… People might be very surprised how much of our conversations, at every meal time, are about protecting the athletes versus working them harder. There is tremendous attention devoted to balancing their mental and physical rest with the work needed for them to be their best. …
Category: safety
“What if I’m not believed?”
An NPR podcast asks the question:
How did Larry Nassar get away with his treatment for decades?
Listen to it online. (18min)
Larry Nassar with Kerri Strug 1996 Olympics
how to stick Yurchenko triple twist
TaiShan equipment at Worlds
Most of the athletes have never used TaiShan apparatus before. It’s a test of who can adjust quickly.
For the most part the apparatus and the TaiShan crew looks to be good. A pommel broke today when European Champ Rhys McClenaghan was training. That’s odd.
Some of the guys told me the vault is hard. Landing mats hard.
Most of the discussion has been about Floor. Kenzo seemed to have trouble during podium training. Max and Dom seemed to be OK with it. Both Russians made triple back look easy.
Sam Oldham notes that the Senoh floor in Japan is soft. It has a bigger margin for error on take-off. Timing has to be more precise on the TaiShan.
I’m more worried for WAG — starting tomorrow — than MAG.
Kohei withdraws from the AA
His right ankle has not recovered sufficiently to compete FX or Vault.
During podium training he deliberately rolled out of landings to protect the ankle as much as possible.
update on CDN coach court cases
Sexual assault trial of Canada’s former national women’s gymnastics coach begins Monday
Michel Arsenault’s trial was moved forward to some time 2019.
USC pays $215m over gynaecologist sex abuse claims
The proposed settlement would compensate students who saw gynaecologist George Tyndall, whom hundreds of women have accused.
It comes a day after 93 women filed a lawsuit against the school, alleging it ignored complaints for decades.
Mr Tyndall has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with a crime. …
Nancy Hogshead-Makar, CEO of Champion Women
Nancy Hogshead-Makar, J.D., née Nancy Lynn Hogshead, is an American swimmer who represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where she won three gold medals and one silver medal.
She is currently the CEO of Champion Women, an organization leading targeted efforts to advocate for equality and accountability in sport. …
championwomen.org
She’d be an ideal President of USA Gymnastics.
Click PLAY or watch her story on Facebook.
Steve Penny permanently ineligible
Confirmed here.
https://twitter.com/USAGymSafeSport/status/1053035286261850112
He also joins the short list of people charged with crimes associated with the criminal doctor.
cannabis STILL banned in sport
… Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) would like to remind athletes that cannabis remains banned in sport, and a positive test for cannabis may still result in a sanction after October 17, 2018.
Cannabis will remain banned in sport in Canada because the Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP) follows the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Prohibited List, an international standard that is not affected by changes in Canadian law. Once legal, cannabis will be just one of many substances that is legal in Canada, yet prohibited in sport. …
CCES Reminds Athletes that Cannabis Will Remain Banned in Sport After October 17
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