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The International Gymnastics Federation has received two candidacies in view of the upcoming FIG Presidential election this fall. Contenders had until midnight on May 17 to submit their applications to the FIG through their national federations. …

• Georges Guelzec (FRA), 68, President of the European Gymnastics Union (UEG)
• Morinari Watanabe (JPN), 57, Secretary General of the Japan Gymnastics Association (JGA)

The Presidential election will be held during the FIG Congress October 18-20 in Tokyo. …

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I’ve followed Georges Gelsec for years. He seems to have done a good job with the UEG.

I don’t know much about Watanabe who ran something of a stealth campaign, announcing his candidacy last minute.

FIG had a great turnout in Mexico for elections last cycle. Will the same number of voting nations make it to Tokyo?

China’s sports system has been enormously successful since the country returned to the Olympic fold in 1980, culminating with the host nation topping the medals’ table at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with only a slight dip into second place behind the United States in London four years later.

And yet, with the Rio de Janeiro Games less than three months away, the system is beginning to break down due to the shifting demographics of a more prosperous nation. …

China rethinks its sporting obsession as Rio Olympics approach

They should be OK in Rio, I think. But what about Tokyo?

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World Vault Champion Maria Paseka will miss Europeans due to back pain.

(via Gymternet Clan)