https://www.aipsmedia.com/aips/pages/articles/2022/31023.html LAUSANNE, March 18, 2022 – I apologize immediately because this time I am writing not as the president of the Association but as a sports journalist wounded by the images of the Moscow oceanic gathering, in which Vladimir Putin floated as the Apocalypse Messiah. I hope colleagues forgive me for using this space for […]
Following the IOC recommendations from Monday and the FIG decisions taken earlier today, the European Gymnastics Executive Committee met online to authorize the following sanctions until further notice: Based on the FIG decision for all FIG-sanctioned events, no athletes, officials, and judges from the Russian Gymnastics Federation and the Belarus Gymnastics Association can participate in any […]
AIPS vice president Nickolai Dolgopolov has stepped aside LAUSANNE, March 4, 2022 – Nickolai Dolgopolov has stepped aside as a vice president of the AIPS following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He is the president of the Federation of Sports Journalists of Russia, FSJR. Dolgopolov, who has served as AIPS vice president since 2001, informed the AIPS president Gianni […]
04/03/2022 Given the massive escalation of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, the Executive Committee (EC) of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) held an emergency meeting today to discuss the necessity of adopting further emergency measures against Russia and Belarus, following those announced on 26 February. The EC took into account the latest recommendations from the […]
