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2020 Friendship And Solidarity Competition
The 2020 Friendship and Solidarity Competition was an artistic gymnastics competition hosted by the International Gymnastics Federation and held in Tokyo, Japan on November 8, 2020. The competition implemented strict COVID-19 safety protocols that could serve as a foundation for holding the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games slated to begin July 23, 2021. Background After the COVID-19 pandemic caused the mass majority of competitions in 2020 to be canceled and the 2020 Summer Olympics to be postponed until 2021, the FIG organized this event as a showcase of international camaraderie "at a time when unity has never seemed more important". A primary goal of the competition was to prove that staging a high-profile event in Tokyo is possible in the current context of the ongoing pandemic. Participants Gymnasts from Japan, China, Russia, and the United States participated in the competition. Each federation was allowed to send eight athletes, 4 men and 4 women, although the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, officially is an indoor arena located at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, which is famous for its suspension roof design. It was designed by Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming and diving events in the 1964 Summer Olympics. A separate annex was used for the basketball competition at those same games. It will also host handball competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The design inspired Frei Otto's arena designs for the Olympic Stadium in Munich. The arena holds 13,291 people (9,079 stand seats, 4,124 arena seats and 88 "royal box" seats) and is now primarily used for ice hockey, futsal and basketball. The NHK World studios are adjacent to the arena along the edge of Yoyogi Park. Therefore, images of the arena are regularly featured at the end of NHK Newsline broadcasts. Events * The 1977 World Figure Skating Championships * The official 1971 Asian Basketball Championship for men * The official 1982 Asian Basketb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Dalaloyan
Artur Grachyevich Dalaloyan (Russian: Артур Грачьевич Далалоян) born 26 April 1996 is a Russian artistic gymnast who represented ROC at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He was part of the teams who won gold at the 2020 Olympic Games and 2019 World Championships and silver at the 2018 World Championships. Individually Dalaloyan is the 2018 World All-Around Champion and the 2019 World All-Around silver medalist. He is a nine-time World medalist and a five-time European champion. Personal life Dalaloyan was born in Tiraspol, Moldova to an Armenian father and a Russian mother. He has a younger brother. Their parents later moved to Russia. Dalaloyan started doing gymnastics at age six, while still living in Novosibirsk. A year later, his family relocated to Moscow and he began training under Aleksandr Kalinin. Dalaloyan's father left when he was young and is not in contact with him. While a schoolboy, he performed as a backup dancer for Russia's entrant Alexan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana Vorona
Yana Gennadyevna Vorona (sometimes transliterated Iana) (russian: Яна Геннадьевна Ворона, born 28 December 2004) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She was a member of the team who won gold at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival and was the alternate for the team who won gold at the inaugural Junior World Championships. Early life Yana Vorona was born in Voronezh, Russia in 2004. Gymnastics career Junior 2017–18 Vorona competed at the 2017 Russian National Championships in April in the KMS division. She placed fifth in the all-around behind Olga Astafyeva, Irina Komnova, Elena Gerasimova, and Vladislava Urazova. During event finals she placed fourth on the vault and seventh on balance beam. In July 2018 she competed at the Russian National Championships where she placed fourth in the all-around behind Ksenia Klimenko, Urazova, and Astafyeva. Additionally she placed fifth on vault, eighth on uneven bars, and second on balance beam and floor exerc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandra Shchekoldina
Aleksandra Eduardovna Shchekoldina ( rus, Алекса́ндра Эдуа́рдовна Щеко́лдина; born 11 July 2002) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Russian national junior champion in vault and silver medalist in the team competition, in all-around, and on beam. Gymnastics career 2019 Shchekoldina was named to Russia's team for the 2019 European games alongside Angelina Melnikova and Anastasia Iliankova. In the qualification round, Shchekoldina competed on all four events and qualified to the all-around final in ninth with a total score of 51.565. In the final, she totaled a 52.365 and finished in fifth. In July, Shchekoldina went to train in Tokyo for a week with the Russian national team in preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Others in attendance included Olympic champion Aliya Mustafina. Shortly after the conclusion of the Russian Cup Shchekoldina was named to the nominative team for the 2019 World Championships alongside Angelina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelina Melnikova
Angelina Romanovna Melnikova ( rus, Ангели́на Рома́новна Ме́льникова, , ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ˈmʲelʲnʲɪkəvə; born 18 July 2000) is a Russian artistic gymnast. With eleven Olympic and World medals, she is the joint third-most decorated Russian gymnast of all time. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics she led the Russian Olympic Committee to gold in the team competition. She previously represented Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the team competition. She was also a member of the gold medal-winning Russian teams at the 2016 and 2018 European Championships, and the silver medal-winning Russian teams at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships. Individually Melnikova is a two-time Olympic medalist, five-time World medalist, a nine-time European Championships medalist, a four-time European Games medalist, and a two-time Russian national all-around champion (2016, 2018). She is the 2020 Olympic all-around and floor bronze medali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Gerasimova
