Category: ethics

Save Queensland High Performance Centre 

Gymnasts and coaches in Queensland, Australia were shocked to hear that their very successful Gym would be closed early 2022 due to budget cuts.

You can sign a petition to Save Gymnastics in QLD.

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unitards will become increasingly popular

We can thank Germany for popularizing the trend.

They may choose to wear leotards in future. Point is — women should wear what they want.

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Kristen Hayden U.S. Diving Champ

Quinn Henninger and Kristen Hayden won Mixed Synchronized 3-Meter.

…  historic moment in USA Diving history with Hayden becoming the first-ever Black female to win a Senior National title and the first Black U.S. Diver to earn a bid to the FINA World Championships.

Hayden joins Mike Wright, who became the first Black National Champion in 2012 on the 1-Meter, in the history books. …

Team USA

Li Li Leung apologizes

Now that many of the lawyers are no longer getting paid, the USAG President and CEO can make a more sincere apology to victims of the criminal doctor.

“The Plan of Reorganization that we jointly filed reflects our own accountability to the past and our commitment to the future. …

USAG will formally exit bankruptcy in the coming weeks, after necessary administrative work and the entry of an order by the Court closing the case. In connection with the confirmation of the plan, the USOPC has resolved its Section 8 complaint against USA Gymnastics, which will continue USOPC’s recognition of USA Gymnastics as the national governing body of the sport. …

Inside Gymnastics

WHO should USA hire?

I’m often consulted when clubs hire a new Head Coach. About 50% of the time the new hire is not better than the old. It’s the math.

Many coaches of the top teams in the world would be reluctant to consider the position.

Spencer has some advice for the USAG hiring committee. (If smart, they’d ask Simone to join that group.)

… USAG may be best served at this point by hiring an elite national team head coach—one whose purview is routine feedback, coach development, and a non-abusive culture but who is explicitly not involved in team selection—then hiring a literal Excel document to select teams, and establishing a separate injury-petition committee made up of definitely-not-the-coaches to intervene on judgement calls that a spreadsheet and extensive documentation can’t manage. …

BBS

My vote would go to K.J. Kindler. But she’d be crazy to apply.

TIME magazine Athlete of the Year

Simone may have done more for the world by withdrawing from the Olympics than by winning a fistful more medals.

Winter Olympics – pressure on China

As a volunteer for IOC and keen booster of the Olympic movement, I support this decision.

Let the athletes compete — but pressure China in every other way. That de facto dictatorship (like Russia) only responds to strength.

UK., Australia, USA and Canada have announced. I expect more to join.

Nassar victims reach USAG settlement

… 476 of the 505 ballots submitted by survivors were in favour of the plan, USA Today reported. …

The settlement still needs to be confirmed at a hearing in Indianapolis on December 13 and 14.

Inside the Games

female Olympians – 87% of abuse

World Athletics has found that female athletes were the target of 87 percent of all online abuse at this year’s Tokyo Olympics.