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Category: Olympics
Nick Ruddock interviews Ellie Seitz
Great interview.
Ellie is still psyched training for her 3rd Olympics. Even with a 1-year delay.
She loves Gymnastics and it shows in her performances.
I wasn’t surprised to hear that Ellie was not the perfect hotshot wunder child gymnast. She was not petite. Not flexible. Not all that powerful. In fact coaches suggested her Mom consider other sports.
Many of the greatest gymnasts of all time were not the best kids in their precomp group. Beth Tweddle was another.
It’s dumb for coaches to dismiss young children for lack of talent.
Dumb.
One of Ellie’s talents is courage. In fact she states she is never afraid — one reason she likes training the big skills including Def.
Could the 2020 Olympics be cancelled?
On GymCastic #419 Spencer said he predicts the 2020 Olympics will be cancelled if the announced dates in 2021 are not possible.
That rings true to me.
The additional cost of the current postponement is billion$.
I doubt those paying the extra would be willing to do it yet again.
“I don’t think anyone would be able to say if it is going to be possible to get it under control by next July or not,” Tokyo organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto said, speaking through an interpreter at a news conference conducted remotely.
”We’re certainly are not in a position to give you a clear answer.”
FIG Olympics qualification decisions
Yesterday FIG announced what they plan to do in light of the 2020 Olympics being delayed to 2021.
Spencer’s posted the most thoughtful reaction I’ve seen so far:
FIG GONNA FIG: THE 2021 OLYMPICS DECISIONS
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2017-2020 code of points will remain in force until the end of 2021.
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Athletes who turn senior in 2021 WILL be eligible to qualify for and compete in the Olympics.
Spencer is OK with that decision. Kyle Shewfelt, for example, disagrees.
For example, 2019 Junior World all-around champion Viktoria Listunova is now eligible.
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Weirdly, FIG is going to use the Baku World Cup 2020 preliminary rankings for points, since the Final was cancelled.
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Copenhagen Worlds 2021 will be held as scheduled.
Syrian gymnast Yazan Alsouliman in Japan
… the gymnasium used by the Syrian team was bombed. Alsouliman was not there at the time, but when he visited the next day, he found that the equipment had been smashed to pieces. …
He was elated to be chosen to go to Japan with the support of the Tokyo 2020 Solidarity Special Program, jointly organized by the International Olympic Committee and Japanese Olympic Committee. …
Konishi Yasuhito—coach of the gymnastics squad at Tōkai University, where the young Syrian is enrolled in the Japanese language course for international students, and a trainer for the Syrian team—applauds Alsouliman’s language progress …
Two years have passed since he came to Japan. …
Alsouliman is naturally also concerned about his family back in Syria, and says that the war-torn country is always in his prayers. He video-chats with his mother almost every day. …
64 Artistic gymnasts already Olympics qualified
Lauren Hopkins is going to post a feature on each, starting with Singapore’s Sze En Tan.
2021 World Games postponed to 2022
The year after the Olympics as the World Games is something like an Olympics for non-Olympic disciplines.
Good decision. But athletes now have to decide whether or not to train for the additional year.
Gabby’s 2012 grip bag
In the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
2020 Olympics start July 23, 2021
Tokyo Olympics rescheduled for July 23-Aug. 8, 2021
Paralympics also rescheduled to Aug. 24-Sept. 5
FIG via email:
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We will focus our efforts on respecting the spirit of the Olympic qualification system as defined in the rules. We will ensure that events that had to be postponed can take place once this global health crisis is behind us and we will be absolutely certain that all conditions are met and guarantee the safety of all participants.”
The IOC has already confirmed that all quota places that have been allocated to date shall remain allocated to the National Olympic Committees and athletes that obtained them.
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related – cost to the host nation – Japan’s Olympics Delay Could Cost $6 Billion Including Hit to Tourism
ALREADY-qualified Olympians will keep spots for 2021
All athletes who had qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will keep their spots for the Games next year following their postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday. …
The IOC also said that the amount of spots allocated for each sport at the Games would remain the same next year. …
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