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An upcoming International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Council meeting has been changed from an in-person gathering to an online one light of the coronavirus pandemic, but the governing body continues to plan to stage a Congress in Turkey in November.
The FIG Council had been due to meet in Swakopmund in Namibia on May 20 and 21, but that has been replaced by a remote meeting.
The FIG Executive Committee cited coronavirus-related travel restrictions when making that decision.
Meetings of the FIG Executive Committee and Council in the Namibian venue in May 2020 also had to be called off.
However, the FIG still plans to stage a Congress in Antalya in Turkey from November 5 to 7 and has opened the registration process.
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New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Cancellations of a series of World Cups, which were part of the Olympic qualification programme, has all but evaporated the chances of Indian gymnasts, including 2016 Olympian Dipa Karmakar, qualifying in this year s Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Two World Cups have been cancelled while a third one, originally scheduled to be held in March, has been postponed by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) because of the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the cancelled World Cups was to be staged this month and the other next month.