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The last time I saw a scale in a Gym was 2003. I asked that it be removed.
Unless there is some specific reason — scientific research in training, for example — there’s no need for weigh-ins at training. And there are some risks, as we’ve seen in the past.
I prefer gymnasts weigh in at home in private. Or under instructions from medical staff.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. This is the new policy of British Gymnastics.
Dr. Uncle Tim has taken a deep dive into age falsification in women’s gymnastics on his excellent site ➙ Gymnastics-History.com.
Age falsification was quite common back in the bad, old days. Especially in China and Romania.
In fact, we even had cases of falsification in lower levels of Gymnastics competition where I coached.
Check out the important post:
Executive Committee (EC) decided at their 16-17 May meeting to lift all restrictions applicable to Russian and Belarusian athletes since February 2022, with immediate effect.
Personally, I would have voted against. Putin’s war has killed officially over 400,000 — but likely over a million.
Yes, you could argue other nations should be banned, as well. I’d like vote for those bans.
NOW ➙ what about Russia’s top down illegal use of performance enhancing drugs?
An international service trip focused on volunteering and community engagement.
Great idea for College athletes.
Even more important now that Trump cancelled most of USAID in Africa.
Lauren:
Last month, USA Gymnastics terminated GAGE’s membership effective immediately due to allegations that coaches were not complying with the terms of their suspensions tied to claims of abuse. The decision prevented its athletes from participating in meets sanctioned by the governing body, which of course includes every major elite competition in the country.
Because of this, gymnasts who trained at GAGE have started finding refuge in other programs, including first-year senior Lavi Crain and her younger sister Vivi to World Champions Centre, Winter Cup competitors Annalisa Milton to Missouri Elite and Kaylee Sath to WOGA, and junior national team member Aulya Daniels to Liberty Gymnastics.
Around the Gymternet: Alice D’Amato’s Surgery, GAGE’s Mass Exodus, Radomyr Stelmakh is German
As GAGE is no longer a USAG club, the Crain sisters needed to go to new coaches to continue with National Team.
I spoke with Mom, Chloe Crain, at Jr Worlds. She told me both of her daughters were very happy with the GAGE program.
I’d known the family from their early days at Avant Coeur Gymnastics in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
One of the top U.S. Gymnastics clubs refused to stay in compliance with SafeSport guidelines.
What happens to the many excellent athletes from that Gym?
Every coach deals with kids who have some kind of attention deficit disorder.
In fact — when I coach 6-year-old Rec boys, I can’t tell the difference between the ADHD kids and the rest. They are all hyper. And not all that ordered. 😀
Check this out.
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Ana Bărbosu? Jordan Chiles? Sabrina Voinea?
GymCastic brings us up-to-date.
Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court JUST ruled that the Court of Arbitration for Sport must examine new audiovisual evidence that supports the appeal of Jordan Chiles.
FIG seems to have improved their appeals process due to this fiasco.
Sabrina Voinea had the 3rd best routine — but her mother / incompetent coach didn’t submit the appeal properly. I don’t see any scenario where Sabrina ends up with an official Bronze medal in the historical record.
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Al Fong and Armine Barutyan plan to take their suspension to court.
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