SamUltima from France. Amazing precision. Absorbing all those impacts.
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Thanks Vadim.
SERIOUS doubts about Olympic future
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timeline of the Nassar fallout
After more than 150 impact statements from survivors over a period of seven days in a Lansing, Michigan, courthouse, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentenced Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison; Nassar had already been handed a 60-year sentence after pleading guilty to charges relating to child pornography. …
If those 150 brave women had not come forward, not been the lead on U.S. media, I’m not sure whether USAG, NCAA, MSU and the USOC would have taken the actions they did.
The impact statements were essential in moving forwards.
Read a timeline of events on FloGymnastics.
Peng 10.0 Beam
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Icelandic gymnast Tinna Óðinsdóttir was raped
On January 23, Icelandic media site Nútíminn first shared her story. She told IG that she received more interview requests, but agreed to one televised interview with RÚV, the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. …
Óðinsdóttir, who turned 23 on November 3, said is considering filing police reports in Germany and in the country where the gymnast resides. Óðinsdóttir said the Icelandic Gymnastics Federation (FSÍ), only recently notified of the incident, has been very supportive.
“We will support her in the steps she decides to take next,” FSÍ chairman Arnar Ólafsson, told RÚV.
Óðinsdóttir did not identify the individual she said assaulted her or the precise competition where she said it occurred, but she competed at the FIG World Cup event held in Cottbus, Germany, in November 2016 …
FIG and Parkour will try to cooperate
The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the International Parkour Federation (IPF) have laid the groundwork for a promising cooperation in the best interests of Parkour to advance the sport worldwide as a recreational and competitive activity. …
The meeting was held in the presence of Morinari Watanabe, President of the FIG, Charles Perrière, one of Parkour’s founders and Vice President of the FIG Parkour Commission, and Victor Bevine, President of the International Parkour Federation (IPF). …
Justen Millerbernd is writing a book
Justen Millerbernd began serving on the USAG Trampoline & Tumbling Elite Committee in January 2013. He was elected as the Tumbling and Double Mini Trampoline Coaches Representative.
He coached 8-time National Tumbling Champion Kalon Ludvigson. Justen and Kalon are married.
Read more about the book project on Facebook.
House passes sexual abuse reporting bill
Good news.
The House passed legislation on Monday to force athletic organizations to swiftly report sexual abuse and establish preventative policies following the sentencing of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
Lawmakers of both parties overwhelmingly supported the bill in the 406-3 vote. It now heads to the Senate …
Recall that Steve Penny, Mary Lou Retton and others from U.S.A. Gymnastics met with Feinstein in early 2017 to tell her that gymnastics was “a happy, safe place“.
Andrew Fuller #MeToo
Andrew Fuller, a gymnast who competes in trampoline and tumbling events, has accused former USA Gymnastics coach Dr. George Drew of drugging and abusing him while Fuller was training in Michigan. …
MSU Board of Directors response
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