FIG Executive Committee takes key decisions following 2020 Tokyo postponement

While almost 75% of the 324 Olympic places in Gymnastics have already been allocated, the fast-growing spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the staging of the remaining qualifying events, which were planned to take place between mid-March and the end of May 2020.

In the wake of the one-year postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the FIG Executive Committee held a meeting by video conference on Thursday, 9 April 2020 to discuss the major issues raised by the change of dates and the impact of the current global health crisis on Gymnastics events.

The Federation (FIG) has made a decision regarding the suspended Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, which started on March 12 in Baku.

Report says, citing official website of the organization, regarding the Apparatus World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, which had to be stopped on March 13 before the finals, the Executive Committee has decided that the results of the qualification stage must be considered as the final rankings, and points must be awarded according to these rankings.