The 33-year-old, who placed sixth at the Games in the Greek capital, was the only athlete to register his candidature by the deadline but he will still face a vote on Wednesday (November 6), which is being held at the Trampoline World Championships in Sofia.

If elected he will replace incumbent Dmitri Poliaroush of Belarus, who is now a member of the FIG Trampoline Technical Committee, and gain voting rights in Technical Committee activities.

Merino will also join the five other members of the Commission - President Jani Tanskanen of Finland, Briton Beth Tweddle for artistic gymnastics, Belarus' Liubov Charkashyna for rhythmic gymnastics, Aldrin Rodríguez of Mexico for aerobics and Azerbaijan's Ayla Ahmadova for acrobatics - in representing the athletes in their respective disciplines.

The World Championships are due to run until next Sunday (November 10).

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