Japan’s Morinari Watanabe beat French rival Georges Guelzec Wednesday to become the new head of world gymnastics.
Watanabe, a former gymnast, succeeds Italy’s Bruno Grandi as president of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), said a spokesman for the Japan Gymnastics Association.
The 57-year-old will be the first Japanese person to sit in the top post after beating out Guelzec, who is head of the European Union of Gymnastics.
The vote was held in Tokyo, which is hosting the 2020 Olympics.
