about 5 days ago - No comments
Today FIG began to draw the lots for the Artistic World Championships 2010. Many thanks to The Couch Gymnast who have posted the WAG qualifying round.
Subdivision 1 -ITA, CHN, ARG, MX1
Subdivision 2 -JPN, NZL, SLO, UKR
Subdivision 3 -POL, ROU, BRA, ISR
Subdivision 4 -ISL, IND, SIN, BLR
Subdivision 5 -AUS, DEN, MX3, GRE
Subdivision 6 -RUS, SWE, More >
about 2 months ago - No comments
In March this year FIG created the WAG Help Desk, a PDF document to help clarify & give examples of different rules in the FIG WAG Code of Points. A new revised May 2010 edition has just been released. Visit the FIG website to download it and to view it follow these instructions.
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about 3 months ago - 1 comment
As we have all heard by now, the IOC today stripped the Womens Chinese Team of their bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Many blogs and websites have been writing their thoughts and opinions on the matter. I’m delighted that the IOC have come to this decision. See below for some of the many More >
about 3 months ago - No comments
GymNiceTic on FIGs plan to reinvent World Cup
The Irish tumbling team lifted bronze at the European Junior Tumbling Championships in Bulgaria
Ireland’s Luke Carson places 16th at the MAG European Championships – Well done Luke!!
Luke Carson finished the qualification stages at the European Championships in Birmingham in 16th place.He competed on all 6 pieces of More >
about 5 months ago - No comments
On Friday, FIG made the decision to strip Sydney 2000 Olympian Dong Fangxiao of her bronze medal as a result of an age scandal. Instead of being honest and admitting to an age cover up, the Chinese have said that they feel strong regret to FIG’s decision and “will further find out the relating information More >
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In December, FIG released a statement regarding the two Chinese gymnasts who were suspected of having violated minimum age requirements for participation in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Today, February 26th is the date that FIG had set for a decision to be brought at the next Executive Committee meeting, in Lausanne. Hopefully we’ll hear something soon.
Blythe More >
about 5 months ago - No comments
Irish Gymnastics maintains funding levels for the ‘National Governing Body (NGB) Core Grant’ allocation for 2010 receiving an allocation of €169,545, the same as in 2009. Read more here
British Gymnastics have launched BGTV. Check out videos of their gymnasts. What a great idea!
Gymnastics Article: Mental Blocks, Visualisation, Performance
FIG launches a database to purchase photos online. More >