Eight years ago, British gymnast Sam Oldham appeared to be on top of the world. He, along with Louis Smith, Max Whitlock, Kristian Thomas and Daniel Purvis, had won Great Britain's first ever gymnastics Olympic team medal when they took bronze at London 2012. But everything was not as well as it seemed,
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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
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
Minsk 2019: Russia dominates gymnastics at European Games
With four gold medals, Russia topped the medal table in artistic gymnastics at Minsk 2019. Angelina Melnikova and David Belyavskiy set the bar by winning the individual all-around qualifications in the women's and men's events in the European Games. Two days later, they won their all-around titles. Melnikova, who was in the Russian
Minsk 2019: Russia’s Angelina Melnikova the smiling star of European Games apparatus finals
Minsk 2019: Ait Said driven in European Games medal quest by promise to his late father
Minsk 2019: Oleg Verniaiev comes back to take European Games all-around silver
After a disappointing eighth-place finish in the qualifications, defending champion Oleg Verniaiev regrouped to win the men's all-around silver medal at the Minsk 2019 European Games. The Ukrainian is not yet in peak form as he recovers from surgery he had in January on an injury to his left ankle that
Minsk 2019 European Games: Angelina Melnikova and David Belyavskiy top all-around gymnastics qualifications
The qualifications in artistic gymnastics competition saw the Europe’s top male and female gymnasts from across Europe vying for places in the all-around and apparatus finals. In the men’s event, Russia’s David Belyavskiy came out on top of the men’s all-around qualification with a score of 86.499. Returning to competition following injury,
