Munich has been awarded the 2022 edition of the multi-sport European Championships. This sees the event returns to Germany after Berlin hosted the athletics portion of the inaugural event in 2018, though most other sports were held in the Scottish city of Glasgow. Athletics, cycling, golf, gymnastics, rowing and triathlon are all
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Tokyo unveils 2020 Olympic gymnastics venue inspired by Japanese architecture
A custom-built $188 million gymnastics venue inspired by traditional Japanese building techniques and using wood from around the country was unveiled by organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The futuristic-looking Ariake Gymnastics Centre in central Tokyo uses 2,300 cubic metres of wood and is intended to hark back to methods that
Rest in Peace, Tamara
The international trampoline community has lost one of their own. Decade long Canadian National Trampoline Team member, Tamara O'Brien, lost her battle with cancer this week. She was diagnosed shortly after winning the silver medal at the 2017 World Games in Wroclaw, Poland in the Women's Double Mini-tramp event. She
Simone Biles set to be face of 2020 Olympics after record world medal haul
Simone Biles sets all-time medal record at Stuttgart world championships
There is surely nothing left that could be surprising about US gymnast Simone Biles. She has dominates the world of women's artistic gymnastics; is an open book when she has something to say, and she collects medals like many others her age collect shoes. The one thing that Biles doesn't do, however,
World Acrobatics Society Inducts Nine at Hall of Fame Banquet
Yana Pavlova and Gao Lei return to the top in Russia world cup
Former FIG president Bruno Grandi passes away, aged 85
Former FIG President Bruno Grandi has died at the age of 85. Grandi, who led the International Gymnastics Federation for 19 years, from 1997 to 2016, passed away in Italy following illness. The Italian was succeeded by Japan's Morinari Watanabe, who took over as FIG President in November 2016. Grandi was named FIG
Sofia awarded the 2022 trampoline world championships
The Bulgarian city of Sofia has been chosen to host the 2022 trampoline, tumbling and DMT world championships, the FIG has announed. The event will take place from November 15-18 at the city’s Arena Armeec, which staged the championships in 2013 and 2017. The championships will be followed by the World Age
Canada Golden at 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima
Winning gold in both trampoline events at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were gymnasts wearing the maple leaf. Canadians Jeremy Chartier and Samantha (Sam) Smith won the Men's Individual trampoline event and Women's Individual Trampoline event; respectively, Sunday August 5th at the Villa El Salvador Arena. In the