Tag: Gymnastic
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Men’s and women’s Trampoline team finals
Sofia – Bulgaria, Nov 8, 2013: Chinese men successfully regained the World title they won in 2009, while the British women won their first gold in Team Trampoline in more than 20 years Friday evening at the 29th Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia (BUL). The British women’s team (Kat Driscoll, Emma Smith, Laura Gallagher…
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Podium training kicks off for Individual gymnasts
Kiev – Ukraine, FIG Office, August 26, 2013: In the run-up to the 32nd FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships the first of three podium training days for Individual gymnasts got underway on Sunday at Kiev’s Sports Palace. The gymnasts who arrived in the Ukraine on Saturday took centre stage in the cyan blue venue, taking…
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FIG President’s Newsletter
Dear friends, During our recent visit to Cape Town, for the second edition of the World Gym For Life Challenge, we came across Brandon Beack, a young South African gymnast, who is a member of Cape Town’s ACS Gymnastics Club. Brandon, 17, would not have missed the event for the world. We met him, seated…
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Indonesia hosts first coach education event
Lausanne, Jan 22, 2013: Indonesia hosted and completed the first FIG coach education event of 2013 from January 14-18 in the city of Jakarta. It was the fourth of a series of Age Group Programme Camps that are being offered by the FIG to those countries that had indicated an interest and willingness to adopt…
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FIG Trampoline International Judges’ Course
Lausanne, Jan 21, 2013: Trampoline held its course, the last of the Intercontinental Judges’ Courses for FIG competitive disciplines targeting the 2013 – 2016 Olympic Cycle, in Frankfurt (GER) from January 15 – 20, 2013. Under the direction of Technical Committee President Horst Kunze (GER), and hosted by the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) at the…
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Gymnastics Canada names new board members
OTTAWA (CAN) – LAUSANNE (SUI), Jan 17, 2013: Gymnastics Canada has appointed Richard Crépin of Montreal as its new chairman, Dean Giesbrecht of Calgary as vice chairman and Tony Smith of Calgary as the director of the national men’s artistic gymnastics team. Gymnastics Canada, the national governing body for the sport of gymnastics, recently launched…
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FIG Artistic Gymnastics Age Group Program
Lausanne (SUI), Dec 13: Over the previous two years, the FIG with annual funding assistance from the IOC, has developed an Age Group Programme for Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics. It was completed in 2011 and then introduced in five regions of the world (South-East Asia; Central America; Central Africa; Southern Africa and West Asia).…
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FIG appeal tribunal reduces Deleanu penalty
Lausanne, Dec 11: On June 22, 2012, the FIG Disciplinary Commission imposed sanctions against Irina Deleanu (ROU), who subsequently appealed the decision on July 13. Having fully appraised itself of the case details, the FIG Appeal Tribunal duly delivered its findings on December 5, 2012. The Tribunal did not uphold Irena Deleanu’s appeal, but it…
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Sri Lanka becomes the 49th FIG Academy host
Lausanne, Nov 13: 49th FIG Academy, During the first week of November, Sri Lanka hosted a Level 1 Academy for Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics in the city of Colombo. It was the first time Sri Lanka hosted a FIG Academy and makes it the 49th FIG member federation to have done so. Thirty-one coaches…
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The Science of Gymnastics Journal is out
Lausanne, Nov 07: Editor in Chief Mr Ivan Cuk (SLO) informs the gymnastics community that the new issue (Vol.4, no. 3, 2012) of the Science of Gymnastics Journal (ScGYM®) has been published. It is the 10th issue overall and the last one in 2012. With three editions per year (February, June, October), the Science of…