injuries at LSU

Good article.

LSU junior Lexie Priessman has had eight surgeries and may require another on her shoulder in the offseason. …

McKenna Kelley is sitting out her junior season after suffering an Achilles tendon tear in November. …

Gnat, now LSU’s student assistant coach, considers herself lucky. She said she has never had a stitch, surgery or been under anesthesia. …

Gymnasts passionately ‘push through’ sport despite high rate of injuries, which LSU is trying to curb

Ashleigh Gnat

One study:

Female gymnasts more commonly suffered major injuries compared with men, and more commonly underwent surgery after injury (24.4% of female injuries required surgery vs 9.2% in males).

The anatomic region most often injured in men was the hand and wrist (24%). The anatomic region most often injured in women was the foot and ankle (39%). Overall, injury rates were highest in freshman-eligible athletes.

Evaluation of Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics InjuriesA 10-Year Observational Study (2015)

Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos – Bars

Training in Tokyo.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Emma Malabuyo inspired by Peng

Emma won Jesolo with an impressive 55.868.

Watch a GREAT interview with Emma — following the meet — on FloGymnastics

(At that same age Peng was inspired by UCLA’s Vanessa Zamarripa.)

After watching UCLA videos Emma decided to start vlogging.

Click PLAY or watch a L10 Texas State meet on YouTube.

Mikhail MALKIN European Tumbling Champ

Awesome. Home town boy wins the title. In his home town of Baku.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

“Of course, my relatives and friends helped me to win. Wherever I look, my friends were everywhere. And it’s the most important thing – fans and friends. I’m speechless, I can’t describe what I’m feeling right now …”

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NCAA Dance Party

Miss Val is always talking dance party. Keeping it light. Keeping it fun.

Click PLAY or watch a dance party montage on Facebook.

Minnesota’s Hannah Hitchcock gathered dance footage throughout the entire season.

Thanks Oklahoma, LSU, Nebraska, Iowa, Iowa State, Michigan, Cal, UW-La Crosse, Denver, UC Davis, UW-Eau Claire, Mizzou, Penn State, Kentucky, Lindenwood and your #Gophers!

British history repeats

GBR has a lot of depth. This is a bit statistically surprising.

Jake Bonnay – Vault

STICK!

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

(via Road to Nationals)

Viktoriia Listunova – Beam on reality TV

The Russian talent show “BLUE BIRD”. Winner gets a role in an upcoming film.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via gymnovosti)

USAG on non-disclosure agreements

USA Gymnastics:

… USA Gymnastics will not endorse, agree, enforce, propose or otherwise support the use of non-disclosure or other similar forms of agreements that are intended to prevent survivors from speaking about their experiences in conjunction with any claims of abuse.

USA Gymnastics is committed to do everything it can to support its athletes and others, who want to tell their stories without restraint, and these types of agreements can undermine confidence in our commitment.

The policy of USA Gymnastics is to encourage an open and transparent discussion of these issues, recognizing that only through such openness can perpetrators be identified, and potential victims of abuse be protected.  …

USA Gymnastics statement regarding non-disclosure agreements