His right ankle has not recovered sufficiently to compete FX or Vault.
During podium training he deliberately rolled out of landings to protect the ankle as much as possible.
Category: ethics
update on CDN coach court cases
Sexual assault trial of Canada’s former national women’s gymnastics coach begins Monday
Michel Arsenault’s trial was moved forward to some time 2019.
Jim Thorpe’s shoes at the Olympics
Associated Press named him the “greatest athlete” from the first 50 years of the 20th century.
Here’s a great story – triumphing over racism and adversity.
James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as “Bright Path” … was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist.
A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States.
Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, and played American football (collegiate and professional), professional baseball, and basketball.
He lost his Olympic titles after it was found he had been paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics, thus violating the amateurism rules that were then in place. In 1983, 30 years after his death, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) restored his Olympic medals. …
Hurricane Michael Gymnastics clinic
Doc Ali is donating all proceeds to the USA Gymnastics Florida Recovery Fund managed by the United States Gymnastics Coaches and Owners Association (USGCOA).
TOPICS:
1. UNLEASH your fierce competitor when it counts
2. Deal with nerves during competition
3. Be mentally strong through adversity in competition
Participate live in your gym, at home, or watch the video recording at your convenience.
Hurricane Michael Relief Clinic: Get Your Mind Right for Competition ($25.00)
Hurricane Michael Relief Clinic: Get Your Mind Right for Competition – Gym Membership ($300.00)
USC pays $215m over gynaecologist sex abuse claims
The proposed settlement would compensate students who saw gynaecologist George Tyndall, whom hundreds of women have accused.
It comes a day after 93 women filed a lawsuit against the school, alleging it ignored complaints for decades.
Mr Tyndall has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with a crime. …
Nancy Hogshead-Makar, CEO of Champion Women
Nancy Hogshead-Makar, J.D., née Nancy Lynn Hogshead, is an American swimmer who represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where she won three gold medals and one silver medal.
She is currently the CEO of Champion Women, an organization leading targeted efforts to advocate for equality and accountability in sport. …
championwomen.org
She’d be an ideal President of USA Gymnastics.
Click PLAY or watch her story on Facebook.
In praise of Gymnastics in the USA
Once again USAG is headline news in mainstream media. Another self-inflicted shot in the foot.
Criticism is much deserved. Whomever voted for Mary Bono as President should recuse themselves from the next selection process.
That said, Tony Retrosi took the time to post some of the many excellent things that are happening in the USA:
Gymnastics IS GREAT- And we will make it EVEN BETTER
Steve Penny permanently ineligible
Confirmed here.
https://twitter.com/USAGymSafeSport/status/1053035286261850112
He also joins the short list of people charged with crimes associated with the criminal doctor.
feedback (a) usagym.org
If you have recommendations for the Board of Directors of USA Gymnastics, they invite you to forward it.
I did send my own recommendations.
feedback (a) usagym.org
Region 5 in Jamaica
Every year Region 5 sends a group of their top athletes and coaches to an international destination.
More than just Gymnastics, this is a life experience for all.
Click PLAY or watch the team on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/Region5Insider/status/1051258639120510977
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