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2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Kitakyushu, Japan from October 18–24, 2021. The competition took place at the Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium. It was the third time that Japan hosted the event, following the 1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 1995 and 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2011 editions. The competition was originally scheduled to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, before the Danish Gymnastics Federation withdrew from hosting in July 2020. In November 2020, the International Gymnastics Federation, Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique announced Kitakyushu as the replacement host city for the same dates. Although the World Championships are traditionally not held in Olympic years, the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics caused the 2021 event to fall during the same year. The last time the 1996 Summer Olympics, Olympics and the 1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, World Championships were held in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The Artistic Gymnastics World Championships are the world championships for artistic gymnastics governed by the International Gymnastics Federation, Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). The first edition of the championships was held in 1903, exclusively for male gymnasts. Since the tenth edition of the tournament, in 1934, women's events are held together with men's events. The FIG was founded in 1881 and was originally entitled FEG (Fédération Européenne de Gymnastique), but changed its name in 1921, becoming the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG); this name change roughly correlates with the actual naming of the World Championships. Although the first such games were held in 1903, they were not initially entitled the 'World Championships'. The first competition ever actually referred to as a 'World Championships' was 1931 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, a competition held in 1931 that, while referred to in an official FIG publication as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rings (gymnastics)
The rings, also known as still rings (in contrast to flying rings), is an artistic gymnastics apparatus and the event that uses it. It is traditionally used only by male gymnasts due to its extreme upper body strength requirements. Gymnasts often wear Grip (gymnastics), ring grips while performing. The apparatus The apparatus consists of two rings that hang freely from a rigid metal frame. Each ring is supported by a strap, which connects to a steel cable suspended from the metal frame. The gymnast, who grips one ring with each hand, must control the movement of the rings and their body movements at all times. Dimensions The measurements of the standard apparatus are specified by Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, Fédération internationale de gymnastique (FIG) in its ''Apparatus Norms'' document: * Inner diameter: ± * Diameter of profile: ± * Distance from the point of attachment to the lower inner side of the rings: ± * Distance between two points of att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stephen Nedoroscik
Stephen John Nedoroscik ( ; born October 28, 1998) is an American Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. A pommel horse specialist, he is the Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse, 2024 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2021 world champion—the first and only American to win the event—a two-time FIG World Cup champion, a four-time USA Gymnastics National Championships, U.S. national champion, and a two-time NCAA men's gymnastics championships, NCAA national champion for the apparatus. Additionally Nedoroscik was part of the medal-winning teams at the Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic team all-around, 2024 Olympic Games (bronze) and the Gymnastics at the 2023 Pan American Games, 2023 Pan American Games (gold). Early life and education Nedoroscik was born on October 28, 1998, in Worcester, Massachusetts. His father, John Nedoroscik, is a retired police officer for the List of law enforceme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Emil Soravuo
Emil Soravuo (born 28 March 1997) is a Finnish artistic gymnast and the 2021 bronze medalist in floor exercise. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's floor exercise event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. In 2014, he represented Finland at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China without winning a medal. In March 2017 he completed his military service at the Armed Forces Military School, where he trained in gymnastics in the evenings. "I actually did really well in the army. I got to keep myself fit there." In 2019, he competed in the men's floor event at the 2019 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships without winning a medal. In 2021, he competed in the men's floor event at the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Kitakyushu, Japan from October 18–24, 2021. The competition took place at the Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium. It was the third time that Japan hoste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kazuki Minami
Kazuki Minami (born 24 January 2000) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He turned senior in 2019 and became the 2019 World Cup gold medalist on Floor Exercise at Cottbus and Paris. At the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Kitakyushu, Japan from October 18–24, 2021. The competition took place at the Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium. It was the third time that Japan hosted the event, following the 1995 ... he qualified for the floor exercise final in third place. In the final he took home the silver medal. Competitive history Eponymous skills At the 2023 Doha World Cup Minami became the first gymnast to successfully perform a "double salto bwd with 7/2 t." on floor. The skill was added to the Code of Points and was given the value H (0.8). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Minami, Kazuki Living people 2000 births Japanese male artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Yamaguchi Prefecture Medalists a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nicola Bartolini
