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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) …
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 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 …
Based on scores tracked throughout 2012, The All Around has compiled a list of best total and D scores for the year.
Methodology: All Around Total and D scores are from a single competition, rather than combining the highest individual event scores from different competitions. Due to …
Maria Livchikova and Oleg Vernayev took the all-around titles at the Ukrainian Championships, held 12-16 June in Kirovograd. Livchikova, who suffered a knee injury in training at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, scored 56.050 to take the title ahead of Darina Mateveyeva (54.625/born in …
Based on scores tracked throughout 2012, The All Around has compiled a list of best total and D scores for the year.
Methodology: All Around Total and D scores are from a single competition, rather than combining the highest individual event scores from different competitions. Due to …
Based on scores tracked throughout 2012, The All Around has compiled a list of best total and D scores for the year.
Methodology: All Around Total and D scores are from a single competition, rather than combining the highest individual event scores from different competitions. Due to …
David Belyavskiy from Yekaterinburg won the all-around title at the 2012 Russian Cup in Penza today. The 19-year-old scored 89.131 points to take the gold ahead of Sergei Khorokhordin (87.997) and Igor Pakhomenko (87.932). Belyavskiy looked stronger and more confident than at the recent European …
The Russian Cup, an important part in the selection process for the Russian teams for the Olympics, kicks off today in Penza. Penza, a town of over 500.000 inhabitants about 630 km southeast of Moscow, is the capital of an administrative region larger than Switzerland …
Jeffrey Wammes’ fight for selection for the single Dutch spot at this summer’s Olympic Games appears to have ended following an injury at last week’s Maribor Challenge Cup.
Earlier this year, Wammes sued the Dutch gymnastics federation (KNGU) after it nominated Epke Zonderland for the position.
At …