Articles

Affichage des articles du mars, 2016

DTB-Pokal Team Challenge: first real test for our Men's team

Image
This weekend, Stuggart hosted countries from all around the World for both the DTB-Pokal Team Challenge and the Stuttgart World Cup! Belgium sent two teams as a preparation for the Olympic Test Event that will be held next month in Rio. Here are the results! Credit: Mathias Hikketik The Road to Rio continues for both our National Teams. The 2016 DTB-Pokal Team Challenge was the first real test for Belgium Men's team but it was also a decisive competition for three Belgian gymnasts: at the end of the qualification round, the first three Belgian gymnasts in the all-around would automatically qualify for the Test Event team. And those spots were assigned to Jimmy Verbaeys  (Blauwput Omnisport),  Maxime Gentges   (Gym Club Malmédy)  and  Daan Kenis  (Turnclub De Eik Lommel).  Credit: Mathias Hikketik As a team, along with Bram Louwije  (Turnkring Vlamertinge), they ranked 10th in qualification, with 251.150.  Gilles Gentges  (Gym Club Malmédy),  Thibault Hoffreumon  (La Co

DTB-Pokal Team Challenge: all you need to know!

Image
The Road To Rio continues for our Men's team. This weekend, 8 gymnasts will compete at the DTB-Pokal Team Challenge in Germany. Here are all the infos! Credit: German Federation This weekend, Belgium will send 2 teams of 4 gymnasts . Here are the names of the gymnasts that will be sent to Stuttgart: Maxime Gentges (GC Malmédy), Gilles Gentges (GC Malmédy), Thibault Hoffreumon (La Courtoise), Jimmy Verbaeys (Blauwput Omnisport), Daan Kenis (Turnkring De Eik Lommel), Bram Louwije (Turnkring Vlamertinge), Jonas Baert (TK Kerels Waasmunsters) and Luka Van den Keybus (Gymteam Sint-Niklaas). Competition format A team can count up to 5 gymnasts. There will be a qualification round and the top 6 teams advance to the team final . In qualifications, 4 gymnasts compete on each apparatus and the 3 highest scores are taken into account for the team total (5-4-3 format). In final, 2 gymnasts compete on each apparatus and the 2 scores count for the team total (5-2-2 format)

Gymnix 2016: 4 medals in event finals for Team Belgium!

Image
On Sunday, the event finals took place at the International Gymnix. Belgium was well represented and had strong chances of winning medals. And the girls delivered, with two titles and two silver medals ! Credit: GymFed 6 Belgian gymnasts competed in final:  Axelle Klinckaert  (GymMax),  Senna Deriks  (Gymgroep AS),  Gaelle Mys  (OTV Nazareth),  Julie Meyers  (TK Sta Paraat - P. H. H. Hasselt vzw),  Laura Waem  (Sportiva Sint-Gillis-Waas) and  Nina Derwael  (TK Sta Paraat - P. H. H. Hasselt vzw). During the team and all-around competitions, Nina Derwael fell on bars. But in final, it was a different story! Nina presented a Stalder full, a Bhardwaj (pak salto with full turn), a Ricna (stalder to straddle Tkatchev) and full-in dismount. For this routine, Nina got the beautiful score of 14.375 and first place! Senna Deriks  took silver with a beautiful series including a Tkachev, bars transitions and a full-in dismount. She got 14.175. Laura Waem  finished just out of

The preparation continues for Team Belgium

Image
Busy busy weekend for our Juniors and Seniors teams as they prepare for the European Championships and the Olympic Test Event.  Credit: oeft.at Let's start with the amazing performance of Maxime Gentges (Gym Club Malmedy) at the Austrian Team Open in Linz. A few weeks after his medal on the pommel horse during the World Cup Challenge in Baku, Maxime wins another medal, gold this time, in the all-around. With a score of 84.250 and despite two falls, he won the competition ahead of Norwegian Stian Skjerahaug (84.200) and Hungarian David Vescernyes (82.300). Credit: FfG Maxime Gentges  continues in the most beautiful way his preparation for the Olympic Test Event in Rio, where Belgium will send a full team, a team that Maxime hopes to join.  Another test this weekend: the Provincial Championship in Stekene. This competition was an opportunity for the Flemish gymnasts to compete against each other and see how they perform at this point in the season. Jimmy

International Gymnix: two medals after day 1!

Image
The Belgian Women's team continues its preparation, less than two months away from the Test Event. After an internal competition, the girls flew to Canada and the International Gymnix. And they already shine in Montreal : two medals, including team gold! Credit: International Gymnix Described as the most promising generation that Belgium has ever known, all eyes were on our gymnasts, including new Seniors, Axelle Klinckaert  (GymMax),  Nina Derwael  (TK Sta Paraat - P. H. H. Hasselt vzw),  Senna Deriks  (Gymgroep AS) and  Julie Meyers  (TK Sta Paraat - P. H. H. Hasselt vzw). Belgium sent 9 Seniors gymnasts to this prestigious international competition. The first team consists of Laura Waem  (Sportiva Sint-Gillis-Waas),  Gaelle Mys  (OTV Nazareth),  Axelle Klinckaert  and  Nina Derwael . Cindy Vandenhole  (Vaste Vuist Lauwe),  Julie Meyers ,  Senna Deriks  and  Rune Hermans  (Gym Haacht) were part of the second team.  Julie Croket  (GymMax) competed individually. Ou