Cool t-shirts, as well.
Gymnastics is one of the top Olympic sports for females.
Gymnastics should offer leadership in promoting equal rights and human rights.
Universities should offer leadership in promoting equal rights and human rights.
Category: ethics
Ukraine, Norway, Estonia, Poland, Lithuania, Italy, Netherlands
All boycotting Congress 2022 as FIG is allowing Russian and Belarusian delegates to participate.
Certainly it’s difficult to decide exactly WHICH delegates to ban.
For example, do you ban a Russian citizen who has lived in another nation for decades?
Or do you only ban those committee members and judges representing Russia and Belarus?
IF possible, I would vote for the latter.
Prohibited Substances and Methods
Via email from FIG:
As every year, we would like to draw your attention to the main anti-doping regulations and documentation recently released by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). They will come into force on 1 January 2023.
Mental Health – USA Gymnastics
Smart new program.
Gymnastics Canada Culture Review
Announced June 30, 2022:
McLaren Global Sport Solutions (MGSS) is pleased to announce that it will be leading the development of an implementation plan for a culture review as well as provide an analysis of Gymnastics Canada’s current national safe sport policies and procedures.
Gymnastics Canada
I received the link to their survey by email Oct 5, 2022.
McLaren should be an independent review. I know some victims feel they are not independent enough.
I was happy to see the process underway. I made myself available for future focus groups, if asked.
I thought the survey looked professional. Let’s wait on the report.
Here are a few points I shared:
Most gymnasts, recreational and competitive, in Canada benefit from the sport. It’s the activity I recommend #1 for parents.
MOST of the problems occur in WAG (Women’s Artistic Gymnastics) in competitive levels. The higher the level of competition, the more incidents. Highest priority for any analysis and change should be focused on WAG first. New policies could then be expanded to cover all Gymnastics disciplines.
I fear that the current focus on “SafeSport” will result in fewer participants, while correctly making changes for the better. As a population Canadians will be less healthy.
Look again at NEGATIVE starting points in Canada:
➙ “Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address MALTREATMENT in Sport“
➙ “ABUSE free Sport“
In Great Britain they cover the same content with headings like: “Safeguarding and Protecting Children“. A positive starting point.
You should know that many coaches are suspicious of “SafeSport” in the USA and Canada, worrying it might result in more innocent people being wrongfully accused. YES I know that rarely happens. But it does happen. And we still live in a society where folks are innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Please leave a comment if you disagree.
Know that this site is the only one on the internet that shares a reminder warning about every Gymnastics coach convicted. We do that on our Twitter feed:
Gymnastics Coaching (@GymCoaching)
If you are concerned for a child, here are some of the important links in Canada:
Canadian Sport Helpline – a free, anonymous, confidential, and independent service
Kids Help Phone Live Chat Counselling – immediate crisis support
Gymnastics Canada Safe Sport Reporting
Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent & Address Maltreatment in Sport
Woodward drops Gymnastics & Cheer
Damn.
I loved my weeks coaching at Woodward West.
Recall a company called the Powdr Corporation purchased Woodward in 2011.
I suspect this has everything to do with sexual misconduct lawsuits against coaches, including Nathaniel Singer in 2022.
Announcement:
We have made the difficult decision to discontinue gymnastics and cheer programming at all Woodward locations, including Woodward Pennsylvania and Woodward West Camps. …
For those of you looking for other camp options, we would encourage you to reach out International Gymnastics Camp (IGC) or Flip Fest …
WoodwardPA
Brazil coach sentenced to 109 years
A former coach of Brazil’s national gymnastics team …
… Fernando de Carvalho Lopes was sentenced to 109 years and eight months in prison on Monday …
He was found guilty of assaulting four athletes, including a minor aged 13 at the time, according to Globo Esporte, which did not specify the age of other gymnasts.
Carvalho Lopes can still appeal the decision …
He faces further accusations: four years ago, about 40 athletes claimed to the Globo TV channel that they had been victims of psychological, physical or sexual abuse. …
Today Online
Safe Sport Symposium – Liverpool
British Gymnastics, the national governing body for gymnastics in the UK, and the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) have announced they are to jointly host a safe sport symposium in Liverpool in November. …
Taking place on 1-2 November at the same time as the 2022 World Gymnastics Championships, it has been developed to take a positive and proactive approach to safeguarding and athlete welfare within gymnastics. …
British Gymnastics
Broken – Canadian Gymnastics documentary
Click PLAY or watch a trailer on Twitter.
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