Safer Gymnastics in New Zealand

In 2021 Gymnastics New Zealand was given recommendations from a review.

Here’s where they are at in 2023 at implementing and monitoring that plan.

It’s easy to read. Well presented. But still a work in progress.

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Kaylia Nemour 15.350 Bars

This is by far the best routine I’ve seen her HIT so far.

And it’s my favourite routine of 2023. Fewer skills all connected means fewer opportunities for E-score deduction.

Kaylia is a French-Algerian artistic gymnast currently representing Algeria in international competition.  Recall that France wouldn’t clear her to compete in major FIG meets until July 2023 — too late to qualify to Worlds 2023.

Cairo Apparatus Finals 2

Beam

Floor

Vault

P Bars

H Bar

Cairo Apparatus Finals 1

Vault 

Asia was injured on the landing of her second vault. 

Bars

Floor 

https://twitter.com/gymnastics/status/1652296506039255042

Pommels 

Rings

Yuri Korolev dead at 60

Heart attack.

What a loss.

Montreal 1985 was my first World Championships. For 10 days I videotaped MAG for FIG. Mostly Floor Exercise.

For us Li Ning and Tong Fei were the sensations. But the Soviet team was deep, deep:

Vladimir Artemov
Yuri Korolev
Valentin Mogilny
Yury Balabanov
Aleksei Tikhonkikh
Aleksandr Tumilovich

Korolev won the AA in Montreal as well as at Worlds 1981 Moscow.

A class champion. What a loss.

https://twitter.com/intlgymnast/status/1652463303023644673

With a total of 34 individual medals at World Championships, World Cups, and European Championships competitions, Korolyov has more such medals than any other non-Olympian with Valentin Mogilny (17) being the next highest in this sort of medal count. 

Nanci Moore is back in the Gym

Nanci Moore, a gymnastics coach at Bay Valley Academy in Michigan, was suspended for allegations of mistreatment, being forced to compete through injuries, and not following concussion protocols.

Initially, she was suspended by SafeSport. But that 2 year suspension has been lifted. Nanci can coach under supervision.

It’s critical to take every accusation of misconduct seriously. And just as critical to welcome back those coaches found not guilty.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

talking to your young athletes about SPOTTING

Amanda Loudin:

“Talk to your kids about good touch and bad touch and make sure they feel comfortable coming to you if something doesn’t feel right,” she said. “Regularly check in with your kids: Ask them what was good and what was bad about practice and if anything made them feel uncomfortable.” …

… “The highest risk areas are those that allow for one-on-one adult-child interaction, often at the elite level. Those activities that involve body positioning, such as swimming or gymnastics, exacerbate the risk because touching is a part of the training.” …

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A word I like to use with kids is creepy. If anything feels creepy to them, it could be a red flag.

The less spotting in your program, the better.

And be cautious HOW you spot skills. For example, spotting on the sides of the body is safer than a sandwich spot front and back.

Gymnastics sleepovers?

When I was a kid, we had Gym sleepovers at my club. Other clubs. And frequently billeted with the families of other gymnasts when away at training camps.

Not to mention the frequent sleepovers I hosted with my own friends.

But in 2023 there are not many unsupervised sleepovers. Good policy.

 In recent online and media debates about sleepovers, parents have cited big concerns about letting their children sleep at a friend’s house:

  • How much adult supervision will they have?
  • Are there guns in the home?
  • Is the family COVID vaccinated?
  • Are alcohol and drugs sufficiently secure?
  • Will other parents take my child’s allergies/health condition seriously?
  • Will the kids have access to the internet?
  • What other siblings, friends, and adults will be in the home, and do I know them?
  • How do I know my child will be safe from abuse?
  • Who even are these people?

… There are alternatives to the traditional sleepover where young kids can get some of the freedom and novelty without as much risk:

  • Allowing sleepovers with trusted family members or family friends.
  • A “sleep-under” (or half-over or late-over): Allowing your child to play late at a friend’s house but come home for bedtime.
  • Let them go on daytime outings with friends and their families where you can be present and get to know everyone better.
  • Go camping with other families, which gives the kids a sleepover experience but all parents are present for supervision.

source – Lifehacker – Are Sleepovers Finally Over?

top qualifiers in Cairo

Gymnastics is booming in Egypt.

Organizers at the World Cup 2023 put on a terrific opening ceremonies.

Here are the apparatus leaders heading into Finals.

Vault

  1. Asia D’Amato ITA 14.016
  2. Joscelyn Roberson USA 14.016
  3. Camille Rasmussen DEN 13.383

Bars

  1. Alice D’Amato ITA 14.466
  2. Giorgia Villa ITA 14.033
  3. Yelizaveta Hubareva UKR 13.233

Beam

  1. Asia D’Amato ITA 13.433
  2. Maria Tronrud NOR 13.033
  3. Joscelyn Roberson USA 12.833

Floor

  1. Joscelyn Roberson USA 14.066
  2. Alice D’Amato ITA 13.566
  3. Aida Bauyrzhanova KAZ 12.733

Floor

  1. Eamon Montgomery IRL 13.700
  2. Milad Karimi KAZ 13.633
  3. Aurel Benovic CRO 13.633

Pommels

  1. Nariman Kurbanov KAZ 14.700
  2. Ian Skirkey USA 14.700
  3. Lee Chih Kai TWN 14.533

Rings

  1. Nikita Simonov AZE 14.866
  2. Salvatore Maresca ITA 14.700
  3. Artur Avetisyan ARM 14.633

Vault

  1. Artur Davtyan ARM 15.116
  2. Nazar Chepurnyi UKR 14.816
  3. Ondrej Kalny CZE 14.450

P Bars

  1. Illia Kovtun UKR 15.233
  2. Mario Macchiati ITA 14.033
  3. Mohamed Afify EGY 14.033

H Bar

  1. Illia Kovtun UKR 14.100
  2. Ahmed El Maraghy EGY 14.066
  3. Maxime Gentges BEL 14.000