One year into her first term as President of the FIG Acrobatic Gymnastics Technical Committee, Rosy Taeymans (BEL) has one big question on her mind:
How to get Acrobatic gymnastics more into the public eye?
While Acrobatic has had a few moments in the sun – most notably, the group Spelbound, with former World Acro champions among its members, captured the attention of millions by winning “Britain’s Got Talent” in 2010, and one of the most viewed videos on the FIG’s Youtube channel is a montage of the 2012 Acro Worlds — the discipline has yet to be included in the Olympic Games.
Because of that, it has been more difficult to garner recognition for Acro …
Q: Acro fans have a lot to look forward to in 2014 — three World Cups and a World Championships in Levallois-Perret (FRA)…
Rosy: “Yes. We have one World cup competition in Portugal, the Maia Cup, in March. The next one is in Aalen (GER) in May and the last one will be October this year. That’s the Patricia Wade Classic in Great Britain. It was an international competition in 2013 and this year it is a World Cup competition. Hopefully it becomes a well-known World competition to honor a great lady in Acrobatic history. This summer we have the World Age Group and the World Championships in Levallois near Paris.
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FIG – Q and A with…Rosy Taeymans, FIG Acrobatic Technical Committee President
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