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December 7-9, 2022 in Richmond, B.C.
The SPort INnovation (SPIN) Summit is Canada’s leading edge symposium for professional development and networking in the areas of applied sport science, sports medicine, and innovation.
This annual conference combines experts from around the globe to build knowledge and skills to support Olympic and Paralympic sport success through applied scientific research.
Registration deadline – November 30, 2022
FIG will compile a medical report from Liverpool Worlds.
In it they will record what percentage of athletes left the competition due to injury.
Gymnasts were injured on day 1, including one of the H Bar favourites ➙ Tyson Bull. A lower back injury on H Bar.
But I felt there were fewer injuries than at past Worlds. MAG Vault landings were less horrific than in the past. Hopefully athletes are better prepared than in the past to survive a Code of Points where difficulty is so much more rewarded than quality. Hopefully.
MAG Gymnastics is really dangerous.
It’s complicated.
There are few high level competitive gymnasts who wake up in the morning entirely pain free.
A helpful defini:on of a gymnastics injury is “any damaged body part that would interfere with training” …
Read Bill’s new article:
Via email from FIG:
As every year, we would like to draw your attention to the main anti-doping regulations and documentation recently released by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). They will come into force on 1 January 2023.
There were a number of serious injuries in the Finals. AA Champion Asia D’Amato on vault, for one.
Read Spencer’s LIVE blog.
I’m impressed with gymnasts using elements into Double Layout.
But punching out of that difficult landing is — for me — too great a risk of Achilles damage.
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Rutgers works with their medical support to practice how to safely remove an injured athlete from a pit.
It’s much more difficult than you might imagine.
College Gym News maintains an injury list. It’s not 100% comprehensive.
Dave Tilley has been posting a lot of information on College injuries.
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Shift Movement Science is offering a 3 day event June 10-12, 2022.
30 Speakers.
32 Gymnastics Lectures.
If you register, you’ll get all the notes and presentations 2 weeks in advance. And if you can’t attend LIVE, you can watch instead after the event.
Amazing. She twists so quickly.
I’m so sorry this historic accomplishment is being overshadowed by why her coach, Eteri Tutberidze, couldn’t prevent Kamila from taking a prohibited substance.
My second question is WHY the IOC doesn’t have a minimum age for all Olympic sports.
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