Sandra Schmidt of LEON magazine interviewed our President at home:
What are your three main projects for the new Olympic cycle?
… creating normality in the area of scoring …
… the age question. If you rob a female athlete of all hope of ever making the national team when she is just 13 or 14, if 18-year-olds are considered old – and there are only a few exceptions – what hope is there? A sport that ages early has no future.
… reforming the competition calendar which we will discuss at a symposium this year.
Saying the World Cup [series] is working well is pointless. It is going really badly. It will be crucial to give more importance to the continental championships and the World Cup. They should both ultimately lead to Olympic participation. We need a comprehensive Olympic qualification that starts in the post-Olympic year and ultimately leads up to the 96 athletes in the Olympic season. [Two berths are reserved for athletes representing Africa for a total of 98 Olympics berths – TAA]. …
Will the allocation of Olympic berths change?
There is a possibility, that is to reduce the number of team members from five to four gymnasts. …
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