Back in the days of Risk, Originality, Virtuosity bonus.
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Simone Biles montage
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USAG scandal on VICE News
VICE News produces mini-documentaries on important issues.
Last night Mattie Larson, Miss Val and Jessica O’Beirne were guests.
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Commonwealth Games Gymnastics begins April 5th
Gold Coast, Australia hosting. Tickets are selling out.
Samuel Paquin – Tsuk double pike
Doha Men’s Results
This was a very competitive competition for Men.
Kohei did not qualify for any of the 4 apparatus he competed.
Floor
1-Dmitri Lankin RUS – 14.733
2-Carlos Yulo PHI – 14.433
3-Ryohei Kato JPN – 14.200
Pommels
1-Zou Junyuan CHN – 15.100
2-Lee Chih-Kai TPE – 14.800
3-Alec Yoder USA – 14.700
Rings
1-Igor Radivilov UKR – 15.266
2-Ibrahim Colak TUR – 15.000
3-Zou Jingyuan CHN – 14.966
Vault
1-Igor Radivilov UKR – 14.599
2-Qu Ruiyang CHN – 14.566
3-Ferhat Arican TUR – 14.533
P Bars
1-Zou Jingyuan CHN – 16.200
2-Xiao Routeng CHN – 15.233
3-Ferhat Arican TUR – 15.166
H Bar
1-Tin Srbic CRO – 14.800
2-Marvin Kimble USA – 14.533
3-Deng Shudi CHN – 14.500
full results
Click PLAY or watch Marvin’s set on Facebook.
All 5 releases are Tkachev variations. He swings great … but that’s overuse of one kind of skill IMHO.
FIG Individual World Cup Series winners
Oksana Chusovitina (UZB, Vault), LUO Huan (CHN, Uneven Bars and Beam), Emily Little (AUS, Floor), Rok Klavora (SLO, Floor), Krisztian Berki (HUN, Pommel Horse), Igor Radivilov (Rings and Vault), Zou Jingyuan (CHN, Parallel Bars), Tin Srbic (CRO, Horizontal Bar).
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Katelyn Ohashi FX goes viral
An IG upload of Katelyn’s very entertaining Floor from last weekend has 4.4 million views as I post.
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Note – I don’t trust Facebook’s view count compared with YouTube. But many, many people saw that routine.
Nassar’s boss arrested
A Michigan State University dean who was Larry Nassar’s boss is accused of groping and propositioning medical students and collecting nude pictures of them on his work computer.
William Strampel, who was arrested Monday, is charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, a high misdemeanor; felony official misconduct; two counts of willful neglect of duty, according to the special prosecutor running a wide-ranging investigation of MSU.
“Strampel used his office to harass, discriminate, demean, sexually proposition and sexually assault female students in violation of his statutory duty as a public office,” prosecutor Bill Forsyth said at a news conference, reading aloud from the criminal complaint. …
training in leotards optional at IGC
Update from International Gymnastics Camp:
… the current recommendation that campers wear either shorts or leggings with leotards at training sessions is in keeping with IGC’s proactive mission to provide the safest possible training environment for its campers. Contrary to some social media allegations, this recommendation is not intended to somehow victimize or victim shame. Rather this practice insures a greater measure of comfort for many gymnasts.
Thank you for a lot of positive support and vocal negative feedback. We are softening our original policy from a requirement to a recommendation as we want all campers and parents to be comfortable and to ensure the wellbeing for all the gymnasts. …
read the full statement
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original post from yesterday:
International Gymnastics Camp’s concern with the current issues facing USA Gymnastics drives us to take a pro-active approach to ensure gymnastics is a safe sport when it comes to abuse.
International Gymnastics Camp is advocating that, across the entire nation, shorts or leggings be worn with leotards during both workouts and junior competitions in the women’s programs. In that regard, and to accelerate this trend for change, IGC is requiring our female campers to wear shorts or leggings during workouts at camp.
Thank you for your cooperation.
This is similar to those Gyms who require boys and men not to train shirtless.
Though I love freedom, and prefer it be optional, I can live with this restriction. Especially at Camp.
Another good option is training in unitards.
related – World of Gymnastics – pros and cons of bike shorts
Update – Aly Raisman feels any ban of leotards from gymnastics to prevent abuse is a form of ‘victim shaming’. There are many reasons for training dress codes in Gyms. Preventing possible abuse has never been one of them in any Gym I can recall.
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