23. Mai 2007  
Orlando / USA  
Artistic Gymnastics

F.I.G Council finished in Orlando

FIG Council: 'Official News'

From May 19 to 20 the F.I.G. Council met in Orlando, USA and accepted unanimously the new Code of Discipline and decided, that   in the future basically the Artistic Worlds will take place in October, the Rhythmic Worlds in September, the Trampoline Worlds in November, the Acrobatic Worlds in March and the Aerobic Worlds in June.

New Code accepted.....
The F.I.G. Council unanimously accepted the new Code of Discipline.
The Trampoline will have world championships every year, except the Olympic year. Trampoline World Cup Finals are removed from the calendar. ... >> read more

Results and Scoring:
At official competitions, following information will be displayed / released :
*Score boards in the competition hall - For each exercise:
- Total score of each jury, the penalties, the final score of the exercise and the rank as follows:
> Artistic Gymnastics: A score (difficulty), B score (execution)

> Rhythmic Gymnastics, Aerobic Gymnastics, Acrobatic Gymnastics: A score (artistic), E score (execution), D score (difficulty)

> Trampoline gymnastics:  A score (difficulty), B1 score (execution), B2 score (synchro).

*To the Federations, after each phase of the competition:
The full information shown on the boards in the competition hall. 
*...  at the end of the competition / championships:
Complete set of results, including the individual judges' scores.
Following federations have been suspended for non payment of memberships fees:
- AND, ANG, BAR, BOL, BOT, CAM, CGO, CMR, COK, DOM, GUA, INA, IRI, IRQ, MAC, MDA, MGL, MYA, NGR, PAN, PRK et SRI.
- Federations of BDI, MTM and PAR are excluded for repeated non payment of membership fees.
- Swaziland has been accepted provisionally as an associated member. It is up to the 2008 Congress to confirm this decision. The FIG now has 127 affiliated federations, 2 associated federations included.

OLYMPIC GAMES for YOUTH
The F.I.G. supports the project of the International Olympic Committee proposing for 2010 Olympic Games for Youth.
(The IOC still has to take a final decision at its 119th Session in July 2007. The championships of the 4 Continental Unions could then be considered as qualification, the UEG reports.)

Brian Stocks (BAGA)

Mr. Brian Stocks (GBR), President of British Gymnastics, has been elected Vice President of the Disciplinary Commission.

Elected as members of this Commission are Mr. Nihad Hagverdiyev (AZE) and Mrs. Margarida Eugénia Dias Ferreira (POR).

Source: F.I.G. Council "Official News" (excerpt)