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Tom Forster on Olympic postponement
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Allan Bower postpones wedding for Olympics
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2020 Olympics postponed to 2021
As expected.
Plan is to host in 2021, but not later than summer 2021.
The postponement of the Olympic Games will also have several repercussions on the FIG rules, especially those of the Gymnastics disciplines.
The FIG will take the time to assess all the implications resulting from this postponement and will carefully review what adjustments or modifications should be made.
Athletes’ interest and safety will lie at the centre at any decision.
Originally scheduled to be held from 24 July-9 August 2020, the Games have been moved to next year due to the developing global situation in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, they will retain the Tokyo 2020 name. …
Mark Williams on Olympic postponement
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62% of American athletes support postponement
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2020 Olympics will be postponed
Veteran International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told USA TODAY Sports Monday afternoon that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are going to be postponed, likely to 2021, with the details to be worked out in the next four weeks. …
“It will come in stages,” he said.
“We will postpone … and begin to deal with all the ramifications …, which are immense.”
3-time Olympic trampoline medallist Karen Cockburn
I’ve always been a huge fan of Karen Cockburn.
Her autobiography, called Karen Cockburn: Soaring High, was published in November 2007.
FIG posted an excellent new interview:
… the first – and to date, the only – woman to win three Olympic medals in Trampoline, establishing Canada as one of the premier Trampoline nations along the way.
The medal-winning precedent Cockburn set with her bronze in 2000 and silvers in 2004 and 2008 was carried on by her friend and training partner Rosie MacLennan, who took gold in 2012 and 2016. …
What is the effect that your coach Dave Ross has had on Trampoline Gymnastics in Canada?
KC: You would need to write an entire book on this topic to truly know the impact he has had. Dave’s athletes have won seven Olympic medals. All of these athletes he has personally trained since they were about 10 years old. …
Legends of Gymnastics: Q+A with three-time Olympic medallist Karen Cockburn
Canada will not compete Olympics as scheduled
UPDATE – Australia was the second nation to announce they would not attend in July.
The Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee say they will not send athletes to compete in Tokyo if the games go ahead as scheduled, set to begin on July 24th. …
“With COVID-19 and the associated risks, it is not safe for our athletes, and the health and safety of their families and the broader Canadian community for athletes to continue training towards these Games. …
Aliya Mustafina interview
Aliya is still training.
Mustafina said she hopes to compete at the Russian Cup in June and prepare for the Tokyo Olympics. Now she might have even more time in store if the Olympics are postponed due to the pandemic.
She also hopes to have more elements named after her, one of her big dreams is to compete a Shaposhnikova transition with a one and a half turn. …
gymnovosti – MUSTAFINA: WHEN I COULD RETIRE ON A HIGH NOTE, I DIDN’T DO IT
I was in the media section when Aliya tore her ACL on Vault in the AA final at Tokyo Worlds.
Nope. It was at 2011 Europeans in Berlin. My mistake.
At the time I felt she didn’t need the Amanar that day. But in this interview she explains that she didn’t feel Amanar was either difficult nor dangerous. It was just another skill.
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