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Quattro medaglie ItalGAM alla World Challenge Cup di Bercy

27 September

Four ItalGAM medals at the World Challenge Cup in Bercy

Carlo Macchini, Gabriele Targhetta, ItalGAM, Thomas Brugnami, World Challenge Cup

PARIGI - L'ItalGAM firma un capolavoro alla World Challenge Cup di Bercy, conquistando quattro medaglie in altrettante finali. Protagonisti i ginnasti Tommaso Brugnami, Gabriele Targhetta e Carlo Macchini che eseguono i propri esercizi alla perfezione, portando a casa un bottino di due argenti e due bronzi. Il primo a salire sul podio è stato Tommaso Brugnami, che sulla pedana del corpo libero ottiene il punteggio di 13.800, migliorando la prova di qualifica ferma a 13.500 e mettendo al collo la medaglia di bronzo. Poi replica il terzo posto al volteggio con 13.966 punti. Impeccabile anche l’esecuzione di Gabriele Targhetta che…

ItalGAM centra quattro finali su quattro alla World Challenge Cup di Bercy

26 September

ItalGAM reaches four finals out of four at the World Challenge Cup in Bercy

Carlo Macchini, Gabriele Targhetta, gymnastics, ItalGAM, Thomas Brugnami, World Challenge Cup

PARIS – At the Acor Arena in Bercy, home of the Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup, ItalGAM displayed all its talent, winning four finals out of four events—vault, floor exercise, pommel horse, and high bar—on the eve of a Sunday that bodes well for medals. Tommaso Brugnami, known as "Piumino," finished third in the floor exercise with 13,500 points, behind only Artem Dolgopyat (14,066) and Anze Hribar (14,000). The Fiamme Rosse athlete recounts the excitement of the trip to Paris, recalling competing in the venue that hosted the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. His performance at the Cavello di…

Presentata AcroPesaro 2026: il Mondiale di ginnastica acrobatica a Pesaro

17 September

AcroPesaro 2026: The Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships in Pesaro

AcroPesaro 2026, acrobatic gymnastics, world gymnastics championships, Pesaro, international sports

PESARO – On Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at 12:00 p.m., the Vitrifrigo Arena in Pesaro will host a press conference to present AcroPesaro 2026, the world acrobatic gymnastics event involving 39 countries from five continents. On the first day of official training, while the international teams practice their competition routines, the event's updated stats, the competition schedule, the Italian national team, and the official logo design created by students from the Mengaroni Art School will be presented to the city and the press. Representatives of the Municipality of Pesaro, World Gymnastics, the Italian Gymnastics Federation, the Local Organizing Committee, and the…

Emanuela Maccarani nominata capoallenatrice della ginnastica ritmica russa

14 September

Emanuela Maccarani named head coach of Russian rhythmic gymnastics

coach, Emanuela Maccarani, rhythmic gymnastics, Russian national team

Emanuela Maccarani has been named the new head coach of the Russian national rhythmic gymnastics team for group exercises, as announced by the Moscow federation and confirmed by her husband, Moreno Buccianti, on Facebook. Maccarani led the Italian national team from 1996 to 2025. Her relationship with the Italian Gymnastics Federation ended following the scandal of alleged psychological abuse reported by several former gymnasts, including Anna Basta and Nina Corradini, beginning in the fall of 2022. Maccarani is currently on trial for these charges, with the initial hearing held last February. Read also: Gabriele Targhetta is champion…

Gabriele Targhetta è campione europeo di cavallo con maniglie

21 Aug

Gabriele Targhetta is the European champion in pommel horse.

Alberto Busnari, Golden Flames, Gabriele Targhetta, Gianmatteo Centazzo, Hamlet Manukyan, Mamikon Khachatryan, Matteo Morandi, Spes Mestre

ZAGREB - Gabriele Targhetta won the gold medal in the pommel horse final at the 37th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Zagreb. The 20-year-old from Monza, who grew up in Mestre, qualified with the highest score, setting a personal best, and repeated his feat in the top eight on the apparatus. No Italian gymnast had ever won the continental title on the pommel horse. Thanks to a score of 15.133—with an incredible difficulty rating of 5.9 and a flawless execution of 9.233—the Fiamme Oro officer of the Italian State Police,…

Ginnasti azzurri alla finale a squadre europea, Gabriele Targhetta per il podio al cavallo con maniglie

21 Aug

Italian gymnasts at the European team final, Gabriele Targhetta on the pommel horse podium

