Category: safety

89% of USAG is female

National Girls and Women in Sports Day

In the USA since 1987, launched by Ronald Reagan, National Girls and Women in Sports Day … to acknowledge the accomplishments of female athletes, recognize the influence of sports participation for women and girls, and honour the progress and continuing struggle for equality for women in sports.

Women’s Gymnastics is in a unique position to lead this struggle. It’s one of the highest visibility sports where the women are more popular than men with the general public.

Peggy Liddick suspended 4 months

The Australian National Coach 1997 – 2016 had a number of complaints from gymnasts.

Two of those allegations were found to be valid.

Membership in the Federation is suspended for a period of four (4) months from 19 January 2022, however the suspension is wholly suspended for a period of 2 years from above date, subject to Ms Liddick not breaching any relevant Policy within that period (whether such breach is found proved during or after the end of the 2-year period). 

Ms Liddick is also required to provide a written apology to the Complainant.

Disciplinary Register 

Liddick v Gymnastics Australia and Sport Integrity Australia

Lynnzee Brown injured

One of our biggest stars ruptured an Achilles dismounting Floor against Oklahoma.

Achilles ruptures are most frequent with older, more powerful and female gymnasts.

Let’s hope she can come back for a 6th year.

And celebrate her Vault from the same meet.

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UCLA in the L.A. Times

The Bruins are accustomed to getting as much publicity as any team in the NCAA. Over the years, that’s mostly been good press.

Personally, I rank UCLA as one of the top teams for defending and promoting social justice.

Head Coach Chris Waller is one of the most experienced and accomplished coaches in College Gymnastics.

But this situation is a disaster. We still don’t know whether to blame the school administration, the coaches or the lawyers. Probably all three.

Professor of marketing Scott Galloway advises organizations do three things in case of crisis:

  1. Top person steps up quickly and addresses the issue personally.
  2. Acknowledge the problem. Take responsibility.
  3. Over-correct.

None of that happened.

If you are not up to speed, read what the general public is seeing:

UCLA gymnastics stood united against racial injustice, then was ripped apart by it

I should add that LSU seems to have handled things about as well as they could. Communication was clear.

Florida’s EQUALITY Meet

The first NCAA gymnastics regular-season dual meet to be broadcast LIVE on NATIONAL television was last weekend in Gainesville:

Florida 197.000 – Alabama 196.925

The theme was EQUALITY.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

related – Gators Gymnasts Have A Message To Deliver

Reality check – U.S. News and World Events ranks the USA among the worst of developed nation for racial equality — below China.

explaining ‘consent’

Sex without consent is rape.

Click PLAY or watch the FOR DUMMIES version on YouTube.

Related – rapist Brock Turner

Did I mention Brock Turner is a rapist?

Olympic Snowboard champ on aerial awareness

Former gymnast Anna Gasser talks about Simone Biles and her biggest fear while snowboarding.

Watch it on YouTube.