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Coach Andrew Vetter reflects on his personal evolution and the state of Gymnastics in 2022 making these recommendations:
Read the entire thoughtful post on Medium:
Andrew is the coach who posted the viral Uptown Abs video a few years ago.
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The old man mentioned in this video is Leslie “Les” Wexner, founder and chairman emeritus of Bath & Body Works, Inc. (formerly Limited Brands). Close friend of Jeffrey Epstein.
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First priority is to continue programming as planned despite the government funding freeze.
He seems to be willing to have a more independent and transparent process.
BUT I’m not clear on how and why Sports Canada would unfreeze funding any time soon.
… We agree with “Gymnasts For Change” that a safe and welcoming environment for all participants in sport is of paramount importance, and that we must continue to be vigilant in eradicating any opportunity for negative, inappropriate or abusive behaviour to occur.
The engagement of the McLaren Group speaks to our shared commitment of creating a holistic environment by collectively building a “roadmap” towards effective and sustainable behavioural and cultural change. …
We believe in the integrity of the process being led by the McLaren Group to help us create a holistic path forward and look forward to learning from this process and sharing the results with our community.
Many of those who have petitioned through “Gymnasts For Change” believe the McLaren Group is not independent enough to get the job done properly.
The Prime Minister of Canada has weighed in on the issue.
The Canadian government is serious about making improvements NOW.
Canada’s Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge is freezing Gymnastics Canada’s funding until the national federation signs on with the new Office of Sports Integrity Commissioner.
St-Onge said Thursday that she informed GymCan’s CEO Ian Moss last week that the federation needed to accelerate their process to sign up, or their funding would be suspended until they completed that requirement.
The minister said it was effective immediately.
The news comes on the heels of more than 500 gymnasts calling on St-Onge to do exactly that. St-Onge froze Hockey Canada’s funding in the wake of the national organization’s handling of an alleged sexual assault and out-of-court settlement. …
CBC
The Whyte Review looked into the practices of British Gymnastics.
It was co-commissioned by UK Sport and Sport England and led by Anne Whyte QC.
The review received in excess of 400 submissions of evidence. 190 interviews were conducted for the report, including 133 former and current gymnasts.
The report detailed ‘systemic’ accounts of both physical and emotional abuse of young athletes.
The submissions described sexual assault, excessive weigh management and emotional abuse of gymnasts.
British Gymnastics has a Whyte Review page. It includes a response from CEO Sarah Powell.
British Gymnastics is also facing separate legal action from dozens of gymnasts, including a number of Olympians, who allege widespread physical and emotional abuse.
Last week the 19-year-old gymnast Eloise Jotischky became the first person to win a civil case against British Gymnastics for the abuse she suffered in the sport.
Many around the world are right now reading and responding.
… There’s no dispute that FBI agents in 2015 knew that Nassar was accused of molesting gymnasts, but they failed to act, leaving him free to continue to target young women and girls for more than a year.
“It is time for the FBI to be held accountable,” said Maggie Nichol …
Indy Star
The Code lists general principles of integrity and respect to which everybody who takes part in Gymnastics must commit, and also specific principles for athletes, coaches, judges, officials and the managers of Gymnastics federations.
Its scope of application has also been broadened compared with the previous Code, to encompass all aspects of training, competition, sporting operations and communication. …
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