... the Canarian organisers would not have thought that their exemplary 60-year festival tradition in honour of their Spanish European gymnastics champion Joaquin BLUME (1933 - 1959) would survive the crazy pandemic times in such a grand manner:
So the Spanish Chief organiser Jesus TELO RODRIGUEZ sums up the 60th BLUME GRAN CANARIA 2022 as a great success, as this unique festival of gymnastics and gymnastics disciplines in combination with tourism and active...
Traditionally, the series of events of the BLUME Festival in Gran Canaria was opened on the stage of the Yumbo Centre in the middle of the Tousite Centre of Maspalomas. In a colourful mixture of Spanish folklore, senior and amateur athletes from different countries and, for example, high-class rhythmic gymnastics from the Ukraine, Germany and Italy this was a prelude to a week of celebrations in which further events will follow in various cities and towns.
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Actually, it is a grand European record that only an extraordinary pandemic could interrupt for two years:
Where else is there a broad sporting event of this international character, which has now opened for over six decades on the "Island of Eternal Spring", on Gran Canarao - with a press conference led by chief organiser Jesus TELO RODRIGUEZ, <i>(<photo, left) </i>son of the family of the festival's founder, Jesus TELO NUÑEZ, who died a few years ago. He created...
High number of participants at the
60th Festival BLUME GRAN CANARIA 2022
At the 60th International "Festival BLUME GRAN CANARIA", more than 22 foreign teams and 359 gymnasts from 9 countries are expected on the "Island of Eternal Spring" from 25 November to 1 December. These provisional registration figures exceed all expectations of the Spanish organisers!
By far the most foreign participants come from Denmark (102), Germany (77) and...
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