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Friendly Meet: The Netherlands vs Belgium vs Italy

Are you ready for some more gymnastics? While our female gymnasts will receive the national teams of Sweden and Austria for a friendly meet (Sunday, September 13th in Mouscron), our boys will not remain inactive ! On Saturday, September 19th, the men's national team will travel to the Netherlands for a friendly meet against the Netherlands and Italy. This meet will serve as a preparation meet for the next World Championships to be held in Glasgow (October 23rd - November 1st). We do not know the Belgian selection yet but we will keep you posted! Also recall that Donna-Donny Truyens, Siemon Volkaert and Dennis Goossens will travel to Croatia for the World Challenge Cup in Osijek, from September 17th to 20th. Who will compete? Belgian Team: Maxime Gentges (CHN Mons - GC Malmedy) Gilles Gentges (CHN Mons - GC Malmedy) Thibaut Hoffreumon (CHN Mons- La Courtoise) Florian Landuyt (GymFed) Bram Louwije (GymFed) Thomas Neuteleers (GymFed) Kristof Schroé (GymFed)

Friendly Meet: Belgium vs Sweden vs Austria

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The 2016 Rio Olympic Games are less than a year away and the road continues for our Belgian gymnasts. Next step: Glasgow and the World Championships (23rd October-1st November)!   Credit: ffgym.be Belgium will have to rank in the Top 16 in order to qualify for the Rio test Event. As a preparation, our Women's National team will compete against Sweden and Austria in a friendly meet. Those two nations also qualified for the 2015 World Championships. Belgium will be represented by: * Gaelle Mys (OTV Nazareth) * Laura Waem (Sportiva Sint-Gillis-Waas) * Lisa Verschueren (Sportiva Sint-Gillis-Waas) * Julie Croket (GymMAX) * Rune Hermans (Gym Haacht) * Cindy Vandenhole (Vaste Vuist Lauwe) * Jelle Beullens (De Gympies Keerbergen) * Adélia Galofaro (Club Boussu Gym) * Hélia Hocquet (Gym Passion Herseaux) Austria will send the following gymnasts: * Lisa Ecker * Elisa Haemmerle * Olivia Jochum * Jasmin Mader * Marlies Maennersdorfer * Erja Metzler And h

The latest news

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O ur gymnasts , after a well deserved break, are back to training. Here are the latest news ! In late July, Dennis Goossens (TK Kerels Waasmunster vzw ) went to Great Britain , where he trained alongside British gymnasts James Hall and Courtney Tulloch . In early August, the gymnasts of the Elite Center of Ghent went on a training camp in Madrid. There, they met Jesus Carballo , a former Spanish gymnast who has participated in two Olympic Games (1996 and 2004). Credit: Dennis Goossens IG Credit: Gerard Speerstra's Facebook This week, the Elite Center of Mons  hosts the national team of Latvia, as a preparation  for the World Gymnastics Championships , to be held in Glasgow in late October. Credit: CHN GAM FfG Facebook As for the women's , gymnasts of the Elite Center of Ghent are currently training in Arques, France . The juniors and seniors gymnasts of the Elite Center of Mons are in Barcelon

Three gymnasts to Osijek!

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Belgium will send three gymnasts to the 2015 Grand Prix Osijek (Croatia), a competition that counts as a World Challenge Cup. Credit: osijekgym.com The gymnasts are: Donna-Donny Truyens (Blauwput Omnisport) Dennis Goossens (Kerels Waasmunster) Siemon Volkaert (GymMAX) Donna-Donny Truyens will compete on pommel horse, Dennis Goossens on still rings, and Siemon Volkaert will compete on floor exercise, pommel horse and vault. The Osijek Grand Prix will be held from September 17 to September 20 and will bring together WAG and MAG gymnasts . Those gymnasts will try to qua lify for the apparatus finals .

Veel succes, Justine!

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Last month, Justine Sterckx ( TK Sta Paraat-P.H.H. Hasselt vzw) has decided to retire from the Belgian Elite gymnastics scene.  Credit: gymfed.be Born in 2001, this year was Justine's first year among the Juniors.  She trained at the Elite center in Ghent. She competed at the Wase Gym Cup in 2013, where she was 4th in the all-around and 8th in the floor exercise final.   In 2014, at the Tournoi International of Combs-la-Ville, she ranked 5th in the balance beam final and 5th with the team (Espoirs). This year, she competed at her first Belgian Championships as a Junior, championships where she placed 6th in the all-around and got the second best score on balance beam.  In May, she was selected to compete at the first edition of the Flanders International Team Challenge in Ghent, where she helped the Junior team by competing on vault, balance beam and floor exercise.  We wish Justine all the best for her future! 

2015 Worlds: we know the draws!

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Credit: rio2016.com The countdown has started for our men's and women's national teams, a little less than a year before the start of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The first obstacle to stand in the way of our gymnasts is of course the 2015 World Championships to be held in Glasgow from October 23rd to November 1st. To pursue the dream of an Olympic qualification, team Belgium will have to be among the top-16. The 46th World Championship will host 615 gymnasts, from 91 countries. These Championships will be the biggest in the history of the International Gymnastics Federation. With their superb results at the 2014 World Championships, our two national teams have qualified for this year's Worlds, the girls ending in 11th place, while the boys ranked 19th, the best results ever for Team Belgium. This year, the top-8 nations after the qualifying sessions in Glasgow will be automatically qualified for the Olympic Games, while nations ranked from 9th to 1

Recap: Belgian gymnasts at the 2015 EYOF

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Better late than never, here is a recap of the results of our Belgian gymnasts at the European Youth Olympic Festival which took place in Tbilisi (Georgia). And what results! 6 medals (2 golds, 3 silvers and 1 bronze) and 11 individual finals. These results, from both teams, show that the Belgian gymnastics program works and produces results. Each year, women's and men's national teams improve their performance during major events such as European and World Championships. Credit: ffgym.be If all the medals came from the girls' side, our boys did an excellent job too, reaching 4 finals! Takumi Onoshima (Athanor Gym Club),  Iliaz Pyncket (Vaste Vuist Lauwe) and Noah Kuavita (Silok Deurne) ranked 8th in the team competition. After a rough start on pommel horse where they all fell, our gymnasts quickly came back strong and ended the competition in style. In addition to the 8th place finish as a team, Takumi and Noah have qualified for the all-around final, while I