At the German Gymnastics Festival in Leipzig, numerous participants proved that the motto "Gymnastics always works!" really does apply to all age groups. Athletes in the 30 to 80 age groups competed in the German Senior Gymnastics Championships.
One of them was 82-year-old Lothar Reichenbach from Ponitz in the Altenburger Land region. He competed for the Universitätssportgemeinsschaft (USG) Chemnitz. He has been doing gymnastics since his school days, said Reichenbach. He still trains "twice a week if everything goes well". Recently, however, an injury slowed him down and caused him to take a five-week break.
