Iowa hires investigator to look into women’s gymnastics team culture.
Head coach Larissa Libby has been placed on paid administrative leave, not as a disciplinary measure but to protect the integrity of the review, the school said in a statement.
Category: safety
300,000 condoms for Paris
After Tokyo 2020, with contact restrictions to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, the strict health policy of the Olympic Games is back and Paris 2024 will distribute 300,000 condoms to athletes, twice as many as London 2012, but far from the record set by Rio 2016. …
Since the 1988 Seoul Olympics, organisers have distributed condoms to raise awareness of and protection against the AIDS virus and to protect people’s health …
Inside the Games
Alcohol will not be allowed in the Olympic Village. So no French wine with dinner.
Koreleo Compression-Based Leotards
Guest post by Faith Mason.
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LSU Seniors reflect on their NCAA careers
Another excellent video from LSU.
Taylor Swift ➙ VOTE
On Super Tuesday, Taylor Swift encouraged her millions of fans to VOTE.
Girls and women are not yet treated equally in the USA. To continue to make progress towards equality, they need to participate in elections.
France – coach Dimitru Pop suspended
Months before the Olympics, French women’s artistic gymnastics coach, Dimitru Pop, was provisionally suspended amid an investigation into violence and abuse.
Paris 2024 : Dumitru Pop suspendu à la suite d’une enquête pour “violence et abus”
gender equality in Paris
Sport is helping progress the world towards equal opportunity for all.
International Women’s Day
The world slowly progresses towards equality of the genders.
The Economist’s glass-ceiling index measuring the role and influence of women in the workforce just released.
Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Finland the best places for women to work.
eating disorders in Climbing
Aly Raisman interview
Aly Raisman is one of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year, a recognition of women who have made a significant impact in their communities and across the country. Meet this year’s honorees at womenoftheyear.usatoday.com. …
She’s the third most decorated American gymnast in history, winning six Olympic medals as captain of the legendary 2012 “Fierce Five” and 2016 “Final Five” teams.
She empowered millions of girls and women across the globe when she shared her story as a sexual abuse survivor at the hands of a former USA gymnastics doctor, who, with the testimony of Raisman and more than 100 other athletes, will never be able to abuse another person again. …
Read the interview — Aly Raisman works to normalize hard conversations after her gymnastics career
Gymnastics Coaching.com 