LAUSANNE: The International Gymnastics Federation has laid claim to being the first international sports federation to change its domain name with a switch to the innovative ‘.sport’ extension.
From now on, the FIG website, which has been entirely developed in-house, can be accessed via the address www.gymnastics.sport.
The FIG is one of the pioneer sporting bodies chosen by the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) for its Dot Sport initiative. With this Dot Sport project, GAISF gave the FIG the opportunity to acquire the valuable asset of a unique digital signature through internet address extensions relevant to gymnastics and its affiliated sports, disciplines and apparatus in a range of languages.
“We like this concept of having a domain name that clearly means what the International Gymnastics Federation is. The GAISF approach, which offers the opportunity to control a full portfolio of relevant names linked to the FIG activities, will allow us to be more visible in an internet search and, therefore, to increase our digital footprint,” FIG president Morinari Watanabe said.
The next stage of development will see the addition of several names related to gymnastics such as artistic-gymnastics.sport, rhythmic-gymnastics.sport, trampoline.sport, or parkour.sport and their equivalents in more than 30 languages.
The previous website address, www.fig-gymnastics.com, will automatically redirect to the new platform for an indefinite period of time. The FIG’s website has been redesigned at the same time to offer visitors a fresh and attractive look.
