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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) …
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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 …
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 …
Alexander Alexandrov will be replaced by Yevgeniy Grebyonkin as head coach of the Russian senior women’s team following a coaches’ meeting on Monday, newsagency Rsport reports. Alexandrov lead the Russian women to their first world team title since independence in 2010 as well as the …
Cancun will host the 79th FIG Congress from October 25-27. This Congress, among other things, will elect the new FIG President, and members of the Executive and Technical Committees.
For the first time in several years the current FIG President, Bruno Grandi, will run opposed in …
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When the news broke that world champion McKayla Maroney was not able to train fully just a few days before the Olympics opened fans were worried whether she would be able to compete at all. Maroney is by far the best vaulter …