Dwight Normile confirms what has been rumoured for some days:
After numerous complaints about its limited Team Officials quota for the inaugural Youth Olympics (YOG) in Singapore in August, the International Olympic Committee released an amendment on June 25 that will now allow more coaches for Aquatics, Athletics and Gymnastics. Artistic Gymnastics, which originally received one coaching credential, will now receive two: one each for a male and female gymnast.
Since the U.S. Olympic Committee had already officially informed the International Gymnastics Federation that it would not enter a female gymnast for the YOG, it is unclear whether that decision can be changed at this point. USA Gymnastics has already named Jesse Glenn as its male artistic gymnast. …
I’m assuming coach Elvira Saadi will go with Maddie Gardiner for Canada. (That’s a guess. Nothing official.)
But will Jordyn Wieber now go coached by John Geddert?
The USA had declined to send a female athlete, diminishing the WAG competition.
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No way on Wieber. I think Marta sees the competition as trivial. I wouldn’t be surprised, though, if a non-national team gymnast (with a passport…) was sent. With US Nationals going on the same weekend as YOG, it is high-priority for those vying for the national team funding.
I hope USA sends someone competetive. Ideally Weiber.
“I wouldn’t be surprised, though, if a non-national team gymnast (with a passport…) was sent. ”
It would be great if they did that but I don’t think they will. I mean if they were of that mindset, they could’ve announced that they’d send a 1995 non-national team gymnast when JW couldn’t go due to the one coach thing. Instead they said they wouldn’t send a WAG at all.
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