Category: ethics

Rosalie Fish runs for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Washington State.

Rosalie Fish was the most recognizable athlete at the small-school state track and field meet last weekend.

The five trips to the awards podium to receive three gold medals, a silver and a sportsmanship award helped.

But as the Muckleshoot Tribal School student circled the track 18 times over three days, she stood out for the bright red paint over her mouth and the letters MMIW on her right leg.

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. …

I admire this young athlete and support her right to use sport to bring attention to a cause she is passionate about.

Other athletes can’t claim they were distracted.

I like this better than kneeling for the National Anthem to protest Police Brutality. That protest was too easily misrepresented.

‘When I run about it, people will notice’: Rosalie Fish runs for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

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Gymnastics Canada / USAG support Pride Month

Have they done this in the past?

Good move. I’m happy to see USAG support their members and fans who are LGBTQ.

It sends an important signal. Headquarters are in Indiana, home of famously homophobic Vice President Pence.

Gymnastics Canada is on board too.

Since 1982, the Constitution of Canada has guaranteed fundamental human rights to the LGBT community in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

FIG wants to scan gymnasts at Jr Worlds

Luba found this on the workplan for Junior Worlds on the FIG website.

Certainly that data would have to be kept confidential.

https://twitter.com/cherity1313/status/1134411026487750656

Canada’s ‘Rule of Two’

The Rule of Two states that there will always be two NCCP (certified) coaches with an athlete, especially a minor athlete, when in a potentially vulnerable situation.

This means that any one-on-one interaction between a coach and an athlete must take place within earshot and view of the second coach, with the exception of medical emergencies.

One of the coaches must also be of the same gender as the athlete. Should there be a circumstance where a second NCCP coach is not available, a volunteer, parent, or adult can be recruited. …

Vulnerable situations can include closed door meetings, travel, and training environments amongst others. …

Coach.ca

USAG Camp chaperones

Lauren Stevens (Chalk Warrior) attended the recent U.S. Gymnastics Developmental Camp.

She was impressed with the mandatory Camp chaperones.

Read Lauren’s full report – Developmental Camp culture shows promise for the future of USA Gymnastics

GymCastic episode 363

If you blinked and missed USAG’s hiring and firing of Professor Edward Nyman as its full-time sports medicine and science director — a new position — Jessica has got you covered.

Another hire where vetting was bungled.

The podcast reviews two other recent issues:

  • Terin Humphrey posting and defending a dumb, wrong meme on Facebook. Terin was was a member of the selection committee that chose women’s teams for the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
  • Mary Lou Retton‘s recent TV appearance. Recall that Mary Lou lobbied against  Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act as a USAG Board Member. Happily it was signed into law February 14, 2018. Mary Lou seems still in denial that children were abused.

In addition was new CEO Li Li Leung’s wrong statement that gymnasts who saw the criminal doctor with their coach were safe. Leung did later apologize.

363: Five Is the New Four (…Is the New Five)

Minsk, Belarus will host European Games

Artistic Gymnastics – June 26-29, 2019.

Minsk is the capital of Belarus which declared independence from the USSR in 1991.

The leader since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko, is considered something of a dictator. Hopefully hosting all of Europe will help the nation improve human rights.

Click PLAY or see Minsk on YouTube.

Related – Rio 2016 trampoline gold medallist Uladzislau Hancharou is from Belarus.

(via Lisa Deen)

FIG commits to 30% plus female leadership

… To tend towards gender equality, the FIG decided to introduce a minimum 30% quota of each gender in the 2020 electoral process for its own governing bodies. …

Jacqueline Briggs-Weatherill, president of the FIG Women in Gymnastics Commission:

“We can see so many women as athletes, coaches and judges in Gymnastics, so their number could naturally grow in leadership and executive positions. The world is changing fast. The opportunities will be there for millennial women, so we need to help them step up.”

First forum guides women on pathways to leadership