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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 World Yo-Yo Contest was canceled. Since the World Yo-Yo Contest could not be held as a result of the pandemic and the various travel restrictions it caused, the Online World Yo-Yo Contest was created. As the name suggests, the contests were held online. The winners of the Online World Yo-Yo Contest ...
The World Yo-Yo Contest (WYYC) is the culminating yo-yo competition of the worldwide competitive circuit and is considered the most prestigious yo-yo competition in the world. The winner of this competition in any of the six championship divisions is deemed the World Yo-Yo Champion; the World Yo-Yo Contest is the only event to award such a title.
The European Yo-Yo Championship (EYYC) is the European competition of yo-yo organized and sanctioned by the International Yo-Yo Federation (IYYF), [1] and is one of 4 annual multi-national yo-yo competitions from which winners receive seeds to compete in the semi-finals of the annual World Yo-Yo Contest.
The International Yo-Yo Federation (IYYF) was formed on February 8, 2013. World Yo-Yo Contest had been promoted by Greg Cohen since 2000. IYYF was formed to promote world Yo-Yo contest and other international competitions. The United States, the Czech Republic, Japan, and Brazil are the first national members to join the IYYF.
The U.S. National Yo-Yo Contest is the culminating yo-yo competition of the National Yo-Yo League (NYYL). The winner of this event in any of the five divisions is deemed the US National Yo-Yo Champion — the only event to award such a title in the United States.
Gentry Stein is a yo-yo world champion. [1] [2] Stein won the 1A Division of the World Yo-Yo Contest in 2014 and 2019, [3] [4] and received third place in 2011 and 2017. [5] Stein won the 1A division title of the U.S. National Yo-Yo Contest in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2019. [5] [6] Stein won the Open 1A division at the European Yo-Yo Championship ...
1A is the single unresponsive yoyo category, players are required to use only 1 unresponsive yoyo for their performance. 2A is the double responsive yoyo category, players are required to use 2 responsive yoyos for their performance. This is also known as the hardest yo-yoing style.
In 2017, Nagao won the National Yo-Yo Contest. He won the National Yo-Yo Contest again in 2018, and went on to win the World Yo-Yo Contest that same year. [1] [4] In 2019, Nagao appeared in the Netflix documentary "We Are the Champions ep. 4" where he announced his retirement from the competitive yoyo scene to pursue a career in music. [5]