FIG is looking at changing how gymnasts will qualify to the 2020 Olympics. The NEW system will come into effect January 1, 2017.
What is the NEW system?
We don’t know.
80 delegates met for 2 days in October. Five national federations presented proposals on how Artistic qualification might be changed.
FIG Executive Committee will look at options in November. A final decision is expected to be made by FIG Council which will take the decision in May 2015.
Grandi stated that the current World Cup system is going badly. He wants to reform the competition calendar so that continental championships and World Cup should “both ultimately lead to Olympic participation“.
In that same interview he ponders the possibility of reducing the number of team members from five to four gymnasts. He does not mention the possibility of reducing the number of teams, instead.
We wait and wonder.
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