The members of the U.S. women’s national hockey team dropped a bombshell on Wednesday when they announced they will boycott the 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championship unless “significant progress has been made on the year-long negotiations with USA Hockey over fair wages and equitable support.” …
The USWNT has won the gold medal in six of the last eight world championships….
Due to discrimination by USA Hockey, women’s team boycotts world championship
Right now, the women only get $6,000 every four years from USA Hockey.
Category: Olympics
Ana Porgras interview
With Emma Bailey. Translation by Bea Gheorghisor.
Gymnasts more universally loved than Ana Porgras are rare. She defined the 2009-2012 quad, instantly becoming a fan-favorite. She won a bronze medal on bars at the 2009 Worlds, her first major senior competition …
Ana had an almost perfect 2010 Worlds (in Rotterdam) and she won the gold medal in the beam final. …
In mid-January 2012, seven months before the Olympics, Ana announced her retirement from gymnastics. The exact reasons were not explained at the time …
Anastasiya Grishina’s money problems
Anastasiya was a super talented gymnast who had many problems during her career.
You may have heard a rumour that she’s currently homeless. Not quite.
While it seems crazy to many Western people that Grishina at 21 is married and has a 8-month baby, it’s actually also a pretty normal age in Russia to get married and have kids.
Another comment: when the article talks about Grishina being “on the streets” or “thrown off to the street” it doesn’t mean she’s literally homeless. It’s an expression in Russian that means someone lost the place they used to live in or they were thrown away from home, but it doesn’t mean that they now don’t have any place to live. It’s sort of a poetic exaggeration. She actually rents an apartment. It’s not an ideal situation and rents are sky high in Moscow, but she’s not living on the streets, so don’t worry about that. …
Click through for details – Luba (Israeli Gym Nerd) – Grishina’s story
(via Gymternet)
Elena Naimushina has died
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Amanda Turner:
Russian Yelena Naimushina, a member of the gold medal-winning Soviet team at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, died Tuesday in Moscow. She was 52. …
Her death was unexpected, Shevchuk told TASS News. He had recently spoken to Naimushina about the possibility of her working at his club, he said. He had expected to see her Wednesday after she returned from Moscow. …
Click PLAY or watch her Kalinka routine on YouTube. (1980)
(via RRG)
Rosie MacLennan – Right to Play
Our Olympic Champion is an ambassador for the Right to Play charity.
Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.
the Andreas Tobas story
The hero in Rio.
“That was amazing,” teammate Fabian Hambüchen said. “It’s an honour to have someone like him on the team.”
German gymnast Andreas Toba’s extraordinary act of sacrifice
Click PLAY or watch a teaser on YouTube.
Rosie’s leos to Olympic Museum in Switzerland
Olympic Champion Rita Mamun
Margarita “Rita” Mamun is the 2016 Olympic All-around Champion. …
Margarita was born in Moscow, Russia to a Bangladeshi father and Russian mother. …
On 26 August 2016, Rita’s father Abdullah died from cancer, days after she won gold at the Olympic Games. …
Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/olympicchannel/status/836588621243236352
European Championships 2018
From 2 to 12 August 2018, Glasgow and Berlin will host the 2018 European Championships, a new multi-sports event, combining the existing European Championships of 7 established sports: gymnastics, swimming, athletics, golf, cycling, triathlon and rowing.
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