… Incumbent FIG President Prof. Bruno Grandi (ITA) is a candidate for reelection at the FIG General Assembly, October 25 – 27, 2012 in Cancun (MEX). He will solicit votes from the 130 national affiliated federations for a fifth mandate.
Bruno Grandi was first elected in August 1996 at the 70th Congress in Atlanta (USA). He succeeded Yuri Titov of Russia …
… “This will be my last mandate!” announced the President, with a nod to the international gymnastics community. “But before I take my leave, there are several issues that need my attention, and I am committed to finishing what I started.” …
Grandi is age-77 but his health and vitality are excellent. I expect he will again be unopposed. The deadline for candidates to file is May 21, 2012.
Rewriting Russian Gymnastics has begun a retrospection of his tenure starting with a post on the end of FIG compulsories under his watch.
Personally, I loved seeing the best gymnasts in the world do compulsory routines. But it was inevitable that they would have been dropped, I feel, with or without Grandi. The General Public finds them boring.
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