Pauline and Helene Schäfer publicly spoke up about abuse they experience during their gymnastics training. They gave an interview to Spiegel.de alongside Sophia Steurer, Lisa Hill, Isabelle Marquardt, and Rosa-Lynn Schmitz...
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The German Gymnastics Federation has announced they will not participate in the European Championships this year – that includes the rhythmic gymnastics competition in Kiev in November and artistic gymnastics MAG and WAG...
For gymnasts who planned on retiring after the Tokyo Olympics the need to train for another year might have come as a shock. For Germany’s Kim Bui the postponement wasn’t easy to adjust to initially but she found ways...
The board of the multi-sport European Championships has announced today that Munich was chosen as the host of the next event. The first multi-sport Euros took place in 2018 in Glasgow and Berlin. Artistic gymnastics will once...
After winning bronze on beam at the 2017 World Championships, Alt experienced a string of injuries. This winter, she was recovering from shoulder surgery and hoped to come back for the 2019 Worlds. However, she is not setting any...
Fabian Hambüchen talked about the current state of artistic gymnastics in Germany in a short interview with SWR.de. He believes there are two big issues at play that slow down the development of the sport: low salaries for the...
In her interview to DTB.de, Pauline Schäfer said: “Actually, I don’t even like beam”, despite being the 2017 World champion on the event. Schäfer was not named to the German Worlds team despite posting the...
Pauline Schaefer came to the European Championships as one of the favorites for a beam medal and finished second in the qualification. However, in the final, an unfortunate fall took her out of the running. She gave an interview...
Translation from German by Emma Bateman Tabea Alt, the bronze World medalist on beam from 2017, has spent the past year trying to recover from a shoulder injury. She underwent surgery in October and talked to SWR.de about the...
By Barbara The bad luck regarding injuries stays true to Sophie Scheder. According to RP-Online, the 21-year-old gymnast has broken her right little toe in a training camp in New Zealand. The accident occurred during a hiking...