The 16-member Commission will be responsible for conducting a study on matters related to the state of the Olympic and Paralympic Movement in the United States. …
There is a deadline of the end of July for it to deliver its recommendations and detailed report, but it seems certain that deadline will be extended.
Category: Olympics
Shallon Olsen’s 2 meets Friday
Cool.
Shallon LIVE helped her Alabama team qualify to the top 16 teams at NCAA Regional Championships on Friday, April 2nd.
AND she was judged in Canada on Bars and Vault in a virtual Elite Canada competition.
DAY 1
VAULT
Ellie Black 5.40 14.450
Shallon Olsen 6.00 14.250 (Cheng)
Denelle Pedrick 5.40 13.900
BARS
Ellie Black 5.90 14.400
Audrey Rousseau 4.90 13.200
Rose Woo 4.90 13.300
GBR teams to Europeans
Highest priority must be trying to place gymnasts in the top 2 AA who did not compete the 2019 World Championships.
That would qualify an additional Olympian.
Ondine Achampong (Sapphire), Phoebe Jakubczyk (The Academy), Brinn Bevan (South Essex), James Hall (Pegasus) and Adam Tobin (Falcons) have been named as non-travelling reserves.
racial bias in sport
With Simone and Gabby as black Olympic Champions, it’s easy to ASSuME that racial bias in sport is being reduced, at least in Gymnastics.
Not so.
At each step along the athlete’s journey — from youth sports to college to the professional world — there are glaring inequities, often along racial lines. …
Throughout history, white American athletes have been afforded the opportunity to improve unimpeded while minorities have been left to scratch and claw for every inch. …
UNEQUAL PLAYING FIELD
Olympic Torch Relay
Perry – Commonwealth Games mascot
No international fans in Tokyo
Japanese authorities told the Olympic and Paralympic committees it was “highly unlikely” that entry to the country could be guaranteed. …
Organisers said the move now gives “clarity” to ticket holders and helps ensure “a safe and secure Games for all participants and the Japanese public”. …
BBC
Bram van Bokhoven interim NED WAG Coach
As the Dutch men didn’t qualify a team, the Men’s National Coach will take over WAG — for now — after the WAG coach, Gerben Wiersma, stepped down.
Russia on the Rise
Elizabeth Booth put together a summary of where the Russian women’s team stands now compared with 2019.
Things are coming together perfectly for Tokyo.
Team Russia has definitely benefited by the 1-year Olympic delay.
Watch it here.
Vanessa Ferarri has COVID
She began having Flu symptoms after the last competition.
Italy has been slow to rollout vaccines. And there’s been another surge due to new variants.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 