African Championships 2016

Photo: Claudia Cummins of South Africa Hailed as an extremely successful event by Salah Bouchiha, the President of the Algerian Gymnastics Federation, the 13th African Gymnastics Championships took place in Alger, Algeria from March 23rd through March 26th 2016. Bouchiha went on to say that “Algeria managed to organise a competition of international standards” and prior to the event, South African Team Manager, Tseko Mogotsi … Continue reading African Championships 2016

2016 Doha World Challenge Cup Results

The 2016 Doha World Challenge Cup took place in Doha, Quatar from Thursday, March 24th through to Saturday, March 26th 2016. With 44 competiors travelling from all over the globe it was a competition not to be missed especially with 2004 Olympic Champion, Catalina Ponor returning to competition here in preparation for the Olympic Test Event in April. She, along with other seasoned veterans such … Continue reading 2016 Doha World Challenge Cup Results

2016 City of Jesolo Trophy Results

The 2016 City of Jesolo Trophy took place over the weekend, March 19th through 20th 2016. In a significant stepping stone towards the 2016 Olympic Games, the USA, Italy, Brazil & France sent senior teams whilst Canada, Italy, USA, Slovenia, Finland and Germany sent junior gymnasts to battle for individual titles. The USA easily took the team title, whilst Brazil came in second, over 10 … Continue reading 2016 City of Jesolo Trophy Results

2016 Stuttgart Team Challenge Results

During an extremely busy weekend in the Elite gymnastics world, Stuttgart was among the many hubs for the best gymnasts in the world. The Stuttgart World Cup took place in the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany to cap off the 2016 World Cup Series and alongside this event, the DTB Stuttgart Team Challenge also took place in the Porsche Arena. WAG qualifications for the Team … Continue reading 2016 Stuttgart Team Challenge Results

2016 English Championships Results

The 2016 English Championships took place over the weekend, 18th-20th March 2016. With WAG Espoir, junior & senior levels along with MAG gymnasts from every age competing, the weekend was jam packed. Whilst there was a few missing names, such as Ellie Downie, Catherine Lyons, Kelly Simm and Rebecca Tunney, the former three being injured whilst the latter was competing in Stuttgart. The roster was … Continue reading 2016 English Championships Results

2016 Stuttgart World Cup Results

The WAG competition of the 2016 Stuttgart World Cup took place today, March 19th 2016 in Stuttgart, Germany. Amid all the excitement of the  elite gymnastics world this weekend, 8 of the worlds top gymnasts descended upon Stuttgart to compete. Sophie Scheder of Germany topped the podium with a score of 57.032, after being announced as an alternate for Tabea Alt earlier this week. Isabela … Continue reading 2016 Stuttgart World Cup Results

Stuttgart Team Challenge- Standings after Qualifications

The qualifications of the Stuttgart Team Challenge took place today, March 18th 2016, ahead of the WAG Stuttgart World Cup which will take place tomorrow. The WAG Team Challenge Final will take place on Sunday, March 20th from 11:30AM GMT+1. Standings after qualifications are as follows: Team: Russia 169.450 Germany 1 165.400 Switzerland 163.700 Poland 160.200 Germany 2 158.800 Austria 152.800 Netherlands 128.550 Israel 96.500 … Continue reading Stuttgart Team Challenge- Standings after Qualifications

The Weekly Roundoff

It was another busy week in the world of Gymnastics. Following on from a busy weekend, where we witnessed MyKayla Skinner win the Glasgow World Cup while Christine Still simultaneously attempted to make the world believe that Claudia Fragapane was the rightful winner, there was quite a lot to talk about in the world of gymnastics. Here is the week in review. Mary-Anne Monckton ruptures … Continue reading The Weekly Roundoff

2016 Cottbus World Challenge Cup Preview 

The 2016 Cottbus World Challenge Cup will take place from Thursday March 31st through Sunday April 3rd 2016 in the Lausitz Arena in Cottbus, Getmany. Like any other World Challenge Cup event, the roster is stacked full of gymnasts from across the globe. Both MAG and WAG gymnasts will compete for various event titles over the various days of competition. On the WAG side names … Continue reading 2016 Cottbus World Challenge Cup Preview