Gymnastics Australia is excited to announce that its premier domestic event – the Australian Gymnastics Championships – will remain in Melbourne in the lead up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
With the support of the Victorian Government, Sport and Recreation Victoria (SRV) and the Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust (MOPT), the Australian Gymnastics Championships will be held at Melbourne Arena in both 2019 and 2020.
The Australian Gymnastics Championships is the ultimate display of elite gymnastics in Australia, and for the first time all six competitive Gymsports will be in action at the one event from 2019.
This will include the Olympic disciplines of Men’s Artistic, Women’s Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline Gymnastics, as well as Acrobatic Gymnastics, and for the first time Aerobic Gymnastics will join the multi-Gymsport event in 2019.
Gymnastics Australia’s CEO, Kitty Chiller, said that after already hosting five successful Australian Championships in the Melbourne and Olympic Parks precinct, she is excited that the event will remain in one of the country’s best world-class sporting…