Yul announced this on Instagram.
(via gymnasticsville)
Category: clothing
Stacey Ervin’s t-shirt
Cheering night 1 of USA Championships.
GOAT.
Gym Momentum Camp photos
leotard design rules?
A private Facebook group is discussion possible new USAG rules for leotards.
Have you heard anything about this?
If so, leave a comment.
“New Rule as of August 1, 2019 – no grace period at this time.
1. Acceptable Attire for Athletes
Recommendation to include the following items regarding Athlete Attire in the JO Code of Points, General-6 and the R&P, page 19 under Gymnast’s Obligations, effective August 1, 2019:a. A backless leotard is described as: “The open area extends past the bottom of a bra line and the open area extends past the vertical midpoint of the scapula, unless the open area is filled in with mesh.” – both must be met to be compliant.
If an area is not compliant, it must be mesh lined. Any cover mesh, including nude and does NOT need to be lined, to be considered compliant.b. Underwear (including sports bras) should not be visible. Add- (Clear, Nude Bra or coordinating base layer is acceptable.)
c. In addition to a leotard or ankle-length unitard, acceptable attire would include ankle-length tights under the leotard (that match the leotard or are skin tone).
IEC – January 1, 2020 – Elite Level leotards will go to FIG rules
Acceptable solutions are: Nude bra and full body liner would cover any open areas necessary.”
GymCastic is not impressed.
Canadian gymnasts modelling Louis Vuitton, HUGO, etc.
Gymnastics fees ARE your Christmas present
So true. 🎅
You MIGHT find the new club uniform under the tree.
Thanks Kim.
NAIGC allows shorts in competition
National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs
New for this season:
All athletes will now be allowed to compete with spandex shorts that are either black or match the main color of their competition leo. There will be no uniform deduction …
via email
This should be allowed at all levels of competition everywhere, of course.
Canadians wearing Lumberjack
The Canucks in Doha wore their very Canadian apparel in training.
At Tramp Worlds, the guys have the same kit.
‘face painting’ not allowed
FIG WTC announced the new rule at Worlds.
I’m not sure when it goes into effect
Many instantly reacted online. Dvora summaries those concerns
Coach Jason Mortimer had the most thoughtful reaction I’ve seen so far:
… Gymnastics will always straddle, pun intend, the line between athletic sport and artistic expression. …
If you’re an athlete and you want ZERO theatricality, run track. If you’re a performer and you want ONLY theatricality, do theater. If you’re an athlete who wants to perform, there’s gymnastics.
It’s in the nature of the sport to test the boundaries in each direction. Simone is testing the physical limits of what someone bit by a radioactive spider can do.
(Céline van Gerner) tested the limits of what can be performed. I applaud her for trying. FIG reacted by deciding that’s not a boundary we need to push right now. The emphasis and direction of the sport, based on the way the current codes are written, seem to favor the direction of pushing toward the sport-end of the sport/art direction.
Now, their word choice, using the phrase, “modest,” was a bad decision.
… yes, it would be disgusting if their decision was meant to censor women, or stifle their creativity. …
Ask yourself this: does the makeup enhance the performance, or not? If the makeup does NOT enhance the performance, then it isn’t necessary, and isn’t something that needs to be fought for. If it DOES enhance the performance, is that what we want gymnastics to become? Do we want girls getting deductions because their makeup wasn’t flamboyant enough? Do we want insufficient costume deductions? Do we really want to send the message to clubs that now they need to employ makeup artists to be competitive?
The impetus behind ANY envelope pushing at this level is to create some kind of competitive advantage. (Céline) could not compete with Simone on floor by out-tumbling her. She had to try something else. So she tried stepping up what the Dutch had already been doing well: she tried to be MORE artistic. …
… FIG decided they were concerned about the slippery slope. What would come after makeup? Props, right? …
… we should only be judging their gymnastics. It should not matter if they have bright nail polish, or visible tattoos, or non-natural hair color. None of that should matter. …
If the US women’s soccer team all came out with full bald-eagle face paint, would they play any harder or be more likely to win? I doubt it. To them, there’s no correlation between their makeup and their performance. We’re only thinking it does in gymnastics because gymnastics already has some “performance” element to it.
But I don’t want my kids losing a meet because they wore a temporary face tattoo. And I don’t want them winning a meet either because their smokey eyes were on point. For myself, I want to compete gymnastics. I don’t want to compete theater.
There’s more on Jason’s Facebook post. Leave your comments there.
Personally I would not restrict makeup or face painting for MAG or WAG in any way. But props should be disallowed.
The word modesty is too open to interpretation. That has to be defined clearly.
It would seem this is a WAG rule. Of course it should be applied to MAG, as well.
Finally, this is a classic example of folks getting very worked up about a tiny issue. Céline was rewarded for her brilliant, creative innovation at Europeans. Let’s get the rule better defined. And move forward.
NO face painting in WAG
Sounds like FIG WTC is trying to clarify what is and what is not allowed in terms of makeup.
Needless to say, that’s not easy.
They want artistry, but want to put limits on theatrics.
On the upside, Celine’s a bit of proud of being the last.
The gymternet is going to have a field day talking implications, sexism and inconsistencies.
