympic competition has been conducted on February 24 at FIG Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. The three FIG Olympic disciplines (Artistic Gymnastics, Rhythmic Gymnastics and Trampoline) finished the double qualification system in January at the London Prepares series where the individuals …
Bulgarian press reports today that Jordan Jovtchev, top gymnast of the country and president of the Bulgarian Gymnastics Federation, might be unable to participate at the London Olympics due to injury.
Jovtchev qualified to the Olympics at the Visa International Gymnastics Test Event this past January, …
Since last year’s World Championships in Tokyo, the gymnastics community has been full of discussion about the new qualifying procedures for the 2012 Olympic Games, which, for the first time since 1976, involved more than one competition. At first, conversation centered on who exactly would …
Following the Visa International Gymnastics Competition this week in London, the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique announced the artistic gymnastics qualifiers to this year’s Olympic Games.
Qualification for the 2012 Olympics saw a new two-part procedure implemented, with the top eight teams from qualifying at the 2011 Tokyo World Championships and Tokyo event …
The Test Event that kicks off on Tuesday brings nearly 200 gymnasts to London – for very different reasons. While for some it’s just an opportunity to test the waters in the arena that will host the Olympic Games this summer, for the vast majority …
When the list of individual gymnasts qualified to the 2012 Olympics was published by the FIG the inclusion of Krisztian Berki came as a surprise to many. The Hungarian won the gold medal on pommel horse in Tokyo. However, the FIG qualification rules state that …
When the world’s top gymnasts compete for world championship event titles this weekend, more than medals will be on the line. For some, it will mean a ticket to next year’s Olympic Games in London.
FIG has established new Olympic qualification rules which permit event medalists …
The Olympic qualification process for all gymnastics disciplines changed this quad when a double qualification system was installed. In addition, FIG already makes a cut from the mid-quad full World Championships to the Pre-Olympics World CHampionships, capping the number of full teams allowed to compete to 24.
The road to …
Tokyo, Japan: With qualifications finished for women’s gymnastics , the joy and happiness of some teams was shared by individual gymnasts that saw how they qualified their country for the Test Event in January, where the final list of gymnasts going to the Olympics will …
Spanish top gymnast, Ana María Izurieta, won the All Around title at 2011 Spanish Championships this Saturday. Izurieta already won Spanish Cup a couple of months ago, and it is clear that if Spain wants to qualify a full team to 2012 Olympics, Ana María …