FIG Apparatus and Trampoline World Cup events have been cancelled ©Getty Images

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has announced the cancellation and postponement of several of its World Cup events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In artistic gymnastics, the Apparatus World Cup in Cottbus in Germany, scheduled to take place from February 25 to 28, has been cancelled.

The other event to be cancelled is the Trampoline World Cup in Baku in Azerbaijan, which was set to be held from February 13 to 14.

Three acrobatic gymnastics World Cups have also been postponed, including an event Maia in Portugal, which has been pushed back from its original dates of March 5 to 7 to May 14 to 16.

World Cups in Oktyabrskiy in Russia, slated for February 19 to 21, and Puurs in Belgium, scheduled for April 9 to 11, have also been postponed.

New dates for the two competitions have not yet been confirmed.

The Trampoline World Cup event in Baku in Azerbaijan has been cancelled ©Getty Images
The Trampoline World Cup event in Baku in Azerbaijan has been cancelled ©Getty Images

The Aerobic Gymnastics World Cup in Tokyo, which had been due to take place from April 24 to 25, has been postponed.

In September, the FIG Executive Committee approved medical guidelines for events and competitions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

FIG-sanctioned competition restarted in October with a World Challenge Cup artistic gymnastics event in Szombathely in Hungary.

The Friendship and Solidarity competition in Tokyo was held in November, before the European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were staged in Mersin, Turkey in December.