Competition for “display gymnastics”?
… Seems to me the Gymnastrada approach is better.
Why does every activity have to be judged? (… Or awarded a trophy named after Bruno Grandi.)
The GC Piruett Elite Group of Tallin, Estonia has been crowned the first World Club Champion ever to go down in the annals of the International Gymnastics Federation. … Created by the FIG Gymnastics for All Committee, the cup is a first of its kind for interclub events …
80 clubs from 27 countries and representing 3 continents underwent a selective process; a total of 2,000 gymnasts. After two days of elimination, 14 clubs were selected for the final. As expected, nations with a strong, ancestral tradition in gymnastics (Switzerland, Norway, Germany and Italy) qualified several clubs each. Observers were excited to note the emergence of newer groups from countries such as Estonia and Turkey. …
read more … on FIG
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Every activity doesn’t have to be judged but many people like to compete and will make a competition out of anything.
the reason it’s named the “Grandi” trophy is because the President of the FIG is an egotistical egomaniac (is that redundant?) who has dissapated the importance and impact of our sport by veering off into ridiculous (i.e. aerobics) tangents and absurd (i.e. “all disciplines will have the same rules formats) applications…..
shall we name the ways King Bruno has damaged/ravaged our sport since he ascended to the Emperorship?
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