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The youngest participants were ten, the oldest 80 years old: At the weekend, Wels was the scene of the 16th State Gymnastics Festival of the Austrian Gymnastics Association of Upper Austria. More than 1000 participants from 32 clubs demonstrated their skills in various individual and team competitions in apparatus gymnastics, athletics and swimming.
The hosts from the Welser Turnverein 1862 (WTV) not only demonstrated their organizational skills: the youth in particular did the city credit in the competitions. Armin Gumpetsberger, Alexander Pfaffenbauer, Ida Höfer and Marcel Strasser achieved first place in the individual ranking in their respective age groups.
Sebastian Lehner even achieved the highest number of points of all gymnasts and became youth gymnastics festival winner. A total of 72 members took part in three large teams for WTV. More than 120 voluntary helpers from the association ensured that the major sporting event ran smoothly.
Source: Nachrichten
