Piper J. Hoemann, 47, pleaded guilty to failure to report child abuse. As owner of the now-closed Kids in Motion, Hoemann was considered a mandated reporter by the state. …
Authorities allege that Hoemann knew of the accusation against a former trainer who allegedly touched three juveniles under their shorts … yet she failed to contact police.
Hoemann was given two years unsupervised bench probation as part of the suspended imposition sentence (S.I.S.) on the charge. …
Bronze medal-winning Olympian Adam Rippon has a new memoir. In it he recounts his feud with famously homophobic Vice President Mike Pence who lead the U.S. Olympic delegation to South Korea.
Give RΔducan a Gold medalfor the AA at the 2000 Olympics. Weβve always considered her the deserving winner.
Shot in 2015 and 2016, the documentary The Golden Girl centres on Romanian gymnast Andreea RΔducan, who won the all-around gold medal at the 2000 Olympics, only to be forced a day later to renounce her title and her medal following a controversial doping test. β¦
We meet RΔducan, now a retired gymnast and a successful businesswoman, in 2015, as she starts to investigate the possibility of convincing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to give her back her medal. β¦
Gymnasts who could choose to become coaches are choosing not to. …
As gym owners we need to make coaching a profession. Educate our staff. Make them proud of what they do. We need to charge for classes and team enough to pay our staff a sustainable wage. If we do that we will see the ranks of coaches grow. Making coaching and teaching gymnastics a competitive profession.
Worlds should not showcase dangerous skills from gymnasts not at the expected level of competition
Smaller, poorer nations should have a chance to compete against China
In 2019 we had medalists from Croatia, Ireland and Philippines, for example. We donβt want to reduce the chances of a future Carlos βCaloyβ Yulo having a chance to rise to medal contender.
I’m OK with lower level gymnasts competing Worlds so long as their routines are not dangerous. Recall Sri Lanka’s appearance at Worlds 2003? The audience loved them. Their routines were very basic.
I was last in Cairo December 2017, surprised at how quickly the sport has advanced for both WAG and MAG in that nation. Aside from the excellent National Training Centre, they have modern private clubs with great facilities.
As we heard much about during Worlds, one of the missions of IOC and FIG is to develop the sport worldwide.
In this Video Op-Ed, @katelyn_ohashi argues that college students should be able to earn income from their athletic achievement. When the video of her gymnastic performance went viral last year, N.C.A.A rules prevented her from earning any money. https://t.co/ToApi8qufBpic.twitter.com/JD33dMVnAo
I’m be OK with additional awards for Elegance. Or E-score. But rewarding difficulty for the sake of difficulty could be dangerous.
“The gymnast must never attempt to increase the difficulty or the βDβ score at the expense of aesthetic and technical execution. …”
China π¨π³ and the USA πΊπΈ were winners of the first Fujitsu Infinity Award – presented to the teams judged to have performed the highest difficulty skills at these World Championships.#Stuttgart2019pic.twitter.com/JYklwFJcry
It’s being used at Worlds 2019, but only in case of appeal or ‘blocked score’. Blocked score is when the Superior Jury disagree with the D-panel start score.
MAG Vault, Rings, Pommels and WAG Vault.
WAG Beam looks near ready but is not being used here.
Steve said it had been used on Rings already and that judges had found it valuable.
IOC has not approved it for use at the Tokyo Olympics but FIG and Fujitsu plan to roll it out increasingly through to the 2024 Olympics.
I’m most excited about it being used by coaches in the Gym. Fujitsu will offer it to National Training Centres (or equivalent) worldwide.
Gymnasts who could choose to become coaches are choosing not to. …
