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THE AEROBIC GYMNASTICS NEWSLETTER – N° 2 – August 2017

Wroclaw (POL) 22nd, July 2017

To: All Member Federations

The FIG AER-TC after the World Games competition and analysis made, wish to notify our
Member Federations of the following information.

1. Naming of the new elements

New elements submitted to FIG AER TC by NF with the requirements established in the AER COP
(COP pg. 20/29), may receive the name of the gymnast who performs the element with the
following criteria:
1. The element must receive a number and a value after the evaluation by the TC.

2. The element must be performed without touch or fall, by submitted gymnast at any FIG
official competition (World Championships, World Games, World Cups), Continental
Championships, registered FIG competitions. If FIG AER TC member is not present at the
competition as part of the Jury, then it must be confirmed by video of the competition sent
to FIG AER TC through FIG office, within 1 month after the competition.

3. The element should not be a variation of an existing element.

For example: Flair ½ turn to split (currently not in COP)

2. Clarifications
 Aerobic Step (App. 7, pg 7/7)
Add CJP Deduction:
 If Building (stacking) steps during the routine before the final pose -0.5

 Compulsory elements for Age Group: 1 Turn to vertical split (AG1) and Illusion or free
Illusion to vertical split (AG2)
When the gymnast(s) performing compulsory element from group D in AG1 / AG2 and fail
to perform the vertical split:
o Will receive 0.0 value in Difficulty, but no deduction for missing compulsory.
o Execution judge will deduct -0.5 for unacceptable execution.

3. Calendar Updated
 8 – 9 Apr 2nd Mediterranean Competition for juniors, Guadalajara (ESP)
 22 – 23 Apr Suzuki World Cup, Tokyo (JPN)
 25 -28 May International tournament Cantanhede (POR)
 26 -28 May World Cup Cantanhede (POR)
 3- 4 June The 12th Heathrow International 2017, Bracknell (GBR)
 20 – 30 July 10th the World Games 2017 Wroclaw (POL)
 30 July-2 Aug ANAC International Championship 2017,Phoenix (USA)
 23–25 Aug South American Championships 2017, Lima (PER)
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THE AEROBIC GYMNASTICS NEWSLETTER – N° 2 – August 2017

EXECUTION
 24–25 August
EXECUTION
International Championships "COPA PERU 2017", Lima (PER)
 Standard
13-18 Sep 6th Aerobic Gymnastics Asian Championships, Ulaanbaatar, (MGL)
1.4  Very GoodSep
18–20 1st European AG1 Competition 2017, Ancona (ITA)
 22-24 Sep 10th Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships, Ancona (ITA)

CHAIR
 21-22
CHAIR
Oct 8th Plovdiv Cup Aerobics Open 2017
 Standard
26-29 Oct Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships, Bogotá (COL)
0.3 Excellent
 27–29 oct. Hungarian Open 2017

4. Gymnasiade 2018 – pending FIG approval

Gymnasiade 2018 will take place from 2nd to 9th May 2018 in Marrakech (Morocco). Aerobic
Gymnastics is included in the competition program: IW-IM-MP-TR-GR and Team Ranking
(Age Group 2). Please contact with your national organization of the ISF (International
School Federation) as all registration is not done by National Federations but from the ISF
egory national organization. Please take note that first registration dead line is 30 September
2017.
The competition will be for AG 2 (born in 2001 until 2003)
Bulletin number 1 can be found here:
http://www.isfsports.org/summer-gymnasiade-1

Sergio GARCIA
Sergio GARCIA Tammy YAGI-KITAGAWA
AER
AERTC President
TC President AER TC Vice-President

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