Watanabe re-elected FIG President

Morinari Watanabe (JPN) has been re-elected FIG President for a four-year term (2025-2028) at the 85th FIG Congress in Doha …

Watanabe received 102 votes (65.38% of the vote), while his challenger Farid Gayibov (AZE) received 54 votes (34.62%).

via FIG email

Jordan Chiles – Magically Delicious

Lucky Charms sent Jordan Chiles a custom “Gold Edition” box of her favourite cereal.

overview of Men’s Gymnastics

An excellent summing up of the sport — including some of the all time greats.

Click through for details.

What are the 6 apparatuses in Men’s Gymnastics?

Gymnasts are marketable

According to SportsPro, gymnasts are two of the most marketable 10 athletes. In the USA?

  • Simone Biles
  • Rebeca Andrade

Don’t get too excited. Many experts believe the top 10 in the world should mostly be made up of male soccer players.

Gaylord from Weiler?

Update: I’d previously linked to this video calling it a Pegan from Weiler. Oops.

Thanks to Terry for correcting that.

Carl Meader

Mya Hooten – Bars collapse

Who’s to blame?

I’d say it’s FIG who approves ‘single point of failure’ equipment.

WHY in 2024 do we have equipment that falls down if one single part fails?

OBVIOUSLY there should be redundant anchors. And redundant chains. If one fails, the other keeps the apparatus from falling.

NEW Gymnastics documentary – Underdogs

The girls of the Vare Gymnastics team had a lot more bounce in their round-offs Monday night. 

That’s because the South Philadelphia gym where they are practicing and all the equipment is brand new. Every mat, vault, beam and bar. Something this inner city gymnastics team never had before in it’s 27-year history.

The inner city youth gymnastics team is the subject of a new documentary film “Underdogs” being released at the Philadelphia Film Festival this week. …

Back in 2017, a roof collapse forced the closure of the Gray’s Ferry center. It also forced the team to re-locate to other practice gyms. 

Their story of grit and determination caught the attention of local filmmakers.  …

See Vare Gymnastics team receive $21 million recreation center facelift in new ‘Underdogs’ documentary

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

Commonwealth Games 2026 – Gymnastics

Artistic Gymnastics is one of 10 sports included in 2026 Commonwealth Games, to be hosted July 26 – Aug 2 in Glasgow.

Trampoline and Rhythmic were not selected.

On 18 July 2023, the Victorian state government cancelled its plans due to escalating cost projections. …

With no host, there was a risk that the Games might be postponed to 2027 or cancelled entirely. …

On 17 September 2024, it was announced that the Scottish government had agreed to host the games with financial backing from Commonwealth Games Australia. 

The scaled-down and low-cost Games will feature 10 sports taking place over four venues and no athletes’ village.

Of course, Glasgow has a history of running superb Gymnastics competitions. The city hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Games.