If you don’t like the open-ended code of points …
If you don’t like minimum age rules for gymnasts …
Then, you probably don’t like the International Gymnastics Federation President Bruno Grandi.
… On January 22, 2010, the Chinese … newspaper Tianjin Daily released an interview of the FIG President Grandi …
Gymnastics has become accessible to everyone. It has created a social status and contributed to individual and collective fulfilment. It plays an incredible economic role, and continues to fascinate fans worldwide and inspire and galvanize us into action when we need it most.
For worse? There is the corruption that goes hand in hand with money, doping and cheating. I have been fighting against it since first I entered the world of sport. …
FIG – Get more for your money!
Surprisingly, the article doesn’t mention the elephant in the room, the looming disciplinary proceedings involving Chinese gymnasts Yang Yun and Dong Fangxiao, suspected of having violated minimum age requirements for participation in the 2000 Olympic Games.
That bomb will drop February 26, 2010.
(via The All Around Gymnastics News on Facebook)
4 comments ↓
If I was the reporter who interviewed Bruno Grandi, the first question I’d ask him should be: As FIG president, do you not think you should be impartial to all current gymnasts? Do you think it’s professional to play blatant favoritism toward one certain gymnast like Nastia Liukin??
Gymania GREAT POINT.
I really think the Nastia promotion is because she is Russian.
Russians have no loyalty to their own Country. They will root for a person of Russian decent even if she competes under the American flag.
GREAT question ask the cheater
fireSPEEDY, funny how you think Nastia has been promoted because she’s Russian/American when actual Russian gymnasts get repeatedly underscored…
‘We abolished the perfect 10 simply because it was outdated. An open Difficulty does not translate into the breaking of new records. To the contrary. As its name would suggest, the FIG’s star discipline is above all Artistic. This is precisely what certain gymnasts and their coaches had forgotten. So I took it upon myself to remind them. The Code is and will be written in such a way as to encourage the artistic aspect, which is Execution. Body expression is at the core of our sport. Risk taking is dangerous, and it doesn’t pay. It is both reckless and unwise. My concern is to protect our gymnasts. As I just said, we need to be careful when strategy setting. What brings more to the sport? Increased Difficulty? More Artistic content? My answer is simple. Quality over quantity. You’ll get more for your money!’
Is this man kidding ?!?!?!
Since when has anyone credited this code for safety/artistry/great execution, and if quality over quantity is being rewarded, where are all of Jana Komrskova’s (Sorry Spelling) vault medals?
It is an interesting backflip for someone who was talking about gymnasts competing for record D-scores when first introducing the code.
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