Category: ethics

Nastia Liukin Cup qualification

So far the Nastia Liukin Cup is on.

Congratulations to the first qualifiers.

Gymnastics Canada – Changing our Culture

150+ registrants, so far, for this FREE Safe Sport webinar.

JAN 14, 2021 at 7PM EST..

Gretchen Kerr, PhD from the University of Toronto and Dave Tilley DPT, SCS CSCS, the CEO & Founder of SHIFT Movement Science & Gymnastics Education.

It will be recorded for future reference.

Register here.

Thanks Kim.

Athletes can Politic

So says Simone.

It is so.

#GymnastAlliance

Simone Biles Says ‘Any’ Athlete Has a Right to Share Their Opinions About Politics

Q&A with Kathy Johnson Clarke

Kathy will be doing TV commentary from a new home studio.

Dvora Meyers posted an interview:

• should NCAA sport continue while the COVID-19 pandemic rages?

• will College Gymnastics be as popular as in the past?

• Gymnast Alliance

Click through to dvora.substack.com.

https://twitter.com/DvoraMeyers/status/1346496500336095233

College Gymnastics … looms

Fingers crossed.

Spencer tried to piece together what’s happening starting this week:

WHAT EVEN IS THIS SEASON?

With almost no direction from NCAA, every team is doing their own thing.

Good luck with that.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Oleg Verniaiev provisionally suspended

We don’t know why.

Gymnovosti has been following the story.

Ty-La Morris at Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics

Some good news.

Reuters did a major feature and photo essay on young Ty-La Morris.

Raw talent met opportunity two years ago when Ty-La, who is now 13, began classes at the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation, which offers free and discounted classes for children in Detroit and in New York – and is now fighting to serve hundreds of students amid the COVID-19 pandemic. …

Reuters

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Bias

Did you see the panel discussion hosted by Jessica O’Beirne?

Quite inspiring.

Our sport is slowly but surely offering equal opportunity to everyone.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

25 coaches under investigation NL

Some 25 gymnastics coaches are under investigation at the moment following claims that they mentally and physically abused their young charges, sports legal body ISR has confirmed …

Some 75 people have now reported coaches to the ISR in the last months following the admission by trainer Gerrit Beltman that he had in the past humiliated and physically abused young gymnasts.

Read more at DutchNews.nl

Finals at Europeans*

Some felt the judges were generous.

BUT the BIG STORY is that Turkey pulled off hosting this meet during a pandemic. It turned out to be much better than I expect.

Congratulations.

Vault
GOLD Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) 14.050
SILVER Larisa Iordache (ROU) 13.875
BRONZE Anastasia Motak (UKR) 13.850

Bars
GOLD Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) 13.850
SILVER Zoja Szekely (HUN) 13.550
BRONZE Barbora Mokosova (SVK) 13.300

Beam
GOLD Larisa Iordache (ROU) 14.000
SILVER Silviana Sfiringu (ROU) 13.800
BRONZE Anastasia Motak (UKR) 13.100

Floor
GOLD Larisa Iordache (ROU) 13.450
SILVER Goksu Uctas Sanli (TUR) 13.100
BRONZE Lihie Raz (ISR) 12.750

Full results