German gymnastic superstar Fabian Hambüchen plus seven other gymnasts fight for altogether 200.000 Euros ($266,000) prizemoney in four competitions held in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Berlin and Mannheim.
Fabian HambüchenThe invitational tournament starts May 31st in Frankfurt within the International German Gymnastics Festival (30.05-05.06).
details and link to the press release – GymNiceTic – 200.000 Euros prizemoney
It’s Hambüchen’s celebrity that’s generating this prize money. A privately run cash competition circuit may one day be more popular than the troubled FIG World Cup events.
Fabian’s doing our sport a big service. A male gymnastics superstar with more charisma than Paul Hamm or Yang Wei, to name two.
Nastia Liukin is handling celebrity very well, too. I find myself increasingly fascinated by how a favourite to win Bars and Beam at Worlds can survive the media circus.
After GymNiceTic recommended this Nastia montage by postlemonkey, I finally watched it myself. It’s excellent.
Click PLAY or watch Nastia Liukin: Circus on YouTube.
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