.@OhioState_MGYM’s @MeltonSean is your 2018 Nissen-Emery Award winner! #NCAAMGym pic.twitter.com/VglEDnp5Ba
— College Gymnastics Association (@CollegeMGym) April 20, 2018
Category: Gymnastics
Alec Yoder MVP & Specialist of the Year
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.
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.”
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.)
best vaulter in the world
Ebee Price wins the AAI
Stanford’s first winner.
One of the favourites for the AA, she’ll rotate with Utah. Most likely she’ll compete after Skinner on each apparatus.
Here’s everyone who was nominated this season.
Maggie Nichols the favourite in AA
Maggie is ranked #1 going into Nationals.
MyKayla Skinner, Alex McMurtry and Ebee Price right behind.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Washington’s Evanni Roberson
Evanni Roberson didn’t appear in the lineup as a freshman. Now a sophomore, she … competed on all four events for the first nine meets of the season ..
Evanni Roberson Becomes Lineup Fixture For Washington GymDawgs
Click PLAY or watch her on Twitter.
I’d love to see Washington make Super 6.
