The International Gymnastics Federation has never found the right formula to make their World Cup competitions take off.
Men’s competitions have been consistentently well-attended and popular with the best gymnasts in the world.
But the women’s competitions have been hit-and-miss. Historically the American girls don’t go to European World Cups. And run an often criticized variation of the event themselves called the American Cup.
The International Gymnastics Federation recently cancelled the annual World Cup Final.
What should the FIG do next?
Here’s their most recent strategy:
The FIG plans to reduce so-called “A-competitions†or “A-World Cups†to five or six locations per year, where only 12 to 18 gymnasts per apparatus (& only one per country) are allowed to perform. Thereby meets will be more compact and shorter.
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(In 2009, there are nine World Cups: Montreal, Cottbus, Maribor (B-category), Glasgow, Moscow, San Juan, Doha, Osijek and Stuttgart (A-category).)
details and link – GymNiceTic
Related – entries for next World Cup – Maribor, April 17-19th, 2009
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Perhaps they need to bring back the “perfect 10” …
Motivated by unhappy TV executives and confused fans, international gymnastics officials are looking at reworking the revamped scoring system that eliminated the perfect 10 at last year’s Beijing Olympics.
Bob Colarossi, president of the marketing commission of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), is tinkering with formulas that could make the open-ended scoring system easier to understand. He hopes to have at least some minor changes in place before the London Games in 2012. …
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