tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
As we feared …
New Zealand was not SMART enough to confirm Isabella to the Olympics after she earned the Olympic berth through Continental qualification.
Obviously to ME … the benefits of a smaller nation having one more Olympian far outweighs the downside of Isabella not finishing high in the rankings.
Personally, I feel most of the moves end up being successful for the gymnasts.
There are about 100 gymnasts in the portal now, in advance of the 2025 season.
There’s a good discussion on the topic on College Gym News:
related – Selena Harris enters transfer portal, ‘dismissed’ from UCLA gymnastics
Mattel is making Barbie dolls depicting U.S. tennis star Venus Williams and eight other athletes who’ve “broken boundaries” and encouraged girls to stay in sports, the company announced Wednesday. …
French boxer Estelle Mossely; soccer players Christine Sinclair, of Canada, and Mary Fowler, of Australia; gymnasts Alexa Moreno, of Mexico, and Rebeca Andrade, of Brazil; Spanish Paralympian Susana Rodriguez; Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini and; Polish sprinter Ewa Swoboda.
Mattel unveils Venus Williams Barbie “Role Model” doll
Former (Canadian) Olympic hopeful Thierry Pellerin was sentenced to five years in prison for luring young boys who were under his responsibility to the gymnastics club where he was a coach, in addition to filming them in the locker room toilets.
Journal de Quebec
He will be in the sex offender register for the next 20 years and will not be able to be in a park, school grounds or other place where it is reasonable to expect the presence of children.
Parents of recreation gymnast needed to be educated about “spotting“, of course.
Paris already has one of the biggest and busiest subway networks in the world.
Simultaneous with Olympics 2024 construction, over 200km more are being built. 68 brand-new stations. The plan is to travel around the city, rather than crossing the congested centre.
It’s called the Grand Paris Express.
Of course there will be an economic boost everywhere easily accessible by the 4 new lines.
Hopefully, Paris will be one Olympic host where the legacy benefits outweighs the incredible cost for a … circus.
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North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson has been called “the GOP’s next top lunatic”.
Sure he’s homophobic, anti-semitic, an election denier, anti-science, anti-woman — BUT what made Gymnastics fans mad was when he dissed the greatest gymnast of all time.
Something tells me candidate Mark Robinson never did Gymnastics. 😀
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Promoting her new book.
There should be criteria for WHO can be invited to U.S. National Team Camps.
If you don’t meet criteria, you MIGHT not have a petition accepted.
However — USAG did not have that criteria posted soon enough. In light of that oversight, had I a vote, 2012 Olympic champion Gabby Douglas would have been invited.
Even if there is no ill intent towards Gabby, it LOOKS BAD for an organization that is still trying to improve their reputation for fairness from the many, many wrong decisions of the past.
Listen to the specifics of this issue on the GymCastic PODCAST episode posted April 1, 2024.
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