hang out with Clara Raposa

Clara Raposa was the great Canadian Junior who ended up not competing for 3 years over the pandemic.

She vlogged her Elite Canada โ€” with some competition highlights โ€”ย and it’s a fun watch.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

OSU Pride leo

Abliazin, Nagorny, Belyavskiy, Dalaloyan are pro-war

This would seem to eliminate them from any consideration of competing Paris Olympics โ€” even if Russia does qualify a men’s team.

Cecile Landi interview

One of the top coaches in the world had a very challenging time getting there. In fact, she never wanted to be a coach.

Cecile’s first two years University training were to to become a physical therapist.

happy NCAA teams week 4

A lot of the top teams HIT well this past weekend.

Even more impressive was the number of teams from top to bottom that had record total scores.

  • #1 Oklahoma (198.425)ย – 5th-best score in Oklahoma team history
  • #2 Florida (197.900)ย – season-high
  • #3 Michigan (197.975)ย – best combined vault and floor team in NCAA right now
  • #4 Utah (197.975) –ย established some separation with the teams in the #5+ zone
  • #7 Cal (197.525) – equaled season highย 
  • #8 Denver (197.425)
  • #10 Kentucky (197.825) – smashed previous all-time school record
  • #12 Oregon State (197.275/197.275)ย – both season highs

Click through to read Spencer’s summary post:

Week 4 Rankings and Notes

Proud of UCLA

The best and brightest Americans who make me hopeful for a future where everyone has equal opportunity are students.

California has been the most progressive State.

I like the Bruins theme of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as it includes anyone who identifies as any kind of minority.

Kirsty Duncan: Canada needs a National Public Inquiry into Sport

Kirsty Duncan is a former Canadian Minister of Sport and served as deputy leader of the government in the House of Commons.

Kirsty was a former gymnast who felt fat shamed when she was competing.

On LinkedIn she listed 20 Twenty Reasons Why We Need a National Public Inquiry into Sport.

I’ll list a few here. Click through to see the rest.

  • Safe sport should always be the primary goal of every sport organization and coach, ahead of winning games, tournaments, or medals.
  • Stories of abuse, harassment, and sexual assault circulated for years but some sport organizations failed to hear, see, and act.
  • Emotional, psychological, physical, verbal, and sexual abuse of young athletes abound across many sports, and some abusers have not been held to account.
  • There is a compelling precedent for holding a national public inquiry, the Commission of Inquiry into the Use of Drugs and Banned Practices Intended to Increase Athletic Performance.

Oklahoma goes 198.425

All hail.

Best meet of the season. 5th best score in team history.

Spencer said there was some charitable judging.

Cirque du Soleil NEWS

The world’s biggest employer of acrobats is back to business as usual.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Sadly, Franco Dragone, founder and artistic director ofย Dragone,ย a competitor to Cirque du Soleil, died in 2022. His company has yet to reopen any shows following the pandemic.