Gymnastics

Romanian athletes Laura Iacob and Anamaria Ocolisan won bronze medals on Sunday, in the balance beam and, respectively, the floor event, in the Osijek World Cup (Croatia).

The southeastern Turkish province of Mardin will host the Freerunning and Parkour World Cup Series on May 12-13 under the auspices of the Turkish Gymnastics Federation.

Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics doctor who sexually abused hundreds of girls and young women for decades under the guise of medical treatment, was sentenced on Feb. 5 to an additional 40 to 125 years in prison.

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos welcomed gymnast Eleftherios Petrounias at the Presidential Mansion in Athens on Thursday morning. The Olympic gold medalist was invited to meet with the Greek president after taking the top prize at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal. [Vassilis Koutroumanos]

The Olympic champion with the US gymnastics team at the 2012 London Games - McKayla mMroney, made a shocking revelation on her personal Twitter account.

She said that for 7 years she was sexually abused by team doctor Larry Nasser, bTV reports.

Lefteris Petrounia triumphed and won the gold medal in the World Championship for the second consecutive time at the Montreal Olympic Stadium, where some of the most important pages in the history of the gymnastics are written.

The ageless Oksana Chusovitina continues to break records in gymnastics, reports Sega. 

The 42-year-old Uzbek has qualified for the eighth-final at the Montreal World Cup and thus has become the oldest gymnast ever that accomplished something like that.

Greek Olympic medallist Lefteris Petrounias, 27, has qualified for the final eight in the rings competition of the 2017 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal, after finishing first in the qualification rounds for the event, with a score of 15,400.

Some people act as examples for others, inspiring them to achieve their dreams against all odds. Their determination and true belief in themselves, overcoming all obstacle in their path is truly admirable. A woman who was born with one arm has defied the odds to become a two-time pole dancing world champion.

President Rumen Radev said that the Bulgarian institutions should unite and provide appropriate conditions for the training of gymnasts who have won medals in international competitions for years. Reports Btv.