Kaylia Nemour of Algeria scored 15.066 on uneven bars en route to the women’s all-around title, and 2022 runner-up Omar Mohamed of Egypt took the men’s all-around title, at the African Championships held March 26-27 in Tshwane, South Africa.With her all-around score of 53.731 points, the French-born Nemour outscored defending champion Caitlin Rooskrantz of South Africa and defending bronze... Source ..read more

Maltese gymnast Ella Borg has already scored several “firsts” for her country at the international level, and is determined to nab the ultimate first that remains available in Malta’s gymnastics chronicles.The 18-year-old Borg was Malta’s first gymnast to compete at the junior world championships (2019 in Gyor), its first World Cup finalist (2022 in Doha) and along with teammate Tara Vella Clark... Source ..read more

Winning all-around gold at this month’s Oceania Championships has given new life to veteran New Zealand gymnast Mikhail (Misha) Koudinov, as he pursues his third consecutive Olympic Games next summer in Paris.Koudinov, who will turn 32 on June 23, took the all-around title at the Oceania Championships held May 6 in Carrara, Australia. Next on his slate are this fall’s World Championships in... Source ..read more

Aurélie Tran and Kenji Tamane won the senior women’s and men’s all-around titles, respectively, at the Canadian Championships that concluded Sunday in Richmond, British Columbia.Tran’s two-day total score of 105.231 points included the field’s highest apparatus score on floor exercise and a share of the field’s highest score (with all-around silver medalist Ava Stewart) on uneven bars. Source ..read more

Aurélie Tran and Kenji Tamane won the senior women’s and men’s all-around titles, respectively, at the Canadian Championships that concluded Sunday in Richmond, British Columbia.Tran’s two-day total score of 105.231 points included the field’s highest apparatus score on floor exercise and a share of the field’s highest score (with all-around silver medalist Ava Stewart) on uneven bars. Source ..read more

Koji Gushiken of Japan, Oksana Omelianchik of Ukraine and Mitch Gaylord of the U.S. were officially inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame (IGHOF) in a black-tie gala held in Oklahoma City on Saturday evening. During the formal dinner, the IGHOF class of 2023 delivered heartfelt speeches filled with immense gratitude for the honors and recognitions they received. Source ..read more

Koji Gushiken of Japan, Oksana Omelianchik of Ukraine and Mitch Gaylord of the U.S. were officially inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame (IGHOF) in a black-tie gala held in Oklahoma City on Saturday evening. During the formal dinner, the IGHOF class of 2023 delivered heartfelt speeches filled with immense gratitude for the honors and recognitions they received. Source ..read more

Greek gymnast Athanasia Mesiri jumped into the vault final at last month’s European Championships in Antalya with the verve and self-assurance remarkable for an athlete competing in only her third international event – and her first as a senior.Mesiri’s seventh-place finish in Antalya marked the Greek women’s first qualification to a Europeans apparatus final in five years, as well as demonstrated... Source ..read more

As the only German male gymnast to win a medal at the European Championships in Antalya last month, Milan Hosseini believes his potential as a beneficial all-arounder for his team could be his ticket to next summer’s Paris Olympic Games.Hosseini earned bronze on floor exercise in Antalya, where he competed as an individual specialist on floor exercise and still rings outside the German team that... Source ..read more

Fresh off her promising performances in two finals at the European Championships in Antalya last month, Hungarian gymnast Zója Székely has already shifted her attention to this fall’s World Championships in Antwerp and the realistic objective of helping her and her team gain an Olympic berth.Székely, a native of Budapest who turned 20 on May 5, placed 17th all-around and sixth on uneven bars in... Source ..read more