Category: Gymnastics

Katelyn Ohashi is the only gymnast (so far) named for the Aurora Games in Albany NY in August.

… but what are the Aurora Games?

It’s a women’s celebrity event where the Americas compete against the World.

Teams will earn points for each competition within each sport and the team with the most cumulative points at the end of the event will win the Aurora Games title. The scoring format for each sport will be announced soon.

The six-day event is to take place every two years.

Team and individual competitions featuring athletes from 15 countries will be held in basketball, tennis, figure skating, gymnastics, ice hockey and beach volleyball. Also part of the program will be musical performances, food tastings, sports clinics, autograph sessions and seminars.

The advisory board is chaired by Donna de Varona, a two-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer. Also on the board are Olympic gymnastics champions Nadia Comaneci and Shannon Miller …
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Jr Worlds are in Győr, Hungary

European Games in Minsk, Belarus.

Spencer:

Junior worlds is the inaugural junior world championship organized by the FIG. The idea is to provide an opportunity for those athletes who are not yet age-eligible …

The European Games is a multi-sport event that’s totally different from that multi-sport European Championship thing they did last year …

DAY 1 – Thursday, June 27

The first day kicks off the qualification at both events …

Click through for details:

EUROPEAN GAMES AND JUNIOR WORLDS PREVIEW

This weekend in Hungary.

Unfortunately this meet conflicts with European Games in Minsk, Belarus.

The championships will be evaluated and if deemed successful, the junior world championships will be added to the FIG calendar, to take place every other year. …

There will not be a separate Team and All-around final, like at most major events: instead, the points gathered during qualification for the apparatus finals will be added together to determine the Team and All-around awards.

The men’s qualifiers take place on Thursday (thus meaning All-around and Team gold medals handed out that day) and the women’s on Friday.

Saturday sees the men’s Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse and Still Rings medals, along with the women’s Vault and Uneven Bars.

Sunday hosts the men’s Vault, Parallel Bars, and Horizontal Bar, and the women’s Balance Beam and Floor Exercise apparatus finals.

FIG – Junior Worlds: an exciting new experiment