Category: psychology

my favourite Gymnastics photo … maybe ever

Friendship through sport at the Stuttgart World Cup.

Olympic Charter: “… a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play …”

Thank Cordelia Price for posting it from the live video stream.

UCLA student athletes talk mental health

An excellent initiative promoted by Anna Glenn. Especially considering the recent suicide of triple world champion cyclist Kelly Catlin at Stanford. She was only 23.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Netherlands – the bumpy road to Doha

Part 3 of the documentary following Team Netherlands and their quest for Tokyo 2020.

INJURIES are one of the biggest challenges.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (posted Feb 13th)

Larissa Iordache interview

Best case scenario, she’d be back for 2019 Worlds.

CHRISTIAN IVANOV:

After rupturing her Achilles’ tendon at the 2017 Montreal World Championships, Olympic and World medalist Larisa Iordache, 22, went through several surgeries. IG caught up with the Romanian icon for an interview. …

IG: What is the status of the tendon now? Are you able to walk, run and do light tumbling, and are you pain free?

LI: My condition is very good and the tendon is fine. I do not have pain, and I feel confident. …

IG: You have had a good share of injuries and setbacks in your career? How do you manage to stay positive and motivated?

LI: I have always done nothing but gymnastics, and clearly during the time when I stood around and did nothing, like a normal person, it was not enough for me. My passion for gymnastics keeps me motivated every day. …

Larisa Iordache Is Back In The Game

2014

“Don’t Silence Me” music video #MeToo

“My intention with this video is to celebrate the resilience and bravery of the sexual assault survivors who have spoken out,” she said. “If the Cosby survivors had not come forward, if the Weinstein survivors had not come forward then I would not have had the opportunity to heal. That’s the power of speaking out.”

CBS

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

related – Sen. Martha McSally, the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat, revealed in an emotional Senate hearing that she was raped by a superior officer in the Air Force.

myth of the ‘self-made man’

Click PLAY or watch Arnold on Facebook.

“None of us can make it alone.”

– Arnold Schwarzenegger

related – Arnold Sports Festival

Emma Nedov – Beam

Silver medal at the World Cup at home in Australia.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Emma’s looking one hard athlete in this new ad for Activewear brand Running Bare.

Part of their ‘This One’s For Me’ campaign.

“the importance of physical mindfulness and self-belief”

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

(via Blythe Lawrence)