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If it happens to Simone, it can happen to anyone.
One day, I came in and decided I forgot how to do gymnastics. You know, that’s great. And I could not twist on floor or on beam. For my beam dismount, I just like wouldn’t do it, and we couldn’t figure out why. …
read more on Olympic Channel – Simone Biles: ‘I Feel Like I Am In Better Shape Than In Rio’
That was posted a few days before the U.S. Classic.
Scheduled release sometime 2019.
HBO Documentary Films has acquired worldwide TV and streaming rights to At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal, which explores the sexual abuse scandal that shook the sports world in 2017. …
Good point here from the last U.S. Olympic men’s head coach.
I did see something, somewhere from USAG on the ESPYS Courage Award. But it was not energetically enthusiastic.
No doubt their lawyers have suggested that kind of post might be used in court.
via Irish Daniel
One Gym Mom wonders WHY our sport has not evolved to the point where more gymnasts aren’t wearing Lycra shorts in competition.
It reminds me of the 1990s when I petitioned to allow the University of Saskatchewan women’s team to wear shorts and leo. That request was instantly approved. … The young ladies, however, decided to — last minute — compete in leotards after all.
I’m not clear on exactly what USAG uses to sanction members.
A neutral arbitrator felt USAG got it wrong in the case of this coach.
Tony Retrosi:
At the NO LIMITS Camp in Calgary Mike coached Beam. Immediately after that we headed down to Lethbridge Alberta to do a Boys Camp. Watching him break a skill down and explaining drills is a thing of beauty. He is a bit shaky when he walks but his confidence in the gym more than makes up for it. Give this man a cape and call him a superhero.
Mike Outram (second from the left) is a character. If you’ve met him once, you remember him.
I recall first hearing that Mike had been paralyzed from hitting concrete at the bottom of a foam pit coming off tramp. Hearing that he’d never walk again.
This tragedy was big news in Canada. Everyone checked their pits to see if any concrete could be somehow exposed.
Some months later Mike unexpectedly arrived at a Gymnastics event. He walked in through an open side door of the Gym.
… I thought you were paralyzed?
Mike: That’s what they tell me.
It’s an incredible story. The power of the mind over the body. Mike’s still improving. Click over to GymMomentum.
ESPYs: Inside the Powerful Moment When Aly Raisman and Over 100 Gymnasts Accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…—
(@GymCastic) July 19, 2018
In her fight to end sexual abuse, the Olympic champion is challenging the very institutions she led to glory.
related – Sister survivors: 12 women, part of the army that brought down Larry Nassar, share their story
I remain so impressed that it’s the athletes pushing this issue forward. Not USAG, not the American Medical Association, not the NCAA, not IOC. Not coaches.
I don’t think so. They are not always correct. Not always up-to-date.
For example …
When (Jonathan) West began teaching private lessons at New Orleans Outlaws, last year, (owner) Bonewitz said she conducted a background check and had him take a drug screening. Both came back clean despite the fact that New Orleans police arrested (coach “Johnny”) West in 2011 on suspicion of the alleged rape of a woman.
West also faced a 2012 complaint of sexual abuse involving a 3-year-old in Kenner. But both charges were refused by prosecutors for insufficient evidence, according to authorities. …
‘He was like a part of their family’: Gymnastics community reels after coach’s sex abuse arrests
Both those previous charges were refused by prosecutors for insufficient evidence, so did not show on his background check.
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In Canada 10 Steps of Screening are recommended:
Kerry Perry … announced five members of the organization’s newly created Athlete Task Force: Shenea Booth, acrobatic gymnastics; Ivana Hong, women’s gymnastics; Jazzy Kerber, rhythmic gymnastics; Steven Legendre, men’s gymnastics; and Leigh Hennessy Robson, trampoline and tumbling.
Spencer is not convinced.
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