Unlike so many other recent International Federation elections, the one which saw Morinari Watanabe re-elected as President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) last month involved a proper contest. 

Was the IOC rejection of parkour for the Paris 2024 Games influenced by the unresolved dispute with Parkour

I believe parkour has the potential to become a great sport," Watanabe told insidethegames.

The most important is the development of parkour.

Given that potential, it doesn't matter if there is a conflict with other organisations or if parkour

Morinari Watanabe skipped the question over whether the disputed activity of parkour might become an

The next generation of sports will get their chance to shine at the Birmingham 2022 World Games, the event’s chief executive Nick Sellers has claimed.

comes to Birmingham in Alabama in July 2022.Drone racing, canoe marathon, breaking, women's fistball, parkour

The Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) has launched the bidding process for multi-sports events held under its auspices - the World Urban Games, World Combat Games and World Mind Games.

debuted in the Hungarian capital Budapest in 2019, featuring BMX freestyle, inline roller freestyle, parkour

All 14 of the competition venues for the Birmingham 2022 World Games have been announced, with 34 sports and approximately 3,600 athletes anticipated.

Railroad Park, alongside the duathlon, while Sloss Furnaces hosts sport climbing, dancesport (breaking), parkour

The International Gymnastics Federation's (FIG) inaugural Parkour World Championships have been postponed

of this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Hiroshima was announced as the host of the first FIG Parkour

World Championships in 2019.The Japanese city has strong connections to parkour, having held the first

the locations for its World Cup events in 2022, 2023 and 2024 ©Getty ImagesThe FIG voted to include parkour

claimed the worldwide body had no legitimate claim to taking over the running of the sport.It proposed parkour

was rejected by the International Olympic Committee.Confirmation of the latest postponement of the Parkour

New Codes of Points have been released by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) in men's and women's artistic, trampoline, acrobatic and aerobic disciplines, applicable from January 1 next to December 31 in 2024.

Codes of Points for rhythmic gymnastics and parkour disciplines are due be published in the coming months

The World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has announced new additions to its Breaking Division, giving athletes a stronger voice in the discipline ahead of its debut at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Breaking among sports which will be added as Feds await decision on their new event proposals, such as #parkour

Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham-Southern College (BSC) and Avondale Park have been confirmed as venues for next year’s World Games in Birmingham in the United States.

Sport climbing, breaking, parkour and beach volleyball competitions will be held at Sloss Furances.Originally

International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has confirmed the postponement of the inaugural Parkour World

restrictions and difficulties, the FIG considers the most appropriate option to be rescheduling the Parkour

at the host of the inaugural World Championships in 2019.The Japanese city has strong connections to parkour

gymnastics discipline at its Congress in December 2018.The governing body has since held a series of Parkour

events.Parkour also featured at the inaugural World Urban Games in Budapest in 2019.The FIG claims parkour

inclusion at the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games.The governing body has been criticised by parkour

World Athletics has revealed it is "disappointed" at the omission of a cross country event at the Paris 2024 Olympics but is set to "develop" the mixed gender race walk that has been added to the Games.

the retaining of the current Olympic gymnastics events on the programme and proposed the inclusion of parkour

The suggested disciplines were rejected but the FIG is set to work with the IOC and Paris 2024 to use parkour

 Parkour was rejected as a medal event for Paris 2024 but will be used as part of a youth engagement

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has turned down all requests for additional disciplines for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, with the organisation instead confirming a reduction of events in weightlifting and the removal of the 50 kilometres race walk.

, IOC sport director Kit McConnell offered encouragement for cross country, coastal rowing and parkour

The only way parkour could have been added is if it replaced existing gymnastics events."

International Gymnastics Federation chose not to propose the replacement of any existing events with parkour

It was not a case of us rejecting parkour, parkour could add a lot to the Olympic Games in the future

Parkour is expected to feature as part of the youth-focused engagement plan around Paris 2024, just not

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board is set to confirm the Paris 2024 programme at its latest remote meeting tomorrow following a host of submissions from International Federations for the inclusion of new events and disciplines.

Olympics by the ruling body, which will also assess a series of proposals for new events, including parkour

are part of the International Gymnastics Federation's (FIG) submission to the IOC.The FIG proposing parkour

I was immediately struck by a somewhat revelatory line in a press release from the International Canoe Federation (ICF) last week regarding its proposed slate of events for Paris 2024.

country athletics event, coastal rowing and parkour.The IOC has been urged to reject the inclusion of parkour

ahead of its Paris 2024 decision on Monday, can take solace from the fact the FIG's attempt to include parkour

what they need to do to achieve a hallowed place at the Games.A proposal from gymnastics to include parkour

The global governing body for parkour has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reject

Parkour Earth, which says it is the International Federation for the sport, has written to the IOC Executive

has been guilty of "encroachment and misappropriation" of the discipline.But the FIG - which claims parkour

is a "natural fit" for gymnastics - has continued to ignore the complaints from Parkour Earth and is

it as a new gymnastics discipline at its Congress in December 2018.Parkour Earth has accused the FIG

Parkour Earth can take solace from the fact the FIG's attempt to include parkour at Paris 2024 could

Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) President Raffaele Chiulli has said he hopes to build on the success of the first World Urban Games after marking the one-year anniversary of the event in Budapest.

year.The Games featured six main sports – BMX freestyle, roller freestyle, 3x3 basketball, flying disc, parkour