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Spencer has a good write-up of the 2024 Regional Championships draw — including which names they got wrong, mispronounced, and seeded host problems.
Michigan State had a terrific season, and a bad draw.
Denver might also be unhappy.
On the up side, all the play-in teams are ranked 29-36, so no one got demoted into an extra meet this year that they should have been able to avoid.
It all kicks off April 3rd.
Another excellent video from LSU.
On Super Tuesday, Taylor Swift encouraged her millions of fans to VOTE.
Girls and women are not yet treated equally in the USA. To continue to make progress towards equality, they need to participate in elections.
Months before the Olympics, French women’s artistic gymnastics coach, Dimitru Pop, was provisionally suspended amid an investigation into violence and abuse.
Paris 2024 : Dumitru Pop suspendu à la suite d’une enquête pour “violence et abus”
Sport is helping progress the world towards equal opportunity for all.
The world slowly progresses towards equality of the genders.
The Economist’s glass-ceiling index measuring the role and influence of women in the workforce just released.
Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Finland the best places for women to work.
Aly Raisman is one of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year, a recognition of women who have made a significant impact in their communities and across the country. Meet this year’s honorees at womenoftheyear.usatoday.com. …
She’s the third most decorated American gymnast in history, winning six Olympic medals as captain of the legendary 2012 “Fierce Five” and 2016 “Final Five” teams.
She empowered millions of girls and women across the globe when she shared her story as a sexual abuse survivor at the hands of a former USA gymnastics doctor, who, with the testimony of Raisman and more than 100 other athletes, will never be able to abuse another person again. …
Read the interview — Aly Raisman works to normalize hard conversations after her gymnastics career
The first ever World Friendship Games will be held in Moscow and Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation, on September 15-29, 2024.
All costs related to the participation of the delegation (athletes, coaches) in the competition, including travel, meals, and accommodation, will be covered by the World Friendship Games 2024 Organizing Committee.
With very few Russians competing Olympics, Paris — the murdering dictator of Russia is trying to buy some international respect by paying for athletes to compete in Putinland.
A tempting offer — but to accept I would call unethical.
We were surprised to hear that one of Canada’s best coaches, Elena (Yelena) Davydova was under investigation. She has no reputation as being any kind of unethical coach.
Elena is on the FIG WTC, as well.
Happily, she’s been allowed to continue coaching, under supervision.
We await a final ruling on this case.
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