The FIG Executive Committee has unanimously decided to allow one additional place for Trampoline Women, Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual and Rhythmic Gymnastics Group to participate at the 2nd Olympic qualification held in London these days.
The reason for this decision is …
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President Bruno Grandi (ITA) said: “I am happy that we were able to correct this situation and allow for additional countries to participate in the spirit of fairness in sport.”
OK — maybe there are good reasons to break your selection criteria, maybe not.
But if an organization breaks one rule — midstream — in their selection process, why not break more?
Another example is the case of Berki. FIG has confirmed that he has qualified to the London Olympics based on performance in Tokyo. Everyone who’s read the rules disagrees.
Berki should qualify to the Olympics — he’s World Champion — but didn’t based on the unnecessarily complex selection process.
Grandi keeps talking about simplifying rules, making them more transparent, yet the exact opposite seems to keep happening.
… another issue: Should FIG Executive be over-ruling Technical Committees?
Seems to me that the elected President and Executive have most of the power in FIG. The TCs and FIG Staff, very little.
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