2013 World ChampionshipsOct 2, 2013 by Anne Phillips
Tweddle, Sacramone, Kysla Up for FIG Athlete Rep
Tweddle, Sacramone, Kysla Up for FIG Athlete Rep
Lausanne (SUI) / FIG Office, October 02, 2013:
At the 44th World Championship in Artistic Gymnastics from September 30 - October 6 in Antwerp (BEL), athletes will be called upon to elect representatives to the FIG Athletes' Commission. A vote will be held on September 3 for female athletes, on the 4th for male.
Within deadline, the FIG registered female candidates Elisabeth Tweddle MBE (GBR - 28 years), Alicia Sacramone (USA - 26 years) and Angelina Kysla (UKR - 22 years): all new candidates. Incoming reps will replace Nastia Liukin (USA), who is not running. In Men's, we have new candidate Igor Radivilov (UKR - 21 years) and incumbent Jani Tanskanen (FIN - 38 years).
The Athletes' Commission of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) counts 6 gymnasts, all of whom are elected by peers in their respective disciplines and who participate actively and with voting rights in Technical Committee activities.
For other Federation disciplines, Lioubov Charkashyna (BLR - 26 years) was elected at the Rhythmic worlds in Kiev (UKR), alongside Aldrin Rodriguez Garcia (MEX - 29 years) for Aerobic and Ayla Ahmadova (AZE - 28 years) for Acrobatic.
Finally, Trampoline will elect its own representative to the Commission in Sofia (BUL) this November. Today only one candidate has been registered, Nuno Merino from Portugal.
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