Worlds 2017 Montreal?

update: Grace Chiu in Nanning heard from a Sr Hungarian official that Györ, Hungary is also bidding for 2017.

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Glasgow will host Worlds 2015.

Doha was awarded the 2018 Worlds. But we’re still waiting to hear who gets Worlds 2017.

Montreal did bid.

And now this news:

… Montreal city council this week agreed to support a bid for the 2017 FIG artistic gymnastics world championships.

The venue would be Olympic Stadium, which would be reconfigured to accommodate 10,000 spectators for main stage events as well house the training facilities under one massive roof. Currently there are no other contenders and all signs point to the championships being awarded to Montreal by the end of the year. …

CBC – Field of Play: Gymnastics is the sport that amazes

Montreal hosted Worlds 1985.

Yelena Shushunova, Yuri Korolev y Oksana Omelianchik
Yelena Shushunova, Yuri Korolev y Oksana Omelianchik

And who could forget this from Montreal 1976?

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