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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
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
Brubaker, who lost his standing as a national coach since his arrest in December 2017, was found not guilty in a Sarnia, Ontario, courtroom on Wednesday by a judge who questioned the conduct of the investigating police officer, who is reportedly a cousin of the complainant and was in her wedding party. …
Via email:
OTTAWA, ON (February 13, 2019) — Gymnastics Canada acknowledges the decision by Justice Deborah Austin today regarding Mr. Dave Brubaker. In light of this verdict, an internal investigation on this matter will now proceed. This investigation will be conducted by Gymnastics Canada in accordance with our Code of Ethics and Conduct and Discipline policies.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Most accusers are being truthful. Well over 90%, I’m thinking.
But there are a FEW cases of wrongful accusation.
Dina Bell-Laroche of the Canadian Sport Law & Strategy Group:
In any dispute, including sport disputes, once an individual is charged with an allegation, they are entitled to both natural justice and procedural fairness, regardless of the allegation.
We are unfortunately seeing sport organizations jump to conclusions and sometimes rush to sanction individuals before taking the necessary steps to ensure that the individuals are afforded natural justice and procedural fairness.
With this being said, there may be specific scenarios where it is socially and morally responsible to suspend an individual during the disciplinary process. …
Click through to see advice on how we should be handling accusations.
In this post a former British national squad gymnast reflects on her former coach.
The under-reported risk for competitive gymnasts is psychological abuse.
Anonymous:
Looking back over my time with Coach is something I find difficult. I know not all my memories are bad but those are the ones that most easily come to mind. …
But, at this point the good days for me far outweighed the not so good days and I enjoyed being there, I enjoyed working with Coach, in fact I would go as far as to say I loved her. …
… after a while no matter what I did it just wasn’t good enough, my name was now added to the blacklist. It became a matter of survival, be the one who least upset Coach during a session, praying Coach would take her wrath out on anyone but me. …
It was only Coach’s talent that would get me to the Olympics, not my own and if I moved to another coach my Olympic dream would be over. In retrospect, I can see how naïve I was to believe this, yet this haunted me throughout my career and I gave up on myself once I left coach, believing my dreams and goals were shattered.
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I’m surprised to hear that coach Elizabeth Brubaker has been suspended by Gymnastics Canada after receiving “a number of written formal complaints… that outlined alleged violations of Gymnastics Canada’s ethics and code of conduct policies over an extended period of time a number of years ago.”
Women’s high-performance team coordinator is not a full-time job.
The process for Doha was successful so Tom so far plans to continue with that approach into the future.
Read the interview.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 