She began having Flu symptoms after the last competition.
Italy has been slow to rollout vaccines. And there’s been another surge due to new variants.
Category: ethics
The “Perfect” Gymnast Body – A Toxic Illusion
Another excellent and important video from SHIFT Media Intern, Sarah Thirkell.
The unrealistic and often dangerous cultural undertones in gymnastics surrounding this idea of getting the ‘perfect’ gymnast body need to go. It is a toxic illusion, and puts young girls and boys on a treadmill of not ever feeling good enough that may lead to a dark spiral of mental, emotional, and physical health. …
The problems range from nutritional information that is not backed by the latest peer reviewed scientific research being given by coaches/parents instead of licensed Registered Dietician Nutritionists all the way to well intentioned coaches who may just make off handed comments or what they perceive as jokes to gymnasts about weight body image, and performance.
Speakers featured:
McKayla Maroney, Former Elite Gymnast via the GymCastic Podcast
Tasia Percevecz, Former NCAA Gymnasts and CrossFit Games Champion
Colin Van Wicklen, Elite Gymnast
Christina Anderson RDN
Jason Machowsky RDN
Ellen Casey MD
Jaime Schehr RDN
Kerry Bair RDN- via Nick Ruddock Gymnastics Growth Show
Joshua Eldridge DC
Courtney McGregor, Former Elite and NCAA Gymnast
Claire Heafford, Co-Founder of Gymnasts For Change
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
letter from Belgium
Nina Derwael posted this open letter on Facebook on behalf of a group of gymnasts training together in Ghent.
Doe Yamashiro sues Don Peters
Peters was banned from the sport by USA Gymnastics for sexual misconduct in 2011 following an Orange County Register investigation and this week Doe Yamashiro, a former U.S. national team member, filed a suit against him in Orange County Superior Court …
The lawsuit, filed under a 2019 California law that allows sexual abuse victims to finally confront in court their abusers and the organizations that protected predators, is Yamashiro’s latest attempt to hold Peters and her sport accountable. …
… despite his 2011 ban, Peters continued to oversee SCATS investments, was listed as SCATS president and a “key employee” on financial documents, has made appearances at the SCATS facility and has charged meals on SCATS credit cards, a 2017 Orange County Register investigation found. …
Don Peters, coach of groundbreaking 1984 Olympic team, faces sexual abuse lawsuit
FIG revised Olympics qualification system
Has been posted.
Winter Cup highlights montage
Much better than I anticipated. Gymnasts did not feel forced to compete, nor forced to compete those apparatus not yet ready.
Training was interrupted for many in recent months.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
UCLA on #BlackExcellence
UCLA #BlackExcellence leos
John Geddert – suicide
Police found the body of a former U.S. gymnastics coach, who has ties to disgraced doctor Larry Nassar, hours after he was criminally charged in Michigan on Thursday.
John Geddert died by suicide …
NBC
Gedert is the second American coach of a World Champion to later commit suicide. Marvin Sharp killed himself in 2015 after being arrested for sexual misconduct with a minor and possession of child pornography.
John Geddert faces 24 charges
John Geddert was head coach of the 2012 U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team, which won a gold medal.
eNassar was the team’s doctor and also treated injured gymnasts at Twistars, Geddert’s Lansing-area gym for elite athletes. …
Geddert was suspended by Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics during the Nassar scandal. He told families in 2018 that he was retiring. …
ESPN
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