Nicola Bartolini (born 7 February 1996) is an Italian Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. He is the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2021 World Champion and 2021 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2021 European bronze medalist on floor exercise. He represented Italy at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Gymnastics career 2014–2018 Bartolini competed at the 2014 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2014 European Championships in the junior division. He helped Italy finish fifth as a team and individually he finished eighth in the all-around and on floor exercise and fifth on vault. Bartolini competed at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2014 World Championships where he helped Italy finish 13th as a team during qualifications. He did not advance to any individual finals. Between 2015 and 2018 he competed at the Gymnastics at the 2015 European Games, 2015 European Games, the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2015 Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Illia Kovtun
Illia Yuriiovych Kovtun (; born 10 August 2003) is a Ukrainian Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2023 World all-around silver medalist and 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2021 World all-around bronze medalist. Kovtun also won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars, parallel bars. At the European Championships he is the 2023 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2023 European champion on parallel bars as well as a one-time silver medalist (2022 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2022 parallel bars) and a three-time bronze medalist (2021 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2021 and 2023 all-around, 2023 horizontal bar). Additionally he is a two-time 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, junior world championships medalist. Junior gymnastics career 2018 Kovtun competed at the 2018 European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Daiki Hashimoto
is a Japan men's national gymnastics team, Japanese artistic gymnast. Widely regarded as the successor of Kohei Uchimura, he won two gold medals at the Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics, in Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around, all-around and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar, horizontal bar, as well as a silver in Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Men's artistic team all-around, team. His Tokyo individual gold medal win made him the youngest Olympic All-Around champion, at age 19 years, 355 days. At the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, world championships, he has also won 3 golds, 5 silvers, and 1 bronze. Hashimoto became a member of the Japan men's national gymnastics team in 2019, while he was still studying at Funabashi Municipal High School. He has represented Japan in every major competition since then. Career 2019 Hashimoto competed at the World Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Zhang Boheng
Zhang Boheng ( zh, 张博恒, born 4 March 2000) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics and won silver medals with the Chinese team and in the individual all-around. He also won a bronze medal on the horizontal bar. He is the 2021 World all-around champion and the 2022 World all-around silver medalist. He won three gold medals at the 2022 Asian Games and two gold medals at the 2021 World University Games. Career Zhang began gymnastics when he was four years old because his parents were interested in the sport. By 2009, he joined the Hunan provincial team. When he was 16, he broke his leg, but this injury inspired him to take his gymnastics training more seriously. He began training with the Chinese national team in 2018. 2018–20 Zhang won a silver medal with the Hunan team at the 2018 Chinese Championships. Then at the 2019 Chinese Championships, he placed seventh in the all-around, fifth on the still rings, and fourth on the horizont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Japan Standard Time
, or , is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00). Japan does not observe daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated on several occasions. During World War II, the time zone was often referred to as Tokyo Standard Time. Japan Standard Time is equivalent to Time in South Korea, Korean Standard Time, Time in North Korea, Pyongyang Time (North Korea), Time in Indonesia, Eastern Indonesia Standard Time, Time in East Timor, East-Timorese Standard Time, Time in Palau, Palau Time, and Yakutsk Time (Russia). History Before the Meiji (era), Meiji era (1868–1912), each local region had its own time zone in which noon was when the sun was exactly at its culmination. As modern transportation methods, such as trains, were adopted, this practice became a source of confusion. For example, there is a difference of about 5 degrees longitude between Tokyo and Osaka and because of this, a train that departed from Tokyo would arrive at Osaka 20 minu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Balance Beam
The balance beam is a rectangular artistic gymnastics apparatus and an event performed using the apparatus. The apparatus and the event are sometimes simply called "beam". The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is BB. The balance beam is performed competitively only by female gymnasts. The Apparatus The beam is a small, thin beam that is typically raised from the floor on a leg or stand at both ends. It is usually covered with leather-like material and is only four inches wide. Balance beams used in international gymnastics competitions must conform to the guidelines and specifications set forth by the International Gymnastics Federation ''Apparatus Norms'' brochure. Several companies manufacture and sell beams, including AAI (USA), Janssen-Fritsen (Europe) and Acromat (Australia). Most gymnastics schools purchase and use balance beams that meet the FIG's standards, but some may also use beams with carpeted surfaces for practice situations. While learning n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Horizontal Bar
The horizontal bar, also known as the high bar, is an apparatus used by male gymnasts in artistic gymnastics. It traditionally consists of a cylindrical metal (typically steel) bar that is rigidly held above and parallel to the floor by a system of cables and stiff vertical supports. Gymnasts typically wear suede leather grips while performing on the bar. The current elite-level competition uses a stainless steel core rail. The gymnastics elements performed on the horizontal bar are regulated by a Code of Points. A bar routine, which is a sequence of several bar skills, usually includes giants with various grips (overgrip, undergrip, dorsal grip, mixed grip), in-bar work, turns, release and regrasp skills, and a dismount. The horizontal bar is often considered one of the most exciting gymnastics events due to the power exhibited by gymnasts during giant swings and spectacular aerial releases and dismounts that frequently include multiple flips or twists and, in some cases, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
