Rhythmic judging scandal

How’s that investigation by FIG going?

… Not well, by the sounds of it.

The All Around Gymnastics News:

FIG President Burno Grandi blasts RG in … Süddeutsche Zeitung, one of Germany’s leading newspapers (article available in the print version only).

He calls the current situation “a pot full of lies” and says all documents relating to the Intercontinental Judges’ Course have disappeared. He sees wheeling and dealing among the judges: “You’re my friend and I’ll give you something. And the friends of friends and so on.”

… a course was held to ensure there will be enough qualified judges to officiate the upcoming World Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine.

It is noteworthy that Laura Acosta Rodriguez (MEX), the only member of the FIG TC currently NOT suspended, only managed to achieve a Cat 4. …

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