San Jose California — The world gymnastics championships appear to be on track for Tokyo this fall.The International Gymnastics Federation's Executive Committee decided Friday not to step in and move the worlds, the main qualifier for the 2012 Olympics in London. Instead, the final decision will come this weekend from the FIG Council, which originally awarded these world championships to Tokyo four years ago.Worlds are scheduled for Oct. 7-16 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Figure skating moved its world championships out of Tokyo after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan in March, and the FIG had expressed concern about high radiation levels outside Fukushima, about 240 km outside of Tokyo. But organizers assured gymnastics officials that safety won't be a concern, and the executive committee decided there was no reason to overturn the council's original decision.
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