* f i g  press--: The 80^th FIG Congress and General Assembly took place October 29-30 in Tashkent. Some 250 delegates, represented 78 national federations, have accepted FIG President Bruno Grandi's invitation to attend in Uzbekistan. The event marked the first time in the history of the Uzbek Gymnastics Federation that it had welcomed authorities of the FIG. The Congress and General Assembly had been highly anticipated by the Federation's President, Ms. Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva, who is also her country's representative...

If Canadian organizers get the green light from the international gymnastics federation (FIG), one of the world’s major sports events will be coming to Montreal in 2017. Gymnastics Canada has delivered its bid for the 2017 artistic gymnastics world championships and is expecting to hear the outcome later this month after meetings of the international federation in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Canada is hoping to receive provisional approval from FIG conditional upon a positive site visit in November or December. The 2017...