2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham

On Sunday, Australia’s sunny Gold Coast – 2018 Commonwealth Games host – handed over to landlocked Birmingham where, according to the city council, 95% of buildings set to be used are already built. Other sites will continue to be enhanced, or demolished and reconstructed. …

‘Work starts now’ in Birmingham

Gymnastics venue

Myia Hambrick’s double layout

The more I watch this technique, the more I like it.

She should get some sort of bonus for straightening before landing.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via 5 must-watch floor routines)

Dalaloyan wins Russian Championships

Two days combined:

1. Artur Dalaloyan 171.45
2. David Beliavskiy 168.35
3. Vladislav Polyashov 166.50
4. Kirill Prokopev 164.30
5. Ivan Stretovich 164.25
6. Ilya Kibartas 161.70

Just back from Tokyo where he finished 4th.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BhiyJ81BG_V/?taken-by=real_artur

(via Luba)

Sean Melton wins Nissen-Emery

Congratulations.

Alec Yoder MVP & Specialist of the Year

Congratulations.

Melnikova 57.732 Russian AA prelims

Even with Russian hyperbolic scoring, this is impressive.

1. Melnikova 57.732
2. Simakova 55.432
3. Mustafina 55.432
4. Komova 54.365
5. Iliankova 54.298
6. Perebinosova 53.965

(via @thegymterdotnet)

gymnasts can report abuse on the next FIG website

Rebecca Whitehurst, who was on Team USA from 1995-1997, is the first victim to file suit against the International Federation of Gymnastics.

I’m no lawyer, but it seems to me FIG is quite far distant from the crimes of the USA National Team doctor.

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) is getting ready to launch a new website that includes content about abuse and harassment. Athletes and officials will be able to initiate abuse allegations. …

“Of course there is some damage, but now we know what was happening, thanks to the gymnasts’ testimonies.

By knowing the facts, we can try to make improvements.

We cannot change the past, but we can create the future. The gymnasts’ voices have changed that future,” Watanabe tells Around the Rings.

Inside the Rings

We can expect gymnasts from nations with lax reporting standards to make use of the FIG programs. In future.

Gymnasts and Allies are ‘Great Leaders’

“The Gymnasts and Their Allies” are some of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders over the past year.

When the sentencing trial of Larry Nassar began, few people knew the former USA Gymnastics doctor’s name, much less the details of his crimes.

Then, the young women he sexually assaulted—more than 150 of them—told their stories.

Their seven days of harrowing testimony shook the world of sports and beyond. Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison. The president of Michigan State University, Nassar’s former employer, resigned, as did the board of USA Gymnastics and the CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

As Olympian Aly Raisman said, “We are here, we have our voices, and we are not going anywhere.”

22. The Gymnasts and Their Allies

Aliya Mustafina – Bars

Aliya is not only back, she qualified for 3 apparatus finals in Russian Championships qualifications.

Click PLAY or watch Bars on YouTube.

Watch a video montage including some other women who went back to Gymnastics after having a child. (Some of the stats are incorrect. Check the comments.)