Nikki Smith – Floor

“Enhanced Games” with no drug testing?

One again, dumb people are planning a multi-sport games with no restrictions on performance enhancing substances.

Gymnastics included.

Here’s what happened last time this idea came up. 😀

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National Girls & Women in Sports Week

The National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) is an annual day of observance held during the first week of February to acknowledge the accomplishments of female athletes, recognize the influence of sports participation for women and girls, and honor the progress and advocation for equality for women in sports.

Each year since its inception in 1987, the United States Congress recognizes women’s contributions to sports and society on a day during the first week of February. ,…

Seitz – Bhardwaj combo

Sanna Veerman.

NCAA rankings – week 4

From Balance Beam Situation.

1=Oklahoma197.963197.775
2=Cal197.638197.950
3+4Kentucky197.450197.950
4+1Utah197.419197.675
5-2LSU197.369197.225
6=Alabama197.363197.575
7-3Arkansas197.300197.225
8=Florida197.283197.425
9=Missouri197.088197.325
10+2Denver197.019197.150

 Last season, it took an NQS of197.720 to get a 1-2 regional seeding, an NQS of 197.100 to get a 3-4 regionals seeding, and an NQS of 196.285 to make regionals overall.

Biggest Movers (+)

Kentucky was the big winner this week, scoring a program-record 197.950 …

UCLA is 11th and +4 in this week’s rankings …

Iowa State has now gone 196.900 and 196.650 in its last two meets, scores that should easily be enough to make regionals this year …

 Clemson successfully completed another right of passage this week with its first road meet and first road hit, ending in a new high of 196.550 and a ranking jump back into the top 20. …

BBS – WEEK 4+ TOP 25 AND RANKING NOTES

Chae Campbell – Floor

10 / 9.9 judging split.

Canadian Pediatrics endorses ‘risky play’

Perhaps the word risky is not ideal in this article. 

Free play, mostly free from injury — but with minor risk of bumps and bruises is recommended for parents.

Certainly many in 2024 are helicopter parents. Too much oversight is not optimal.

Kids need to climb trees, jump off things, and ride their bikes—even at speed. That’s what the Canadian Pediatric Society is recommending in a new white paper: Healthy Childhood Development Through Outdoor Risky Play. …

But what about the physical danger that risky play sometimes involves? How can doctors—and parents and schools—ignore that? …

And as the Pediatrics paper notes, “The research has established that children are less likely to be injured while engaging in unstructured activities than when playing an organized sport.” …

Reason – Even Canada Thinks the Nanny State Has Gone Too Far on Outlawing Fun

record 197.950 for Kentucky