A memoir by Rachael Denhollander.
The memoir will have a children’s book companion.
Category: ethics
rules for transgender athletes
A number of prominent athletes have been speaking out on this issue of late.
Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe:
“Absolutely, any transgender men or women should be able to access sport – it just depends which category.
“We need to protect female sport but we also need to protect transgender women and their rights.
“For all this to advance fairly to everybody, we have to accept it might take a while, work together and stop attacking the other side.”
Paula Radcliffe says tighter transgender rules are needed to avoid ‘manipulation’
Certainly more research needs be done on this important but rarely problematic issue.
The current level of testosterone allowed by the IOC will drop from 10 nanomoles per litre to five for the 2020 Olympics.
MOSTLY this issue is a talking point for right wing extremists who jump on every opportunity to attack minorities. The rhetoric is similar to their attacks on transgender people using public bathrooms.
related – Transgender Minnesotan powerlifter JayCee Cooper was barred from competing at a state championship due to the International Olympics Committee’s ( IOC ) guidelines.
no smoking at the Tokyo Olympics
A great move. Especially for Japn, a nation that was slow to start restricting smoking.
Organizers on Thursday announced a stringent ban on all tobacco products and vaping devices. Smoking will be banned at all indoor and outdoor Olympic and Paralympic venues, plus within all perimeter areas of the Tokyo Games.
Organizers say the prohibition is tougher than regulations for the last two Summer Olympics in London and Rio de Janeiro. …
new book by gymnast Rachel Haines
Available April 12, 2019.
In Abused: Surviving Sexual Assault and a Toxic Gymnastics Culture, Rachel details her experiences as a competitive gymnast and the painful realities of being one of Nassar’s many victims.
With honesty and candidness, Rachel shares how the sport she loved that gave her so much—friendships, accomplishments, a college education—is also tangled in a dangerously toxic culture that needs to be fixed. In a world that was setting her up for a lifetime of recovery, she tells how faith, family, and an army of survivors made healing possible.
Rachel Haines was a two-time member of the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team, a two-time National Champion, and a Division I college gymnast at the University of Minnesota. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in child psychology and a Master’s of Education degree in family social science. Haines lives in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities.
greater accountability for Gymnastics judges
I was an FIG judge for decades. Always willing to justify my scores to any gymnast or coach.
Over that time in MAG we sometimes published the names of judge scores on each apparatus. Sometimes we didn’t.
Personally I feel judging would be better — more accurate — more objective — if judges names were published with the scores they awarded.
Officials in other sports are far more visible than Gymnastics.
You can see them for NCAA meets on Road To Nationals. For example, if you go to the results page for the Jan-05-2019 Oklahoma – Arkansas meet, and click on the PDF link top left, you get the official score sheet signed by the judges.
Also. Perhaps they could TRY to not to score based on reputation.
Thanks Cordelia.
USAG is boycotting the IndyStar
A BIG red flag.
Li Li Leung should be driving over to the newspaper her first day on the job. To apologize. And pledge to work together closely in future.
Ronnie Ramos – Executive Editor IndyStar:
… With your hiring, we hope it will herald a new chapter for USA Gymnastics.
Unfortunately, the way your organization handled the announcement raises concerns we hope will be rectified. As has been the case for the last three years, USA Gymnastics specifically excluded the IndyStar from the initial media call announcing your appointment.
By excluding us, the state’s largest media organization, you excluded the people of Indianapolis.
This is meaningful in that it is indicative of an unwillingness to do what the abuse survivors — and this community — have repeatedly called for: a new path forward focused on positive change. Not a continuation of the secrecy of the past. …
IndyStar editor: An open letter to USA Gymnastics new CEO
Serena Williams – Dream Crazier
If they want to call you crazy, fine.
Show them what crazy can do.
Feat. Simone Biles, Chloe Kim, Ibtihaj Muhammad, U.S. women’s soccer team, …
… Sam Gordon, the young girl who’s dominating football with the boys; Lisa Leslie, the first woman to dunk in a WNBA game; Becky Hammon, the first woman to be a full-time NBA assistant coach.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Shadae Boone – Vault
When I see judging like this, I DREAM of computer video evaluation. It would be easy for software on Vault to be more accurate.
Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.
What are the names of those judges?
related – I would have been 10.0 on a number of these YDTs.
Breakdance to the Olympics?
Controversial.
Should Breakdance be introduced at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?
Click PLAY or watch some reaction to the 2018 Youth Olympics announcement on YouTube.
Dvora Meyers – Can Breaking Become An Olympic Sport And Still Keep Its Soul? (2018)
Of course the Olympics have bigger problems. For one, they have to find a way to cut hosting costs.
Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic Games bid will require billions of dollars, feasibility study reveals
FIG Gymnastics Ethics Foundation
The Council of the new Gymnastics Ethics Foundation held its first ever meeting on 19 February in Lausanne. …
As the Foundation’s supreme body, the Council defines its strategy and ensures that it is functioning properly. The following eminent personalities have accepted to become the Council’s first members.
President
Ms Micheline Calmy-Rey, former President of SwitzerlandMembers
HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein, member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Mr François Carrard, former Director-General of the IOC
Ms Slava Corn, Honorary Vice-President of the FIG
Ms Ivana Hong, former athlete, US gymnastics teamDirector of the Foundation
Mr Alexander McLinThe Foundation is made up of three sections: a “Safeguarding” section, including a helpdesk for reporting any case of harassment or abuse; a”Disciplinary” section, which includes the two existing FIG disciplinary bodies, the Disciplinary Commission and the Appeal Tribunal; and a “Compliance” section, to monitor good governance and respect for the ethical principles of the FIG. …
For more information on the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation, please access its website: gymnasticsethicsfoundation.org
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