by wcslingsby | Feb 13, 2024 | Olympics, Womens Artistic
The road to equality through gymnastics We know gymnastics now as one of the most popular sports for girls and women. Gymnastics has one of the highest participation rates of all sports in the UK, right up there with swimming, athletics, football, and netball. But it...
by wcslingsby | Sep 28, 2023 | Mens Artistic, Olympics
The Army Gymnastic Union – its members and their impact on British Gymnastics The AGA at its lowest point After the 1939 – 1945 war, the Amateur Gymnastics Association, the AGA (what we now know as British Gymnastics) was possibly at its lowest point in the...
by wcslingsby | Nov 17, 2022 | Mens Artistic, Olympics
Six Pommel Horse Olympic medals for Great Britain: how did it all happen? Bleak times for the Men’s Artistic programme Back in 2004, Men’s Artistic gymnastics was at its lowest point; the girl’s programme had managed to send a full team to the...
by wcslingsby | Apr 20, 2022 | Olympics, Womens Artistic
Beautiful bronze for British debutants: an insiders perspective! I was one of the fortunate few. I can say “I was there!” With the postponed Olympic Games under a cloud of uncertainty as the global pandemic raged through 2021, it became clear that the only possible...
by wcslingsby | Oct 26, 2021 | Black History Month, Mens Artistic, Tumbling, Womens Artistic
Black History Month 2021 As we come to the end of Black History Month, we have devoted this time to further our understanding of the part black British gymnasts have played in the history of British Gymnastics. This article focuses on the many amazing black British...
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