Artistic gymnastics World Cup called off due to war on Iran

2026-03-21 - 11:40

The artistic gymnastics World Cup championship was scheduled to be held in Doha on April 15-18. (Bernama pic) GENEVA: The artistic gymnastics World Cup scheduled to take place in Doha in April has been cancelled “in light of the current situation in West Asia,” the sport’s world governing body said, reported Xinhua. “The event will not be rescheduled,” World Gymnastics said in a statement. Since the (United States) US-Israeli strikes on Iran began, many teams had cancelled their application for the competitions held in West Asia. No penalties will be applied for late applications to the last two Apparatus World Cups of Cairo and Osijek in April, World Gymnastics said. The World Gymnastics meeting also approved several exceptional adjustments to the rules, including the number of highest results to be taken into consideration for the rankings’ calculation. The Apparatus World Cup Ranking list and the World Championships qualification pathway for Apparatus Specialists will be determined by three highest scores on each apparatus in five competitions, regardless of the number of competitions the gymnasts participated in.