On May 12-16, in Tbilisi (Georgia) was held the first International tournament in Trampoline Gymnastics "GOLDEN JUMP". National teams of Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Georgia took part in this tournament. The fact that the national and youth teams of Georgia successfully competed and won 10 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals is a very positive thing. The tournament received great feedbacks and response. All the participating federations and their members were excited about the tournament, there were many calls and messages from different countries congratulating us on the success of the tournament and hoping that the tournament will become a tradition and they too will have the opportunity to participate in it. On behalf of the United Georgian Gymnastics Federation, we would like to thank the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth of Georgia and the City Service of Culture, Education, Sports and Youth Affairs of Tbilisi Municipality for their support and assistance. Many thanks to: volunteers, gymnasts, coaches, referees, parents, and all the people who contributed to the organization of this tournament. Special thank you to Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Latvia for participating at the tournament and hope to see you all the next year!

A few years ago, European Gymnastics launched a program called "Gymnastics Mentor for Gymnastics for All". The purpose of this program is to help countries where ,,GYMNASTICS for ALL’’ does not exists for or is at a stage of development. The help is expressed in the fact that the interested federation is attached to an expert-mentor who helps the federation to see ways of developing the GfA discipline and to draw up a development plan. Our federation joined this program and already this year we took part in an online seminar where it was decided that our mentor would be Mr. Alberto Claudino from Portugal. Mr. Alberto is a professional with a lot of experience who has made

On March 27-30, Tbilisi hosted for the third time an International tournament in Gymnastics For All - "TBILISI GYMNAESTRADA". The mentioned tournament was held for the first time in 2021 and the teams of Georgia and Azerbaijan took part in it with 115 participants. In 2022, teams from Georgia and Azerbaijan competed again, already with 150 participants. This year, the number of participants reached 350! 2 teams from Israel were added to 25 teams of Georgia and 6 teams of Azerbaijan. . The age of the participants ranged from 3 to 40 years. Both professional and amateur gymnasts participated, and not only gymnasts, but people in general who love sports. The gymnastics arena where the event was held was filled with spectators and fans. The tournament was organized at

City of Antalia (Turkiye) is holding the Junior Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Georgian junior gymnast Dolidze Dachi had performed his new element (From pommel circle to 90 degrees turn to Russian wenderswing 270 on one pommel to handstand - D vaule) with success in the Qualifications of the 2nd Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships (Antalya, Türkiye)! From this on the element will be named after Dachi Dolidze! Also, on the same Championships Dachi, on the High Bar got the the best Excecution score and was awarded by the FIG with a special prize. Well done Dachi and good luck in the future tournaments.

The EC approved a proposal from the Trampoline Gymnastics Technical Committee to define the World Cup events in 2023 that will act as qualifiers for Paris 2024 under criteria 2 of the Olympic Qualification System as follows: Coimbra (POR), Palm Beach, FL (USA) and Varna (BUL). The EC also approved the selection procedures for judges for Rhythmic Gymnastics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

DECISION REGARDING ATHLETES AND OFFICIALS FROM RUSSIA AND BELARUS: Unfortunately, the conflict in Ukraine, which started just over a year ago, is still going on. Considering the exceptional circumstances related to this conflict, the FIG Executive Committee has decided, based on the new Article 13.3 of the FIG Statutes in force since 1 January 2023, to confirm the measures taken on 26 February 2022 and on 4 March 2022, in particular the measure according to which Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials, including judges, are not allowed to take part in FIG competitions or FIG-sanctioned competitions until further notice. The present measures enter into force with immediate effect and replace and supersede all measures previously taken by the FIG Executive Committee. The FIG will continuously monitor the overall situation and may reassess those measures depending on the evolution of the circumstances.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL UNITED GEORGIA GYMNASTICS FEDERATION'S MEMBERS! ALL THE BEST WISHES FOR THE 2023 YEAR!

Today, at Pullman Tbilisi Axis Towers Hotel, was held the ceremony of awarding the best sports results of the Georgian Olympic Committee in 2022. Sports figures and veteran sportsmen of the year 2022 were awarded with a special prize on the occasion of the anniversary of their birth. Among them was our legendary veteran athlete and sportswoman Mrs.Rusudan Khoperia. Also, the following members of our federation were declared winners in other nominations: Mr. Zaur Sulashvili, the head coach of the national team in Trampoline Gymnastics of Georgia, was named "The best coach of 2022 in Women's Sports". Anano Apakidze, a member of the Georgian national team in Trampoline Gymnastics was awarded in the "Olympic Hope" category of the discovery of 2022.

Dr. Farid Gayibov is reelected as President of European Gymnastics with 44 votes (100%)! Congratulations! Best wishes from the United Georgian Gymnastics Federation!

Today is election day at the European Gymnastics Congress in Portugal. A few hours ago, the President of European Gymnastics Mr. Farid Gaibov was elected for the second term. And at this moment, we received the good news for our federation that our candidate for the Rhythmic Gymnastics technical committee, Ms. Eliso Bedoshvili, has been elected as a member of this committee. Congratulations Mrs. Bedoshvili, and good luck in your new work!