Izelqe de Bruin_Event Organizer

AFRICAN ARTISTIC GYMNASTIC CHAMPS<br /> <br />  The 17th African Artistic Gymnastics Championships has wrapped up at<br /> Heartfelt Arena in Tshwane and continental powerhouses Egypt, who<br /> annexed 23 of the 28 gold medals on offer at last year’s championships in<br /> their home country, came to compete.<br />  Caitlin Rooskrantz, South Africa’s main medal hope and defending champion<br /> from Egypt last year, had an excellent clean competition, ending second<br /> overall, but the star of the evening was Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour, who trains in<br /> France and was not available to compete last year in Egypt.<br />  But it was team South Africa who were the big winners on the evening,<br /> maintaining their early lead throughout a virtually faultless competition to<br /> take the team gold.<br />  It was a historic night for South African gymnastics, the first team victory in