Elena Anatolyevna Gerasimova (russian: Елена Анатольевна Герасимова, born 21 June 2004) is a Russian artistic gymnast who represented Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the team who won gold at the inaugural Junior World Championships. Individually she is the 2019 Junior World Champion on the balance beam. Early life Gerasimova was born in Cheboksary, Russia in 2004. Gymnastics career Junior 2017 Gerasimova competed at International Gymnix in Montreal, Canada. She helped the Russian team finish third and individually she placed twelfth in the all-around and fifth on the uneven bars. She competed at the Russian National Championships in April in the KMS division. She placed third in the all-around behind Olga Astafyeva and Irina Komnova. During event finals she placed eighth on the vault, first on balance beam, and third on floor exercise. In December she competed at the 2017 Voronin Cup where s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Boheng
Zhang Boheng ( zh, 张博恒, born 4 March 2000) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He competed at the 2021 Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships and won the all-around at the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Career In 2015 he was named an Elite Athlete of National Class by the General Administration of Sport of China. He represented Hunan at the 2021 Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Chengdu, Sichuan. He finished 2nd in the all-around final and first on Floor Exercise and was named to the Olympic training squad. He ended up being a reserve athlete at the 2020 Olympics. At the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships he qualified in second place in the All-Around competition, Rings, and Parallel Bars. In the all-around final, he won the gold medal ahead of Japan’s Daiki Hashimoto and Ukraine’s Illia Kovtun Illia Yuriyovych Kovtun ( uk, Ілля Юрійович Ковтун; born 10 August 2003) is a Ukrainian Artistic gymnastics, ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yin Dehang
Yin Dehang (; born 8 January 2001) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He won three medals at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the pommel horse event he won the gold medal and in the parallel bars event he won the silver medal. He also won the bronze medal in the rings. In the floor exercise he did not qualify to compete in the final. In 2019, he won the silver medal in the men's team event at the Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Zhaoqing, Guangdong. In 2020, he won the gold medal in the men's team event at the Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships The Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships is an annual Chinese national artistic gymnastics competition. Medalists Women All-around Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Exercise Men All-around References Ex ..., also held in Zhaoqing, Guangdong. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yin, Dehang Living people 2001 births Place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shi Cong
Shi Cong (; born 12 March 2001) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He competed in the Junior Asian Gymnastics Championships in 2017 and 2018 in Bangkok and Jakarta respectively. In 2017 we won a silver medal with the Chinese junior team. In 2018 He won the gold for the all-around competition as well as two bronzes on high bar and floor exercise. As a senior, he was part of the team sent to compete at the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Kitakyushu. He qualified in 4th in the all-around and placed 6th in the all-around final. He also placed 4th in the parallel bar qualifiers, but was surpassed by his teammates Hu Xuwei and Zhang Boheng and was therefore not able to qualify. After Zhang Boheng Zhang Boheng ( zh, 张博恒, born 4 March 2000) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He competed at the 2021 Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships and won the all-around at the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Career In 2015 he wa ... won the all-around final, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Yue (gymnast)
Ma Yue (Xiao'erjing: ) was born in 1959 in Hebei, to a Muslim Hui family whose association with martial arts goes back six generations. As a five-year-old, his father Ma Xianda took him to train with his grandfather, Ma Fengtu where he learned his family styles ''tongbeiquan'', ''piguaquan'', ''fanziquan'', ''bajiquan'', and ''cuojiao''. At the age of 11, Ma Yue won the Xi'an city and Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ... province all-around championships and beat renowned International Wushu champion Zhao Changjun. In 1983, he won a four gold awards, placing firsts in ''fanzi'', ''pigua'', short weapon and straight sword. Ma Yue has since had a long career in the martial arts. He is a Chinese National Wushu Champion, two-time gold medallist and a graduate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhou Ruiyu
Zhou may refer to: Chinese history * King Zhou of Shang () (1105 BC–1046 BC), the last king of the Shang dynasty * Predynastic Zhou (), 11th-century BC precursor to the Zhou dynasty * Zhou dynasty () (1046 BC–256 BC), a dynasty of China ** Western Zhou () (1046 BC–771 BC) ** Eastern Zhou () (770 BC–256 BC) * Western Zhou (state) () (440 BC–256 BC) * Eastern Zhou (state) () (367 BC–249 BC) * Northern Zhou () (557–581), one of the Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period * Wu Zhou () (690–705), an imperial dynasty established by Wu Zetian * Later Zhou () (951–960), the last of the Five dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period * Zhou (Zhang Shicheng's kingdom) () (1354–1367), a state founded by Zhang Shicheng during the Red Turban Rebellion * Zhou (Qing period state) () (1678–1681), a state founded by Wu Sangui during the Qing dynasty Other uses *Zhou (surname) (), Chinese surname *Zhou (country subdivision) (), a pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
