tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
Clubs with the most gymnasts competing at JO Nationals:
1. Metroplex Gymnastics (TX) – 13
2. Texas Dreams (TX) – 12
3T. American Twisters (FL) – 11
3T. Southeastern (NC) – 11
4T. North Stars (NJ) – 10
4T. La Fleur’s (FL) – 10
1 Cypress 249.500
Head Coach Tom Meadows
2 5280 North 243.750
Head Coach Vladimir Artemev
3 Wallers GymJam 238.300
Head Coach Raj Bhavsar
4 OMEGA Gymnastics 235.600
Head Coach Seth Smart
5 New England Academy of Gymnastics 235.400
Head Coach Cal Booker
Calgary Gymnastics Centre coaches put on some costumes and competed at the Gymtastics Hollywood Classic meet. … Next year they might even train for it. 😀
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The Arthur Ashe Courage Award … is presented as part of the ESPY Awards.
… presented annually to individuals whose contributions “transcend sports”.
“… strength in the face of adversity, courage in the face of peril and the willingness to stand up for their beliefs no matter what the cost”
Olga Korbut first publicly accused her coach, Renald Knysh, of raping and physically abusing her in 1999, long before the #metoo movement. Knysh continues to deny the accusations and Korbut continues to insist on them. …
While Knysh was never found guilty of rape or abuse, he stopped coaching in the early 1980s after the first rape allegations …
OLGA KORBUT: IF I STAYED SILENT, HE WOULD CONTINUE RAPING GIRLS
Knysh was investigated by Soviet officials in 1981 after a young gymnast in Hrodno overdosed on nitroglycerin in an attempt to kill herself — leaving behind a suicide note that cited Knysh as the reason she wanted to die. …
#MeToo In Belarus: Ex-Teammates Bolster Korbut’s Sexual-Assault Charges Against Coach
Knysh was the coach of two Olympic champions Yelena Volchetskaya and Olga Korbut, as well as USSR champion Tamara Alekseeva.
Michigan State University has settled hundreds of lawsuits filed against it by the survivors of Larry Nassar’s sexual assaults.
The settlement will cost the school $500 million. The school will pay $425 million now and hold $75 million in reserve in case other Nassar victims come forward. …
“There will be no confidentiality agreements or non-disclosure agreements attached to the settlement,” …
Penn State University paid out $109 million to 35 victims in the Jerry Sandusky scandal. …
The U.S. Women’s National Team Camp for May begins today at Flip Fest in Crossville, Tenn.
The camp is the first for the national team in 2018 and will be the only camp prior to the American Classic (July 6-7, site TBD), the U.S. Classic (July 28, Columbus, Ohio) and the U.S. Gymnastics Championships (Aug. 16-19, Boston).
The athletes named to the U.S. team for the Junior Pan American Championships (June 13-15, Buenos Aires, Argentina) will use the camp as a final tune-up …
Jordan Bowers of Lincoln, Neb./Solid Rock Gymnastics
Sunisa Lee of St. Paul, Minn./Twin City Twistars
Leanne Wong of Overland Park, Kan./GAGE
JaFree Scott of Independence, Mo./GAGE.
Sydney Barros of Woodstock, Ga./Texas Dreams, who was originally named to the team, has withdrawn due to injury. …
Dallas Gust put together this machine.
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