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The FIG Trampoline Newsletter No. 5 / April 2002
| Olympic Games 2004 |
The best news for Trampoline came in right after the last Newsletter was published. The IOC decided to give more places for the Trampoline competitions in Athens 2004. We will have 16 women and 16 men in the individual event. In a short meeting and via e-mail the TRA TC discussed and proposed new qualification criteria to be included in the Technical Regulations. These were accepted by the Executive Committee and are on the agenda for the FIG Council in May to be ratified.
Section 4 Reg. 2.2 - RIGHT OF PARTICIPATION :
and maximum 1 per federation for the places 9 - 16
Qualification system:
| Places 1 - 8 | will be attributed to the federations (max. 2 per federation) according to the ranking of their gymnasts at the final of the qualifying World Championships. | |
| Places 9 - 13 | will be attributed to the federations (max. 1 per federation), who are not represented in the places 1 - 8 , according to the ranking of their gymnasts in the qualification at the qualifying World Championships. | |
| Places 14 - 15 | are nominated by the FIG Executive Committee in consultation with the TC Trampoline to (in order of priority): | |
| 1. | make sure the host country of the Olympic Games is at least represented (in case none of their gymnasts is qualified in the places 1 - 13) with one women or one men, provided they have participated at the qualifying World Championships. The place will be given to the best ranked gymnast. | |
| 2. | guarantee that at least 4 continents are represented at the Olympic Games. (if such a place has to be assigned, it will be given to the best ranked women or men of the respective Continent at the qualifying World Championships.) | |
| 3. | to cater for other unforeseen cases provided the gymnast has participated at the qualifying World Championships. | |
| Any place(s) not assigned under the criteria mentioned above will be attributed following the same criteria as places 9 - 13 to raise the number of individual gymnasts from federations not yet represented at the Olympic Games. | ||
| Place 16 | Either for men or for women, one IOC invitation is reserved for the IOC Tripartite Commission. | |
| The place(s) not used by the IOC Tripartite Commission will be assigned following the same criteria as places 9 - 13 to raise the number of individual gymnastics from federations not yet represented at the Olympic Games. | ||
| World Cup Series 2001 - 2002 |
World Cup (TRA) Mikolayiv UKR 21-24 Feb 02 - This had been a well-organised event.
The accommodation, food, sports hall and equipment were of the highest standard.
UKR Federation should be congratulated for the organisation of this event. Especially the media and the local government supported this event. The sports hall had been full on both days of the competition.
World Cup (TRA+TUM) Edmonton CAN 16-18 Aug 02 - the Directives for this event were distributed to all Federations.. It was reiterated that TC Member Nikolai Makarov would be the FIG representative in Edmonton.
World Cup (TRA+TUM) Greensboro USA 23-25 Aug 02 - the Directives for this event were distributed to all Federations. TC Member Filipe Carvalho confirmed his attendance as the FIG representative for this event. It was noted that additional training would be made available on Tuesday 20th August and Wednesday 21st August.
| World Cup Series 2003 - 2004 |
At its meetings in Tenerife (ESP) in December 2001 and Lausanne (SUI) February 2002, the FIG Executive Committee has decided the principles of a new World Cup System and the creation of ongoing World Ranking Lists, which can be used as qualification for the participation in the FIG World Cup (Final) and other invitational events.
The FIG World Ranking List Rules should therefore be read in conjunction with the new Rules for the FIG World Cup Competitions and World Cup Finals for all FIG disciplines, published and distributed in March 2002.
FIG World Ranking Lists will be established for: ART, RG, TRA, AER, ACRO.
