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  • The 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

    Wednesday sees the launch of the Commonwealth Games, an 11 day athletic treat with enough gymnastics competition to soothe the most insatiable of acrobatic appetites. The 20th instalment of the...

  • Special Gymnastics Memories: Kerri Strug's Vault

    With only two weeks to go before the start of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, we are continuing with our theme of Favourite International Gymnastics Moment. Kerri Strug’s determination and “true...

  • Fighting for Perfection

    The Winter Paralympics 2014 opens tomorrow marking the last event of three years full of sporting prowess. Whether they are experts on the snow, on the beam or on the...

  • From Sochi with a Triple Backside Rodeo

    It is Day Seven of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Team GB has achieved its first medal on the snow since the first Winter Olympics in 1924 and is in...

  • Beth Tweddle: Looking Back

    Last week, here at The Zone, we were gutted to see Beth Tweddle retire from her reign as the queen of British gymnastics. Indeed the most decorated woman in British...

  • Bobby 'Hollywood' Hanton

    Bobby Holland-Hanton. Not perhaps a name that The Zone’s usual readers might recognise at first glance. Indeed, nor is it a name that most internet surfers or regular news followers...

  • International German Gymnastics festival

    With more than 80,000 participants the Internationales Deutches Turnfest 2013 should prove to be a spectacular event this month – and The Zone will be part of it. Featuring sporting...

  • Unexpected cirque-umstances

    2013 sees the UK return of the most phenomenal performing organisation in the world – Cirque du Soleil. The company’s success since its beginning in 1984 has been extraordinary, and...

  • European Gymnastics Championships Preview

    For our GB gymnasts the last few weeks have been hectic to say the least, with British and World events being held across the globe in places like Liverpool, Doha...

  • FIG World Cup Round Up

    Britain's gymnasts have performed well at the FIG World Cup in Tokyo this weekend, with Liverpool pair Daniel Purvis and Charlie Fellows both finishing strongly in the competition. Daniel Purvis...

  • Raising the Roof!

    It seems that yet another world class gymnast is attempting to find glory in reality television - but this time across the pond! The last 6 months have seen success...

  • Stunning Scenes at the British Championships

    The future for British gymnastics looks bright, with our Olympic heroes and rising stars stunning crowds at Liverpool's Echo Arena last weekend. Crowd-pleasers Louis Smith and Kristian Thomas were both...