With the 48th International Tournament of Champions 2025 (February 20-23) in the Cottbus Lausitz Arena, the International Gymnastics Federation F.I.G. opened its international World Cup series in the post-Olympic year. Instead of the previous four, this year's series includes a total of six tournaments:
After the AGF Trophy in Baku/AZE; from 06 - 09 March and currently in Antalya (TUR; March 20 - 23) and after than in Osijek (CRO), in Cairo (EGY) and last but...
After being diagnosed with a shoulder injury, Germany's national record holder Elisabeth SEITZ (31) has been ruled out of the European Gymnastics Championships in Leipzig at the end of May. The uneven bars specialist has to undergo a targeted rehabilitation programme after tearing the supraspinatus tendon in her right shoulder.
In addition, the sports soldier (German Bundeswehr) is due to take part in a national defence course next month and only then will she decide on her further individual...
Just one week after his 82nd birthday, six-time Olympic gymnastics champion Akinori NAKAYAMA died of cancer on 9 March. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he was the most successful participant with four gold medals - still rings, parallel bars, high bar and as member of the Japanese team - as well as bronze in the all-around and silver on the floor. Four years later,
♦ WOMEN's Artistic Gymnastics All-around:
As the international federations unfortunately hardly include any attractive all-around events in their competition systems, we present the TOP all-around results of relevant competitions chronologically in the following overviews at the beginning of the new Olympic cycle before Los Angeles (2028) - from national championships, national tests or leagues to international tournaments - including important junior events - as the versatile artistic gymnastics all-around not only represents the crown of the...
The German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) has announced, that the former coach of USA superstar Simone Biles, Aimee BOORMAN, will join the KunstturnForum Stuttgart from March to August 2025. The 51-year-old, who was also head coach of the 2016 US Olympic team in Rio de Janeiro, will be in charge of Garmany's youngsters Helen Kevric's and Marlene Gotthardt's training group, including the European Championships in Leipzig (end of May) and the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Croatia. She will...