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Icelandic gymnast Tinna Óðinsdóttir was raped

On January 23, Icelandic media site Nútíminn first shared her story. She told IG that she received more interview requests, but agreed to one televised interview with RÚV, the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. …

Óðinsdóttir, who turned 23 on November 3, said is considering filing police reports in Germany and in the country where the gymnast resides. Óðinsdóttir said the Icelandic Gymnastics Federation (FSÍ), only recently notified of the incident, has been very supportive.

“We will support her in the steps she decides to take next,” FSÍ chairman Arnar Ólafsson, told RÚV.

Óðinsdóttir did not identify the individual she said assaulted her or the precise competition where she said it occurred, but she competed at the FIG World Cup event held in Cottbus, Germany, in November 2016 …

Óðinsdóttir Thankful For Support After Revealing 2016 Rape

House passes sexual abuse reporting bill

Good news.

The House passed legislation on Monday to force athletic organizations to swiftly report sexual abuse and establish preventative policies following the sentencing of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

Lawmakers of both parties overwhelmingly supported the bill in the 406-3 vote. It now heads to the Senate …

The Hill

Recall that Steve Penny, Mary Lou Retton and others from U.S.A. Gymnastics met with Feinstein in early 2017 to tell her that gymnastics was “a happy, safe place“.

MSU Board of Directors response

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Steven Legendre on salvaging USAG

As many of you know, I was elected to the USAG Board of Directors on January 1st, just under 1 month ago. I was asked to resign just a few days ago, at the request of the USOC with the option to be re-elected to my same position on the new board should my fellow Athlete Representatives feel I am deserving of that role.

I have submitted my letter of resignation to USAG already, but I would like you all to know that this in no way means that I am resigning from my duties to help our sport and be a strong voice that creates the change we so desperately need. …

… a hot topic.

The debate as to whether we can salvage the infrastructure of USAG and create positive change through comprehensive leadership changes, or that the organization is so far gone, so far rotted from the inside, that this is not possible. This is a tough one and I certainly see both opinions on this …

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related – What’s next for USA Gymnastics? A long, tough road at best

USA Gymnastics faces lawsuits in Georgia, California and Michigan alleging its leaders failed to stop coaches and other officials from sexually abusing young athletes. And the first of those suits is headed for trial in April unless a settlement is reached. Either way, it is likely to be costly.

John Legend, Chrissy Teigen donate $200k

On Saturday evening, the pair gave a $200K donation to the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund and if that wasn’t a generous enough feat, check this out—the duo wrote that they gave the money, “on behalf of the heroic gymnasts of the USA Gymnastics Team.” …

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen Give $200,000 to Time’s Up on Behalf of Team USA Gymnasts

Oklahoma #1 week 4 NCAA rankings


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Russian Teams named

Eleonora Afanasyeva (mom)

Lilia Akhaimova

Elena Eremina

Anastasia Ilyankova

Natalia Kapitonova

Viktoria Komova

Angelina Melnikova

Aliya Mustafina (mom)

Maria Paseka

Ulyana Perebinosova

Angelina Simakova

Daria Spiridonova

Maria Kharenkova

Aleksandra Schekoldina

Denis Abliazin

David Beliavskiy

Artur Dalaloyan

Sergey Eltsov

Nikita Ignatyev

Nikolai Kuksenkov

Dmitry Lankin

Andrey Makolov

Nikita Nagornyy

Vladislav Polyashov

Kirill Potapov

Kirill Prokopev

Aleksey Rostov

Ivan Stretovich

Click over to gymnovosti for commentary and a list of the reserves.

RUSSIAN NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER WAS PUBLISHED

Anne Kuhm on adapting to ASU

Q: Can you sum up your first weeks on the American soil in three words?

A: Heat, joy, and stress.

ANNE KUHM ON MOVING TO US AND DOING NCAA GYMNASTICS

Anne and ASU have been great so far this season.