Over 500 in attendance at the 2013 Ontario Gymnastics Congress for the Launch of the new JO program in Ontario….Sue Arkell was an incredible clinician and gave a lot of amazing information during the congress and the Training Camp.
I’m very excited that Ontario is moving yet closer to the most successful gymnastics system in the world — the American Junior Olympic & NCAA rules.
Brigid linked to a Survey on Incidence of Wrist Pain in Gymnasts aged 10 to 18 years.
This survey to investigate the incidence of wrist pain in gymnasts of all disciplines 10-18 years of age forms the initial part of research being conducted by the School of Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, at the University of the Sunshine Coast. This research has been approved by the Human Ethics Committee University of the Sunshine Coast (S/12/446) and endorsed by Gymnastics Australia. It is anticipated this project will provide valuable information and will be beneficial for young gymnasts in the future. …
Researchers:
Beverley Trevithick (Principal researcher and PhD student): Phone: 07 5473 0519 Email: bat009@student.usc.edu.au
Dr Mark Sayers (Principal Supervisor): Email: MSayers@usc.edu.au
Dr Rebecca Mellifont (Supervisor): Email: Rebecca.mellifont@usc.edu.au
Any gymnast aged 10-18 years is encouraged to fill it out. (approximately 10 minutes)
We’ve not heard much about the defending Olympic Champions.
Uncle Tim weighs in:
No matter how you present the statistics, the Chinese men have dominated the past 5 World Championships.
… It looks like China will be sending a relatively inexperienced team to the World Championships.
The country’s current list consists of Zhang Hongtao, Zhou Shixiong, Lin Chaopan, You Hao, Liu Yang, and Zhang Zhongbo. Of these gymnasts, Zhang Hongtao has the most international experience, having won gold on pommel horse in 2009. …
The first championships of the Olympic cycle for the discipline bring together 103 Individual gymnasts and 28 Rhythmic Groups from a total of 56 different nations and representing all continents at Kiev’s Sports Palace. …
Recall that FIG tried to discipline Rhythmic judges.
August 22 – Natalia Kuzmina, President of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee, has claimed there is an ulterior motive behind the recent spate of disciplinary action against officials in the discipline as the sport’s world governing body “is trying to discredit rhythmic gymnastics from the list of Olympic sports”.
Speaking to insidethegames, the Russian who was elected in October last year to cover the current Olympic cycle claimed everyone is “appalled” at how the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has treated senior figures in the discipline, including how it launched action against attendees at a series of judges’ courses based on “unproven and ill-grounded allegations”. …
From what I’ve “heard”, cheating on the new cycle judging exams was blatant.
Many impossible scores.
Judges know about impossible scores.
A NY Times article confirms what’s stated in the link above: that an appeal tribunal dismissed FIG sanctions against rhythmic gymnastics judges. The accused will keep their brevets.
We’re waiting on an official statement from FIG itself.
