Weinert is a local gymnastics fan with Down Syndrome, who celebrated her 12th birthday at the UNC Quad Meet last weekend.
“It was the best birthday present ever,” Weinert said.
Daily Tarheel
Category: ethics
National Girls and Women in Sports Day
In the USA since 1987, launched by Ronald Reagan, National Girls and Women in Sports Day … to acknowledge the accomplishments of female athletes, recognize the influence of sports participation for women and girls, and honour the progress and continuing struggle for equality for women in sports.
Women’s Gymnastics is in a unique position to lead this struggle. It’s one of the highest visibility sports where the women are more popular than men with the general public.
USAG done with FloSports
Good decision.
FloGymnastics never did evolve into a good streaming service.
I’m happy I’ve never subscribed.
FloGymnastics.com is still LIVE with their own content. Some of that free.
Peggy Liddick suspended 4 months
The Australian National Coach 1997 – 2016 had a number of complaints from gymnasts.
Two of those allegations were found to be valid.
Membership in the Federation is suspended for a period of four (4) months from 19 January 2022, however the suspension is wholly suspended for a period of 2 years from above date, subject to Ms Liddick not breaching any relevant Policy within that period (whether such breach is found proved during or after the end of the 2-year period).
Ms Liddick is also required to provide a written apology to the Complainant.
Disciplinary Register
Liddick v Gymnastics Australia and Sport Integrity Australia
UCLA in the L.A. Times
The Bruins are accustomed to getting as much publicity as any team in the NCAA. Over the years, that’s mostly been good press.
Personally, I rank UCLA as one of the top teams for defending and promoting social justice.
Head Coach Chris Waller is one of the most experienced and accomplished coaches in College Gymnastics.
But this situation is a disaster. We still don’t know whether to blame the school administration, the coaches or the lawyers. Probably all three.
Professor of marketing Scott Galloway advises organizations do three things in case of crisis:
- Top person steps up quickly and addresses the issue personally.
- Acknowledge the problem. Take responsibility.
- Over-correct.
None of that happened.
If you are not up to speed, read what the general public is seeing:
UCLA gymnastics stood united against racial injustice, then was ripped apart by it
I should add that LSU seems to have handled things about as well as they could. Communication was clear.
Florida’s EQUALITY Meet
The first NCAA gymnastics regular-season dual meet to be broadcast LIVE on NATIONAL television was last weekend in Gainesville:
Florida 197.000 – Alabama 196.925
The theme was EQUALITY.
Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.
related – Gators Gymnasts Have A Message To Deliver
Reality check – U.S. News and World Events ranks the USA among the worst of developed nation for racial equality — below China.
keeping girls in sport LONGER
A new study suggests that girls who begin participating in sports from the ages of 6 to 9 have higher retention rates than those who begin participating later in life.
These findings emphasize the importance of targeted retention strategies and supportive sport environments for adolescent girls and women.
Canadian Sport Information Resource Centre
Start young. But keep the main emphasis on FUN and FITNESS, not performance.
sport ethics – Brittany Bowe
It was an incredible gesture of friendship – when speed skater Erin Jackson unexpectedly failed to qualify for next month’s Winter Olympics, team-mate Brittany Bowe stepped in to rescue her long-time friend’s Beijing dreams.
Jackson, the world’s number-one ranked 500m speed skater, unexpectedly failed to make the US team after she slipped and finished third in Friday’s event at the Olympic trials in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
So Bowe, who specialises in longer-distance races but had finished first in 500m qualifying, graciously decided to give up her spot. …
BBC
explaining ‘consent’
Sex without consent is rape.
Click PLAY or watch the FOR DUMMIES version on YouTube.
Related – rapist Brock Turner
Did I mention Brock Turner is a rapist?
promoting older female gymnasts
Nick Blanton:
… of 259 female competitors in the 2019 WC’s, the average age was 19.93. Since the inception of the open-ended code in 2006, the average age of female competitors has risen from 18.2 years of age in the 2005 WC’s, to 19.93 in 2019. From this comparison, federations could strategize what age to peak their athletes in contemporary high-performance gymnastics.
To put it simply, programs should be strategizing on how to support older female athletes. …
That’s just one conclusion from Nick’s new paper.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 