The European Acrobatic Gymnastics and European Acrobatic Age Group Championships have been brought forward by a week and moved venue in Pesaro. New dates and an alternative venue have been announced for the Aerobic and Acrobatic European Gymnastics Championships. The changes were announced after delays in construction work caused by the coronavirus
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Krisztian Berki, Olympic pommel horse champion, retires
Olympic, world and European champion Krisztian Berki has announced that he is retiring from competition. The decision, Berki said, was due to the fact that he was struggling to recover from a persistent shoulder injury. He last competed on the international stage in 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p50wC4Ut5CE The 35-year-old Hungarian's career saw him win gold
Munich to host 2022 multi-sport European Championships
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
Great Britain’s Ellie Downie to defend all-around European title in Poland
Ellie Downie will defend her individual all-around title at the European Gymnastics Championships in Poland next month. The 19-year-old became the first British gymnast to win a major all-around gold in Cluj in 2017 but was subsequently hit by a serious foot injury. Her inclusion in the four-strong women's squad is a
European Championships 2018: five different nations win gold in men’s gymnastics apparatus finals
The men's European gymnastics championships concluded at The SSE Hydro with six gold medals awarded to five different countries in the apparatus finals. The most successful nation was Russia, with two golds, a silver and two bronze medals. Artur DALALOYAN (RUS) bagged an impressive three medals, to add to his team's
European Championships 2018: Artur Dalaloyan leads Russian charge to top of gymnastics medal table
Russia dominated the gymnastics competition at Glasgow 2018, winning nine medals in total, four of them gold. Artur DALALOYAN (RUS) was the most decorated gymnast, winning three gold medals, in the team event, and on vault and parallel bars. "My favourite medal was the team medal, because everybody in Russian gymnastics worked
European Championships 2018: Russia’s men win third straight team title as Great Britain falter
Russia's men won their third consecutive European team title after two Great Britain athletes fell off their final apparatus, the horizontal bar, having closed the gap between silver and gold to just 1.132 points. After Nikita NAGORNYY (RUS) fell on on floor exercise and made some minor mistakes on pommel horse, the Russians
First artistic gymnasts secure places for second European Games
The first set of artistic gymnasts have secured places at the second edition of the European Games, which will be held in Minsk, Belarus, in 2019. The 2018 Artistic Gymnastics European Championships in Glasgow served as the first qualifying competition for European Games. The teams finishing in the top six of
European Championships 2018: Turkish gymnasts rise to the occasion on back of new vision for sport
A surprise newcomer to the top tier of European gymnastics has emerged at the SSE Hydro. Turkey are not a team normally associated with gymnastics, but they outscored some of the more experienced gymnastics nations to finish in fifth place and qualify for their first ever European team final. "It's the
