Following the success of the 18th African Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2023, Gymnastics South Africa is set to once again welcome the continent’s top gymnasts, this time for the 20th African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships and the 19th African Trampoline Championships.
Both events will take place at the Heartfelt Arena in Tshwane, providing a week of…
Gymnastics
Naveen Daries knows all too well that nothing can be taken for granted in life, and for this reason she remains firmly grounded as she reflects on a highly-successful 2025 National Gymnastics Championships in Pretoria, where she emerged as the standout performer, writes MARK LEMKE.
The 23-year-old has long been earmarked for big things. At…
By GARY LEMKE in Birmingham
“Being in gymnastics has normalised crying,” Caitlin Rooskrantz says. And then she laughs. “My coach [Ilse Roets] has los trane (loose tears). I’m always crying, we all are. It’s contagious. We all have deep feelings and we cry for anything. We even cry when we’re really happy.”
South Africa’s top women gymnasts, Naveen Daries and Caitlin Rooskrantz started their season with fine performances at the recent FIG Artistic World Cup, held in Cairo.
It was a day of firsts for South Africa at the recent 15th Individual African Gymnastics Championships in Egypt.
On Sunday morning, 18-year-old Caitlin Rooskrantz should have been making history as South Africa’s first female artistic gymnast in 15 years to compete in the Olympic Games. Yet, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, all plans were interrupted.
The South African Gymnastics Federation will soon host gymnastic competitions as part of the 2018 National School Summer Championships, set to begin from 9-14 December at the Gymagic Kempton Park club in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng.
South Africa’s gymnasts who participated in the 26th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions made an impressive upgrade to their world rankings after a successful meeting which took place in St Petersburg, Russia, from 15-18 November.
The journey of South Africa’s gymnasts came to an end at the 33rd FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
South Africa is part of the 33rd FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, from 7-10 November.