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There are not many coaches left who feel gymnasts with African heritage – who get a chance to train gymnastics – are at a disadvantage. 🙂

Sport is an environment where EVERYONE should have an equal chance for success.

Right now a VIDEO on racism at the University of Alabama is being shared online. Fraternities and sororities are still a problem.

I’ve not heard anyone complain about racism on the University of Alabama Gymnastics team.

Click PLAY or watch Morgan Dennis on YouTube.

Wilbur Jackson was the first black football player signed by the University of Alabama 1970 by Bear Bryant. That worked out pretty well for the legendary coach.

Though the former slave States are ASSumed to be the most racist it turns out that’s not true based on one study.

Coaches can take pride in the fact that we help break down societal barriers.

related – The Integration of College Football Didn’t Happen in One Game

“When it comes to execution there is nothing to be done. Kohei is really the best, and unbeatable in my opinion.“

– Fabian Hambuechen, Germany

read more quotes on FIG

(via papaliukin)

#35 – Seda Tutkhalyan hitting her G rated acro combo in beam final

See the rest.

I’ve been reluctant to use trampoline Boards very often fearing they are too slow. But more and more coaches are using them. So far, so good.

Click PLAY or watch Eythora Thorsdotti on Instagram.

Training some new stuff ??

A video posted by Eythora Thorsdottir (@eythora) on Nov 12, 2015 at 2:55am PST

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"Just do it"??//Congrats to @simonebiles on her partnership with @nike !??//PC: Christy Ann Linder

A photo posted by ?????????Gymnastics?Edits (@flipsandgrips16) on Nov 14, 2015 at 2:20pm PST

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Victoria Moors’ sister Brooklyn has qualified to compete at the Canadian National Team selection meet. Good luck!

#Repost @b_moors ??? Elite Canada screening yesterday??? Pretty excited bc I got to compete my front hand spring double front!! Thank you to my amazing coaches and congrats and good luck to everyone who competed/ competes???

A photo posted by Gymnastics Canada Gymnastique (@cdngymnastics) on Nov 14, 2015 at 6:30pm PST

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Aspire Dome will host the 2018 World Championships in October. (A good month in so far as weather is concerned.) It’s the largest indoor sport centre in the world, currently being expanded another 40%. I toured it the other day.

I’m confident Qatar will do a super job. Despite having a population of only about 2 million, the Federation is very organized, very well funded. The venue is fantastic.

The Aspire Zone Foundation, also known as Doha Sports City is a 250-hectare (2.5 square kilometers) sporting complex located in … Doha, Qatar. It was established as an international sports destination in 2003 and in the following year an educational centre for the development of sporting champions (Aspire Academy) was opened. The complex contains several sporting venues, mostly constructed in preparation for the 2006 Asian Games. …

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Aspire Academy is a sports academy based in Qatar, founded in 2004 with the goal to scout and help develop the young male Qatari athletes, whilst also providing them with secondary school education. …

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Newspapers are keen to print horror stories. For example – Modern-day slavery in focus + Qatar. The goal is to sell papers not provide any kind of balanced reporting.

Foreign workers with temporary residence status make up almost 90% of the population. I doubt many of those would take you up on an offer of a free airline ticket home.

Great stuff.

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Nov. 13, 2015 – Colorado Springs.

6 apparatus, flexibility and trampoline results

more photos

There’s a real risk American Universities would drop ALL sports aside from football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball … if they were allowed. Right now they must offer at least 14 sports in order to compete Division I.

Here’s one positive new idea.

The U.S. Olympic Committee has once again begun the process of trying to confront the prospect of NCAA Division I schools dropping sports for financial reasons.

But this time, instead of forming a committee or just talking about the issue, the USOC is seeking applicants for a new job: director of collegiate partnerships. The position will entail, among other tasks, working with national sports governing bodies and the NCAA “to develop actionable plans to reduce expenses associated with sponsoring sports” while maintaining quality experiences for college athletes …

USOC initiative works to sustain Olympic programs at NCAA level

Thanks Ono.