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The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the local organising committee of the Artistic Gymnastics Individual Apparatus World Cup Melbourne confirm that the Chinese team will not compete at the event which runs from 20-23 February in Melbourne, Australia.
… due to the current Australian Government’s travel restrictions relating to the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), the Chinese delegation cannot participate …
This World Cup is an Olympic qualifier.
A jury on Friday convicted a former Michigan State University gymnastics coach of lying to police when she denied that two teen athletes told her of sexual abuse by sports doctor Larry Nassar in 1997, nearly 20 years before he was charged.
Kathie Klages, 65, was found guilty of a felony and a misdemeanor in a Lansing courthouse where Nassar was sentenced more than two years ago. Klages faces up to four years in prison at her April 15 sentencing.
She is the second person other than Nassar to be convicted of charges related to his serial molestation of young women and girls under the guise of medical treatment. …
Recall that Klages continued to support Nassar during his investigation — even asking Michigan State gymnasts to sign cards of support.
related – In a parallel story, then assistant wrestling coach Jim Jordan asked his team to deny the sexual abuse of male wrestlers by team doctor Richard Strauss at Ohio State University.
Stauss committed suicide in 2005 after being accused of abusing at least 177 students.
Her coach under investigation, Riley has moved to Arizona Sunrays just months before the Tokyo Olympics.
She’s planning on Florida for the 2020–21 season.
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Olympic athletes join SK-II to declare #NOCOMPETITION in beauty
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As the world’s sporting talents are gearing up for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, a band of top athletes have joined forces to declare a battle against beauty standards that they’ve never signed up for, led by cult-favourite beauty brand SK-II.
… Biles, along with an impressive roster of fellow Olympic athletes, including world-record holder swimmer Liu Xiang and the Japan volleyball team, have joined forces with SK-II for #nocompetition, a new global campaign created to inspire women to live by their own definitions of beauty.
Biles admits that in an image-obsessed era, ignoring the pressure to measure up isn’t always easy, not even for her. “I’ve been dealing with scrutiny my whole life. I had to go through puberty in the public eye. It’s hard and social media doesn’t make it any better, but I think the campaign will help us as women to speak up about toxic beauty standards,” …
Nancy Armour:
“You either get to go pro or you get to go to NCAA,” said Morgan Hurd, who has retained her eligibility despite winning the world all-around title in 2017.
“There’s no in-between, you get one or the other. But football players, they get to go to NCAA and then they get to go pro, too, and get paid.” …
Katelyn Ohashi was featured on talk shows and news programs after one of her floor routines went viral in January 2019. Politicians tweeted about her. She was featured in Rolling Stone’s “Women Shaping the Future” issue, and asked to do op-eds.
She didn’t get a dime from any of it. …
# 5 UCLA to host its Pride Meet on Sunday afternoon Feb. 9th vs. #20 Arizona. 🏳️🌈
Great cause. But this promotion video is more hilarious than inspiring. 😀
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San Francisco 49ers offensive assistant Katie Sowers will be the first female coach and first openly gay person in a Super Bowl.
Katie is not the first female coach, however. There were a number working with NFL teams in 2020.
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The deserving winner.
But later it was revealed that she was underage to compete ’91 Worlds.
North Korea was banned from 1993 Worlds as penalty.
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The double Olympic Trampoline champion sometimes suffers from depression.
This released in conjunction with the #BellLetsTalk program.
Rosie wants anyone else suffering any kind of mental health problems to feel comfortable talking about it.
Details:
“Over the last decade, the Bell Let’s Talk Community Fund has helped more than 650 organizations on the front line of mental health care drive real change in their communities,” said Bell Let’s Talk Chair Mary Deacon.
“We welcome this year’s fund applicants and look forward to offering our support to even more exciting projects in 2020.”
A former gymnastics coach was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison for sexually assaulting young female gymnasts in North Texas and Oklahoma.
Skipper Crawley, 53, of Kemp, Texas, pleaded guilty …
Still pending against Crawley are 10 counts of lewd child molestation filed in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. …
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