tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
Click PLAY or watch the BBC commentator on Twitter.
Click PLAY or watch her interview on Twitter.
One positive note, USAG President Kerry Perry attended the Nassar sentencing today.
Nassar is the horror story that never ends.
Why hasn’t the Ranch been abandoned?
related – Jamie Dantzscher & Rachael Denhollander call for removal of USA Gymnastics leaders, saying they didn’t do enough to stop sexual abuse
… FIG’s updated technical regulations, a somewhat new format for team finals had been slipped in without fanfare. …
#MeToo
More than two years since Frederick filed a formal complaint with USA Gymnastics, the sport’s national governing body, alleging sexual misconduct by Carlson the organization still hasn’t taken action against the coach. …
The USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal became public in 2011 when three women told the Orange County Register that former U.S. national team coach Don Peters had sex with three teenage gymnasts in the 1980s. Peters was banned for life by USA Gymnastics in November 2011 and removed from the sport’s Hall of Fame. Peters did not contest the ban. …
Peters was Frederick’s coach when she won her world title. Frederick said she was not sexually abused by Peters. …
Marcia Frederick, first U.S. Gymnastics world champion, shares story of abuse
If you don’t know Marcia, watch her gold medal winning Bars at 1978 Worlds.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via GymCastic)
I’m still planning to attend Worlds 2018 in Qatar. That would be my 3rd visit. I like the tiny nation and the people there.
The German Bundesliga (soccer) champions are in Qatar for their January winter training camp. For the 8th time.
Human Rights Watch’s Wenzel Michalski criticizes the trip, urging the club to publicly address human rights issues.
Here’s the other major issue:
Last summer, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, and Egypt cut off diplomatic ties with Doha and imposed a land, sea, and air blockade on the Gulf state.
The quartet accuses Qatar of funding “extremist” groups and being too close to its regional rival, Iran, accusations the Qataris vehemently deny.
If North Korea participates in the Winter Olympics, it will be a truce. And — perhaps — the beginning of improved communication / cooperation.
Number of North Korean athletes, issues over flags and anthems to be discussed
Heart this cartoon on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/joehoffecker/status/951817117468422144
I’ve not heard of any athlete refusing to go for reasons of personal safety.
The U.S. Olympic Committee is committed to compete though a few American politicians have discussed boycott.
Her Mom has been making TV appearances. VERY unhappy with USA Gymnastics and MSU.
I can’t arrive at any other conclusion.
According to court filings and interviews, it was Nichols and her coach, Sarah Jantzi, who reported Nassar to USA Gymnastics officials on June 17, 2015, after the coach overheard Maggie and another gymnast talking about Nassar’s behavior. …
Jantzi reported her concerns to USA Gymnastics women’s program director Rhonda Faehn and to Maggie’s mother, Gina.
According to the complaint, then–USA Gymnastics CEO Steve Penny “discouraged [Gina and John Nichols, Maggie’s parents] from reporting Nassar’s conduct to law enforcement and pressured them to keep the matter quiet.” …
Sometime between June 21 and July 2, USA Gymnastics brought on Fran Sepler, an expert on workplace harassment with experience interviewing children in sexual assault cases, to interview Maggie. …
In a statement to SI, Penny’s lawyers said, “The matter was reported to the FBI on Monday, July 27, 2015, and [chairman of USA Gymnastics] Mr. Parilla and Mr. Penny met with the FBI on July 28. …
USA Gymnastics did not contact MSU or the Michigan-based gymnastics club Twistars whose athletes were also treated by Nassar. The national governing body is currently contending in court that it did not have a responsibility to inform either MSU or Twistars of allegations against Nassar.
The Nichols family says it was not contacted by the FBI until July 2016, nearly a year after Maggie had come forward …
At least 19 people whose treatment occurred between the time Maggie spoke to USA Gymnastics and the time she was interviewed by the FBI have filed civil complaints against Nassar. …
If you are one of those 19 people you have to ask why Nassar wasn’t stopped sooner? 😦
Yesterday USAG responded:
Contrary to reported accusations, USA Gymnastics never attempted to hide Nassar’s misconduct. The suggestion by plaintiff’s counsel John Manly, who indicates that he is representing Maggie, that USA Gymnastics tried to silence athletes or keep the investigation secret to avoid headlines before the Rio Olympics and to protect Los Angeles’ Olympic bid is entirely baseless. USA Gymnastics kept the matter confidential because of the FBI’s directive not to interfere with the investigation. …
Has the FBI confirmed? I assume directives like that are put on paper.
Still … USAG paid McKayla Maroney $1.25 million to keep quiet in late 2016. How is that not trying to cover up the crimes of their former team doctor?
In the end, this will be decided in a court of law. Unless USA Gymnastics goes bankrupt first.
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