Nassar is the horror story that never ends.
Why hasn’t the Ranch been abandoned?
related – Jamie Dantzscher & Rachael Denhollander call for removal of USA Gymnastics leaders, saying they didn’t do enough to stop sexual abuse
Category: Gymnastics
Kenzo’s Beam dismounts
Click PLAY or watch it on Tumblr. Click forward to the last two uploads.
Amy Tinkler – Bars double double
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(via Gymaníacos Fanáticos)
He Kexin for Puma
new format for FIG WAG Team finals
… FIG’s updated technical regulations, a somewhat new format for team finals had been slipped in without fanfare. …
Michigan 197.550
… the highest score yet in the 2018 season after knockout performances on all four events …
AA: Paige Zaziski, Michigan, 39.450
VT: Emma McLean, Michigan
UB: Sydney Townsend & Paige Zaziski, Michigan
BB: Brianna Brown, Michigan
FX: Emma McLean, Michigan
The NCAA Gym Skim | January 13
Click PLAY or watch Emma McLean’s Vault on YouTube.
Canadian rookie starting strong. Click PLAY or watch Sydney Townsend’s Bars on YouTube. (9.900 actually)
Arizona State University goes 196.475
If I was trying to hire coaches I’d certainly try to lure away Jay & Jessica Santos.
Pommel Horse at Target
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(via Gymnastics World)
Marcia Frederick accuses coach Rick Carlson
#MeToo
More than two years since Frederick filed a formal complaint with USA Gymnastics, the sport’s national governing body, alleging sexual misconduct by Carlson the organization still hasn’t taken action against the coach. …
The USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal became public in 2011 when three women told the Orange County Register that former U.S. national team coach Don Peters had sex with three teenage gymnasts in the 1980s. Peters was banned for life by USA Gymnastics in November 2011 and removed from the sport’s Hall of Fame. Peters did not contest the ban. …
Peters was Frederick’s coach when she won her world title. Frederick said she was not sexually abused by Peters. …
Marcia Frederick, first U.S. Gymnastics world champion, shares story of abuse
If you don’t know Marcia, watch her gold medal winning Bars at 1978 Worlds.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via GymCastic)
human rights in Qatar
I’m still planning to attend Worlds 2018 in Qatar. That would be my 3rd visit. I like the tiny nation and the people there.
The German Bundesliga (soccer) champions are in Qatar for their January winter training camp. For the 8th time.
Human Rights Watch’s Wenzel Michalski criticizes the trip, urging the club to publicly address human rights issues.
‘Bayern Munich cannot remain silent’
Here’s the other major issue:
Last summer, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, and Egypt cut off diplomatic ties with Doha and imposed a land, sea, and air blockade on the Gulf state.
The quartet accuses Qatar of funding “extremist” groups and being too close to its regional rival, Iran, accusations the Qataris vehemently deny.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 