The legend — Kim Bui — represented Germany from 2004 until the 2022 European Championships in Munich. Three Olympics. Six World Championships. Always a fan favourite.
Though reluctant at first to write a career retrospective, she decided to go ahead hoping that sharing her story will help others.
“The hardest chapter to write was the one on eating disorders,” she said. “I had never talked about it until then. …”
Japan’s Kohei Uchimura will be among 10 current and former gymnasts from seven countries who will visit Hiroshima ahead of May’s Group of Seven summit to send a message of peace, International Gymnastics Federation President Morinari Watanabe said Wednesday. …
Women’s 2008 all-around Olympic champion Nastia Liukin of the United States and Britain’s Giarnni Regini-Moran, the reigning men’s floor exercise world champion, are among those who will take part in a series of events organized by FIG. …
As sports parents, we would do anything to protect our athletes. We want to take away their sorrow, we want to give them the answers they need, we want to protect them from pain. We want to ride in our our white horses and be their saviors. We want to fight their battles, remove their enemies, and provide a life a happiness. For if they are happy, then we parents must be doing our jobs.
When we rescue them, what are we really teaching them? If we always come to their rescue when they are hurting, sad, embarrassed, angry, or suffering, we are only teaching them that we will solve their problems, we will save them. We are teaching them they aren’t strong enough to think and fight on their own and we must think and fight for them. …
And many have their childhood over-scheduled (with things like Gymnastics).
This could have been ME 40yrs ago.
I waxed nostalgic. … Memories of digging up clams, splashing the girls, trying to drown the boys in the shallows. Family holidays at wonderful Rathtrevor Beach on Vancouver Island.
But that photo was taken recently.
Kids are the same. But one thing has changed.
A swimming pool with that many children would have only one lifeguard.
What year was it that parents became so much more protective than my own?
In an era with redundancy in all things related to safety, why does FIG certify equipment where failure of one link in a chain can result in the apparatus falling?
Engagement in sport has positive effects for psychological and physical wellbeing, academic performance, and sense of belonging, and can be a source of passion – a strong protective factor for mental health. …
I was excited to see Cat Runner win a new reality TV show. 10 amateur climbers competing for a cash prize of $100,000 and $100,000 prAna sponsorship.
It was impressive as Cat does not have much reach. He’s the short guy in the blue jacket.
It helps to have long limbs for rock climbing.
Cat identifies as transgender, one reason he’s a climber — an activity where gender doesn’t matter.
Finally — I’m disappointed with politicians and deplorable who are today trying to win votes, make money, and accrue power by targeting transgender kids and other minorities. Attacking some of the most vulnerable people in society.
During @MSU_Gymnastics practice yesterday, the Spartan gymnasts wore #SpartanStrong leotards, which were donated by Sylvia P (MSU's leotards supplier). The company sent them to the team as a “we stand with you” gift during the difficult time that Spartan nation was going through. pic.twitter.com/OGKwdjhGcp
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