Nearly two dozen Greek gymnasts alleged they suffered decades of abuse and neglect “bordering on torture” at the hands of their coaches, in a letter published on Wednesday.
The letter was sent this week to Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis by 22 female and male athletes, revealed by Greek daily EfSyn.
It alleged “harsh and abusive” practices dating back to 1985 included forced fasting, psychological and physical punishment and sexual harassment. …
Greece in recent months has been rocked by a wave of allegations of sexual abuse in the fields of arts, sport and education.
More than three years after the #MeToo movement surfaced in the United States, the code of silence in Greece was broken in December by a two-time Olympic sailing medallist, Sofia Bekatorou. …
Greek gymnasts allege decades of abuse by coaches
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Dave Brubaker permanently banned
Gymnastics Canada (GymCan) acknowledges and accepts the decision reached by an independent discipline panel regarding formal written complaints received by GymCan against two elite coaches – David (Dave) Brubaker and Elizabeth (Liz) Brubaker.
The decision was received by all parties on Friday, March 12th, 2021.
Dave Brubaker was formerly the National Team Director for GymCan’s women’s artistic gymnastics national team …
The Panel ruled that Dave Brubaker is permanently banned and prohibited from any future application or attempt to gain reinstatement, membership, or any other status with Gymnastics Canada member associations or clubs.
Gymnastics Canada by email
The Panel further ruled that Liz Brubaker’s suspension is extended until January 18, 2024, pending the completion of imposed reinstatement conditions. …
Yul on racism
One thing I like about sport is that people are far more likely to talk about an athlete’s toe point, than skin colour.
Most coaches want to work with the best athletes. Period. They can be purple skinned or albino, coaches don’t care.
Here’s what Yul has to say.
Gymnastics Canada – Culture and Coaching
UPDATE – A second webinar with the same speakers has been scheduled for March 25, 2021 at 7:00PM ET. Sign up here — or wait for the podcast version.
Gymnastics Canada hosted an excellent webinar. Dave Tilley posted the audio version to his podcast.
Click through for details.
Gretchen Kerr studies Athlete Maltreatment, a professor at University of Toronto.
Gretchen feels psychological abuse of coaches, parents, officials and athletes is much underreported.
teen feminist empowerment
Gymnastics is one of the few domains where females are regarded as more important than males.
The opposite of American ConcussionBall.
It provides Simone Biles and other WAG influencers some power in how their lives are led.
The new Amy Poehler film MOXIE communicates some important messages for teens in 2021.
Here’s the clip that best sums up the themes.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
International Gymnastics Camp 2021
Looks like a GO.
What I like best about IGC is their coach education program.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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We have three COVID-19 safety plans in place and will utilize the most appropriate plan depending on the state of the virus at that time.
We’re remaining flexible to accommodate all guidelines set forth by the CDC, local, and state government for this summer.
All three plans will require PCR testing prior to arrival at camp, limiting exposures during the two weeks prior to camp, monitoring temperatures and antigen testing upon arrival with follow-up testing during the course of the campers stay …
The “Perfect” Gymnast Body – A Toxic Illusion
Another excellent and important video from SHIFT Media Intern, Sarah Thirkell.
The unrealistic and often dangerous cultural undertones in gymnastics surrounding this idea of getting the ‘perfect’ gymnast body need to go. It is a toxic illusion, and puts young girls and boys on a treadmill of not ever feeling good enough that may lead to a dark spiral of mental, emotional, and physical health. …
The problems range from nutritional information that is not backed by the latest peer reviewed scientific research being given by coaches/parents instead of licensed Registered Dietician Nutritionists all the way to well intentioned coaches who may just make off handed comments or what they perceive as jokes to gymnasts about weight body image, and performance.
Speakers featured:
McKayla Maroney, Former Elite Gymnast via the GymCastic Podcast
Tasia Percevecz, Former NCAA Gymnasts and CrossFit Games Champion
Colin Van Wicklen, Elite Gymnast
Christina Anderson RDN
Jason Machowsky RDN
Ellen Casey MD
Jaime Schehr RDN
Kerry Bair RDN- via Nick Ruddock Gymnastics Growth Show
Joshua Eldridge DC
Courtney McGregor, Former Elite and NCAA Gymnast
Claire Heafford, Co-Founder of Gymnasts For Change
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Doe Yamashiro sues Don Peters
Peters was banned from the sport by USA Gymnastics for sexual misconduct in 2011 following an Orange County Register investigation and this week Doe Yamashiro, a former U.S. national team member, filed a suit against him in Orange County Superior Court …
The lawsuit, filed under a 2019 California law that allows sexual abuse victims to finally confront in court their abusers and the organizations that protected predators, is Yamashiro’s latest attempt to hold Peters and her sport accountable. …
… despite his 2011 ban, Peters continued to oversee SCATS investments, was listed as SCATS president and a “key employee” on financial documents, has made appearances at the SCATS facility and has charged meals on SCATS credit cards, a 2017 Orange County Register investigation found. …
Don Peters, coach of groundbreaking 1984 Olympic team, faces sexual abuse lawsuit
John Geddert faces 24 charges
John Geddert was head coach of the 2012 U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team, which won a gold medal.
eNassar was the team’s doctor and also treated injured gymnasts at Twistars, Geddert’s Lansing-area gym for elite athletes. …
Geddert was suspended by Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics during the Nassar scandal. He told families in 2018 that he was retiring. …
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