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Seven teams competed. Seven teams scored all-time program records!
For that to happen in a single meet is beyond a statistical improbability. …
GymCastic
NCAA scoring is dumb at the best of times.
Hopefully the over-scores will not affect Regional qualification, down the line.
Who were the judges there?
What possible inquiries can be made into that competition?
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Decades ago, conventional wisdom was that gymnasts of African heritage would be too heavy for acrobatic sports. Too muscular.
That was WAY wrong.
When Black gymnasts have a chance to train acrobatic sports, they are very successful.
A few examples, including the greatest of all time.
FIG has published a list of gymnasts and support personnel who can return to FIG sanctioned events starting 1st January 2024 only in an individual neutral capacity.
Ad hoc rules are posted here.
So far, the entire list is from Belarus. None from Russia.
It includes Tokyo Olympics trampoline champion Ivan Litvinovich.
Belarus fully supports Putin’s war, but claims not to have their military attack Ukraine directly.
I fear that this is a first step. And that Russian athletes will be added to the list soon.
A mistake, in my opinion.
Of many bad options, least bad is a full ban of Russia by FIG until Putin ends the war.
Morinari Watanabe, the President of the International Gymnastic Federation (FIG), led a minute’s silence in remembrance of a young Ukrainian gymnast called Kateryna Dyachenko and her father who were killed during the siege of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
… our newest initiative, the Winning Well Safe Sport Speaker Series, designed to enhance awareness and knowledge regarding various topics related to safe sport.
Recognizing that the well-being of children and athletes is a collective responsibility, this monthly webinar series aims to foster a culture of safety within our gymnastics community.
Gretchen Kerr, Dean, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education at U of Toronto, is the first speaker.
From September 2023.
Bisons football coach Brian Dobie shares his message on the pressure Maya Turner was under as the first woman to ever play, and score, in a U SPORTS football game.
Oh yeah, she kicked the game winner too.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Coach has some words of wisdom for the young men.
Nikita has not said much publicly about the Paris Olympics, until now.
Rewriting Russian Gymnastics linked to an interview he gave lately to a domestic sports publication.
Stella Zakharova, now age-60, born in Odesa, Ukraine, was an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist in team competitions for the USSR.
Ukrainian politician Рома Грищук posted this image on Facebook.
He’s not happy the International Olympic Committee decided to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the 2024 Olympics in Paris under a neutral flag.
It may have been first posted by Visegrád 24 on Twitter.
Canada’s Minister of Sport, Carla Qualtrough, this afternoon announced a national commission to address safe-sport issues, but stopped short of calling a national inquiry.
… a suite of measures, including a Future of Sport in Canada Commission that will hold a summit and produce two reports during its 18-month mandate.
An independent commissioner and two special advisers will head the commission.
Among other measures announced were moving the new Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC) and its abuse-free program out of the Sports Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC), increasing the capacity of AthletesCan, elevating Sport Canada’s athlete advisory committee to a ministerial committee, modernizing Sport Canada’s funding framework and developing a sport integrity framework, with policies around match manipulation and safeguarding children.
Toronto Star