Air Force, Ares Federici, Arsenii Dukhno, Edward De Rosa, Gabriele Targhetta, artistic gymnastics, Fiamme Oro Sports Group, Illia Kovtun, Richard Villa, Simone Hope, Yumin Abbadini

ZAGREB - At the 37th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, held at the Zagreb Arena, Italy qualified for the team final with a qualifying score of 243.295, finishing behind Russia (competing under a neutral flag), Switzerland, and Great Britain. The Italian team, featuring Italian Air Force pilot Yumin Abbadini, Edoardo De Rosa, and debutants Riccardo Villa, Ares Federici, and Simone Speranza, is now among the eight teams competing for the title on Sunday, August 23rd, at the conclusion of the Croatian event. A year ago in Leipzig, they won the bronze medal...

Sofia Raffaeli stacca il pass olimpico per la ginnastica italiana

17 Aug

Sofia Raffaeli secures Olympic qualification for Italian gymnastics

Andrea Facci, CONI, FGI, Fiamme Oro Sports Group, Luciano Buonfiglio, Sofia Raffaeli, Solfia

FRANKFURT – Sofia Raffaeli earned a bronze medal worth its weight in gold at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships on August 15th. Thanks to her third-place finish in the All-Around World Championships in Frankfurt with 117.550 points, behind Germany's Darja Varfolomeev, the world's leading gymnast with 119.500, and just 0.50 behind Bulgaria's Stiliana Nikolova, second with 117.600, Italian gymnasts have qualified for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. The top three gymnasts in the overall world competition, in fact, awarded their respective nations their individual Olympic passes. The pass isn't nominative; it belongs to the country, but those who earn it on the Festhalle platform…

Ginnaste azzurre argento europeo e il presidente federale Andrea Facci loda Manila Esposito

16 Aug

Italian gymnasts win silver at the European Championships, and Federal President Andrea Facci praises Manila Esposito.

Andrea Facci, Anthea Sisio, Elisa Iorio, Giulia Perotti, July Marano, Manila Esposito

ZAGREB - The Italian women's artistic gymnastics team won the silver medal in the team final of the 36th European Championships held in Zagreb. Manila Esposito, Elisa Iorio, Giulia Perotti, July Marano, and Anthea Sisio took second place in Croatia with a total of 161.796 points in the four rotations, trailing the Russian gymnasts—under neutral World Gymnastics 2—who became the new continental champions with a score of 165.430 points. However, they beat France, who finished third with a score of 159.263 points. The Italian team relinquished the European crown it had held for two consecutive editions, held in Leipzig…

Poker storico delle ginnaste azzurre all’Europeo con doppietta di Manila Esposito

16 Aug

Historic poker for the Italian gymnasts at the European Championships with a double by Manila Esposito

Angelina Melnikova, Elena Colas, Elisa Iorio, Golden Flames, Giulia Perotti, Manila Esposito

ZAGREB – A historic four-peat for Italian women's artistic gymnastics at the Arena Zagreb, where Italy won four medals in the event finals of the 36th European Championships. Manila Esposito achieved a double, becoming the European champion in the floor exercise category within an hour, just after taking silver on the balance beam. The Fiamme Oro athlete, with a score of 13.700, beat France's Elena Colas and Russia's Angelina Melnikova (under neutral flag). Manila Esposito, born in 2006 and raised in Civitavecchia, Naples, repeated the title she won at the 2024 edition of the continental event in Rimini, confirming her position on the podium once again…

July Marano nuova regina della ginnastica artistica italiana

27 Jul

July Marano, the new queen of Italian artistic gymnastics

Anthea Sisyphus, Arianna Frizzele, Artemisia Iorfino, Blessed Gava, Clarissa Rinaldi., Eleonora Calaciura, Elisa Iorio, Enrico Casella, Gymnastics Civitavecchia, Giulia Perotti, July Marano, Manila Esposito, Rosanna Ercolano

July Marano is the new queen of artistic gymnastics. At the PalaMeda, with a score of 106.700, the Sicilian gymnast from Ginnastica Civitavecchia, not yet eighteen, won the women's overall title ahead of defending champion Giulia Perotti (Libertas Ginnastica Vercelli), born in 2009, who finished with a total of 105.200 points. Third place went to the very young Anthea Sisio (Aiace Ginnastica), a Venetian who trains at the CAT in Trieste, born in 2010, who scored 105.150 points. Asia D'Amato is resting due to an ankle injury that occurred during floor exercise. Therefore, on the podium, three athletes with bright futures...