23. Oktober 2014  
Lausanne, Switzerland  
Artistic Gymnastics

80th FIG Congress in Tashkent

From October 26 - 30, the International Gymnastics Federation (F.I.G.) chaired by President Prof. Bruno Grandi (ITA) will organise in the Uzbek capital Tashkent meetings of its President’s Board and Executive Committee as well as the General Assembly. This 80th Congress, two years before the next elections to be held in 2016, will shed a first light on the current changes within the governing body of world’s gymnastics.

In this spirit of reforms and innovations, the European Union of Gymnastics (UEG) intends to state its projects and visions so that this sport, cornerstone of the Olympic movement, takes the next step towards modernity. Its President, the French Georges Guelzec, represents on his own 48 of the 137 member federations of the FIG. Consequently, his speech in front of the FIG General Assembly will be expected with a lot of attention by the some 300 delegates coming to Tashkent.
* source: u e g press release