14th World Gymnaestrada
Lausanne (SUI), July 10 – 16, 2011… some 20,000 gymnasts from 52 nations, registered for the 14th edition of the World Gymnaestrada. For the first time since 1969, delegations from Algeria, Malta, Mongolia and Uruguay are among the participants. In terms of statistics, female gymnasts make up 78% of the participants with strong representation of 11 to 30 year olds. Switzerland itself, with 3,300 participants, followed by Germany (1,800) and Finland (1,400), represent the largest delegations, while Mongolia (10), Guatemala (10) and Serbia (13) count among the smallest. …
(via Rec Gymnastics)
… the world’s largest gymnastic sporting event …
Larger than the North Korean mass games, like the Arirang Festival?
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I am going with my performance team. We will be part of the German delegation.
I have been there already twice in the past, Lisboa and Dornbirn. It is an awesome event and you will see everything from high performance shows like TeamGym champions to group performances of 500+ people to people in the age group of 60+ pulling of great performances.
It is also amazing to see how different each country chooses to represent itself. Just great to see what variety and creativity is in the general field of gymnastics and acrobatics!
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