Tokyo World Cup cancelled

FIG via email:

LAUSANNE (SUI) – FIG Office, February 2, 2012: Due to a conflict in scheduling, Japanese organizers for the FIG World Cup stage in Artistic Gymnastics, slated for April 14 – 15, 2012 in Tokyo, were forced to cancel the event.

The decision comes in response to an inability to coordinate major dates for gymnasts on the sport calendar with availability of the host broadcaster for production. A lack of television coverage would have a negative impact on announcer participation and bring about weighty financial consequences. …

Here’s the official press release.

First Paris. Now Tokyo. More financial problems for the World Cup circuit. I’ll bet yet another “restart” will be announced soon.