The new FIG World Ranking Lists are ongoing and the competitors gather World Cup Points at all major events (Number of points depending on the level of the event 1. - 6.):
| 1. Olympic Games (or World Games) | |
| 2. World Championships | |
| 3. World Cup Finals | |
| 4. Continental Championships (or Games) | |
| 5. A) Top International Tournaments | |
| B) Major International Tournaments | |
| 6. National Championships |
World Cup Points are assigned as follows:
| Olympic Games or World Games | World Champion-ships | World Cup Final | Continental Champion-ships | World Cup Category A | World Cup Category B | National Champion-ships | |
| 1 | 150 | 125 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 30 | 10 |
| 2 | 125 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 35 | 20 | 5 |
| 3 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 3 |
| 4 | 70 | 60 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 10 | |
| 5 | 60 | 50 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 8 | |
| 6 | 50 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 6 | |
| 7 | 40 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | |
| 8 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
The new FIG World Ranking Lists for Trampoline and Tumbling will be published in December 2002. The following events will be counted:
The total points obtained in these 3 events will be the opening balance for the competitors 1st January 2003.
Member Federations wishing to organize a World Cup Competition in 2003 should apply in writing to the FIG Secretary General a.s.a.p. to establish a years schedule. The application should be as per § 2 of the Rules for TRA World Cup Competitions published March 2002.
| Judges Courses |
ESP (Nov 01) - Report (Filipe) - very well organised course. All went according to plan. Results were sent to TC President and FIG Office.
USA (Nov 01) - Report (Tatiana) - very well organised course. All went according to plan. Results were forwarded to TC President and FIG Office.
MEX (July 16 - 19 2002) - Horst will organise and run this course.
GRE - possible course in June 2002.
Educational and Test Videos - TC Member Pat Henderson has been given the authority to produce Educational and test Videos for the next Judges Cycle to standardize the quality of material of Judges Courses.
| Synchronised Equipment |
The TC has now looked at two different types of synchronised scoring units from the member federations RUS and UKR. Whilst the result of the tests had proven quite positive to-date, it was felt that more time be allowed to test the equipment before the proposed start date of 1st January 2003.
In the meantime, the trial period will continue for the remainder of 2002, with the results of the machine being used, (if an error occurs, the three judges for synchronisation scores will be used).
TC members Ulf Andersson and Nikolai Makarov will look at the project and report back to the next TC meeting. The machine will be used the first time at the World Cup in Edmonton in August 2002.
| Terminology |
The TRA TC has agreed upon the short writing for judges on competition cards in Tumbling:
| Round off | = | ( |
| Flic-Flac or Handspring | = | _ |
| Tempo | = | ^ |
| Salti | = | o, <, / = tuck, pike, straight |
| Double / Triple | = | << , ooo |
| Barani | = | 1 |
| Straight with 1 twist | = | 1 |
| Full | = | 2 |
| 1 1 | = | 3 |
| Double Full | = | 4 |
| Full in | = | 2 o if tucked or 2 < if piked |
| Full in / Full out | = | 22 / if straight or 22 o if tucked |
| Miller | = | 24 / if straight |
| Full in triple | = | 2oo |
| Full in triple Full out | = | 2o2 |
| Side skills | = | marked with an additional x |
| Front or backwards | = | if necessary marked with a dot |
| .1 = Barani or 1. = back with 1 twist |
The TC has also begun working on the short writing for judges on competition cards for Trampoline and DMT. Once finalized, a separate document, containing the short writing for all disciplines will be dispatched to all member federations.
| Judges at FIG events |
The EC has decided that in all FIG disciplines the Judges have to be drawn.
Starting from the next Olympic Cycle, also all our judges (including Difficulty Judges) will be drawn. Only judges that have passed the Superior Difficulty test can take part in the draw. The Technical Regulations will be changed accordingly.
| Instructions for Difficulty Judges |
The TRA TC has produced a paper, ”Instructions for Difficulty Judges”. The intention of this document is to help the Difficulty Judges, to harmonize the working procedures of the difficulty judges, to make it easier for the TC to analyze the work of the difficulty judges and, above all, to decrease the risk of mistakes by the Difficulty Judges. The paper will be dispatched to all member federations within short.
| Horst KUNZE, President of the Trampoline Technical Committee |
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