Category: Olympics

proposal – teams of 5 for Paris Olympics

BEST case scenario, the TOTAL number of Artistic gymnasts at the Olympics will be increased.

Otherwise number of individuals would need to be reduced

The Council has also approved the qualification system for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline Gymnastics.

The main changes concern the number of gymnasts composing a team in Men’s and Women’s Artistic, which returns to a maximum of five. The qualification system is subject to the approval of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). …

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the Caster Semenya debate

The majority of experts I’m hearing feel Caster should be allowed to compete against women.

Caster Semenya has claimed gold in the Diamond League‘s 800m women’s final, in what was her last race before the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) imposes controversial new rules limiting testosterone in female athletes.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) this week dismissed an appeal by the South African to set aside the IAAF’s regulations, which will require athletes with differences in sex development to take medication to reduce their testosterone levels.

The new rules, which have sparked a fierce backlash, will come into effect on Wednesday.

Yahoo

… After the race, Semenya was asked by the Daily Mail’s Riath Al-Samarrai whether she plans to take medication to comply with the IAAF’s regulations and she said, “Hell no.”

BBC’s Ade Adedoyin was told by Semenya that she has no plans to retire and plans to compete at the IAAF World Championships in September.

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Jade Carey interview

Inside Gymnastics:

Jade: I chose to pursue an individual route because I felt it was my best way to achieve my goal of going to the Olympics. I wanted to leave every avenue open to reach my goal.

Jade: Some reasons I chose Oregon State are the coaches and the beautiful campus. The coaches are amazing and so helpful, and I can’t wait to have them help me grow in college.

Jade: The plan is to start in the fall of 2020.

Inside: What is it like to compete alongside Russian Olympian Maria Paseka in vault finals?

Jade: It’s definitely challenging and competitive. She’s a really good vaulter, so it definitely adds the pressure, but I just focus on what I need to do to [perform] my best vaults.

JADE CAREY ON 2020, OSU, AND THE WORLD CUP SERIES

Future of the U.S. Olympic Movement

Reimagining Goals Beyond Medals

Date – Wed May 22, 2019
Washington, DC

Some argue that heightened focus on medals laid the groundwork for the sexual abuses that emerged in USA Gymnastics, which has caused deep soul-searching at the USOC and the sport-specific national governing bodies (NGBs) it oversees.

What’s next for the U.S. Olympic movement, as reforms are introduced?

What if the USOC focused first and foremost on the safety and well-being of athletes while also growing opportunities for all, not just those with medal potential? …

Aspen Institute

Shannon Miller will be one of the speakers.

Kohei doubts his readiness for Tokyo Olympics

Despite a lot of pain, the King tried to compete All Japan Championships.

He wasn’t able to finish all routines. 😞

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https://twitter.com/maple_maple555/status/1121777272896098305

Mykayla Skinner will try for Tokyo

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Florida’s Trinity Thomas will continue with Elite, as well.

related – Skinner’s Path to Tokyo

RUS Men’s National Coach Valeri Alfosov

After the very successful European Championships, TASS asks Alfosov about European Games (David Belyavskiy, Dmitri Lankin), Worlds 2019, Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.

He’s very happy with progress of the Senior teams but worries that Russia doesn’t have enough gyms and gymnasts to produce world class teams in future.

U.S. Olympic Trials St. Louis

June 25-28, 2020.

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think like a champion

Think like Evgenia Medvedeva.

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Evgenia Medvedeva is a two-time Olympic silver medalist (2018 ladies’ singles, 2018 team event), a two-time world champion (2016, 2017) …

Tokyo Olympic Schedule

Mark your calendar. Artistic Gymnastics competition runs from …

July 25 – Aug 4, 2020

See the full schedule for all sports.