 Local and regional competitions often form the qualification stages required to compete at national championships.There is no requirement from the FIG for gymnasts to have qualified through their own national championships to compete internationally, but local governing bodies will often make their national team selections based on performance at national competition.Acrobatic gymnastics events often attract sizable audiences, because they are highly entertaining, exhilarating, and suspenseful due to what look to be risky or daring moves.