Author: europeangymnasticsblog

German National Championships – 03/04 August

This weekend will see German nationals taking place at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin. The men's all-around will start on Saturday 03 August at 11:15 local time, followed by the women's all-around, which is starting at 14:50. The women's event finals will start at 11:15 on Sunday 04 August, with the men's starting at 14:05. You … Continue reading German National Championships – 03/04 August →

Elisabeth Seitz: “The all-around is my priority”

Elisabeth Seitz was beaming as she entered the mixed zone following the all-around competition in which she won the bronze medal. A Stuttgart local, like her teammate Kim Bui, she had an enormous amount of support from the audience throughout the competition, who were delighted to see her finish on the podium. The 25-year-old had … Continue reading Elisabeth Seitz: “The all-around is my priority” →

Ana Padurariu: “I’m still a little starstruck!”

Canadian gymnast Ana Padurariu finished in second place at the Stuttgart AA World Cup event on Sunday, six months after winning the silver medal on beam at the World Championships in Doha. After a shaky start to her senior career, sustaining an ankle injury in her very first senior competition, 16-year-old Ontario native Padurariu was … Continue reading Ana Padurariu: “I’m still a little starstruck!” →

Stuttgart World Cup interview: Lorette Charpy (FRA)

We got to spend a few minutes with Lorette following her wonderful performance at the Stuttgart World Cup and she talked about how her competition went, almost medalling and future upgrades (interview done in French and translated) How was the competition today for you? LORETTE: It was pretty good. I know I still need to … Continue reading Stuttgart World Cup interview: Lorette Charpy (FRA) →

Stuttgart World Cup – Eddy Yusof (SUI) interview

How did you feel about the competition today? EDDY: Yeah, it was quite a good competition for me. Just one apparatus, the parallel bars... but the rest was really OK, so I'm quite happy. Yeah, everything was so clean until parallel bars and after that, high bar was really fantastic as well. You looked really … Continue reading Stuttgart World Cup – Eddy Yusof (SUI) interview →

Stuttgart World Cup (podium training) – Elisabeth Seitz interview

How was podium training today? ELISABETH: For me, podium training went well. I feel really good after the bronze medal at the World Championships, like extremely good, like I'm 18 again! (Laughs) Tomorrow I want to show some new skills and I want to do my Yurchenko double again. It's the first time in six … Continue reading Stuttgart World Cup (podium training) – Elisabeth Seitz interview →

English Championships 2019 – WAG recap

The 2019 Senior English Championships took place in Ilford, Essex on Saturday 2nd March, with a huge number of gymnasts on the start list. The GB national team members were scheduled to compete in the afternoon session, but there were some big names in the morning, too, with Danusia Francis, Jessica Castles and Chiara Bunce … Continue reading English Championships 2019 – WAG recap →

DTB Pokal Team Challenge 2019 – The MAG Teams

The MAG teams for the DTB Pokal 2019 have just been confirmed and these are the line-ups: Belgium Ward Claeys Daan Kenis Takumi Onoshima Luka van Den Keybus Kimmy Verbaeys Brazil Francisco Barretto Junior Tomas Florencio Bernardo Miranda Caio Souza Arthur Zanetti France Kevin Antoniotti Antoine Borello Kevin Carvalho Paul Degouy Jim Zona Germany I … Continue reading DTB Pokal Team Challenge 2019 – The MAG Teams →