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The Road To Rio continues for our National Teams!

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Yesterday, the GymFed invited the press to present the women's gymnasts in contention for a spot in the Olympic team. But that's not all : we now have more infos about the competitions our Men's and Women's teams will take part in as a preparation for the Test Event. On this occasion, GymFed also launched its new campaign to promote the Olympic journey :  GoBelgym. Credit: Belgian Gymnastics It's in its training facilities in Ghent that the Women's national team received the journalists for the press conference. One thing that struck me right away was the good atmosphere between the gymnasts while they were posing for a photo shoot. The good mood continued as Gaelle Mys  (OTV Nazareth),  Laura Waem  (Sportiva Sint-Gillis-Waas) and  Julie Croket  (GymMax), the "veterans" of the team, presented their teammates :  Jelle Beullens  (De Gympies Keerbergen),  Axelle Klinckaert  (GymMax),  Senna Deriks  (Gymgroep AS),  Cindy Vandenhole  (Vaste Vuist L

New Seniors in 2016 part. 2: MAG

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Here is the 2nd (and last) part of our series of articles about the new seniors gymnasts in 2016. Today : the men's gymnasts! Credit: ffgym.be There is something to know about the men's gymnasts : if they theoretically become Seniors the year they turn 18, they can choose to remain in the Juniors ranks that year. For example, it was the case for Nile Wilson (Great-Britain). He competed at the 2014 European Juniors Championships and then he represented England at the Commonwealth Games and Great-Britain at Worlds in Nanning later that same year. But let's go back to our gymnasts. Time will tell which category they choose to compete in.  Iliaz Pyncket (Vaste Vuist Lauwe) Iliaz already has beautiful results as a Junior. He was a member of the Belgian team that was sent to Sofia for the European Juniors Championships in 2014, where he finished 7th with the team. Individually, he ranked 15th on the horizontal bar.  Credit: Liesbeth Coremans 2nd at last y

New Seniors in 2016 part. 1: WAG

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I know I repeat myself, but here we go: 2016 and the Olympic Year. And who says new year, says new Seniors gymnasts! And in 2016, these new Seniors will be in contention for a spot in the Olympic team. Credit: Marjorie Heuls Let's begin this two-part series by the women. In recent years, Belgian gymnastics has been increasingly present on the European and World stages. Our gymnasts just qualified for the Olympic Test Event for the second time in a row, and they have never been so close to qualify a full team to the Olympic Games. In the past few years, we've seen a generation of highly talented gymnasts, such as Julie Croket , Gaelle Mys , Laura Waem or Lisa Verschueren . Last year, we discovered new Seniors'  Rune Hermans and Cindy Vandenhole who made their Worlds debuts in Glasgow. But this year looks even more promising. Nina Derwael (TK Sta Paraat - P. H. H. Hasselt vzw) What more can I say about Nina? She is, along with Axelle Klinckaert, one of the gr

2016 Calendar

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2016 is here, a year that we all have been waiting for: the Olympic year! It will be the highlight of the year. But until then, our gymnasts will take part to some national and international competitions. Let's have a look at them! Credit: olympicgames.org MAG * 19-20 February:  World Challenge Cup Baku (Azerbaidjan) Maxime Gentges (Gym Club Malmédy) will travel there. He will compete on pommel horse, parallel bars and horizontal bar * 5 March: Austrian Team Open (Autria). Maxime Gentges will represent Belgium * 5 March:  Junior international match Belgium vs. France. This competition will be a selection test for the European Juniors Championships * 18-20 March:  DTB Pokal Team Challenge 2016 Stuttgart (Germany) * 29 March: 1st selection test (Malmedy) * 31 March-3 April: World Cup Cottbus (Germany). Dennis Goossens, Maxime Gentges and Siemon Volkaert will represent Belgium * 6 April: 2nd selection test (Malmedy) * 8-9 April:  International Junior Team