Wow. So elegant.
Azaraya trains at World Class with Tami Harrison and her Dad.
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Jasmine Cawley – Floor
stunning reversal – Russian, Belarusian athletes out of Olympics
Faced with threats of withdrawals and growing animosity in the Athletes Village, organizers of the Winter Paralympics on Thursday reversed course and expelled athletes from Russia and Belarus.
The about-face came less than 24 hours after the International Paralympic Committee announced it would allow Russians and Belarusians to compete when the Games open on Friday, but only as neutral athletes with colours, flags and other national symbols removed because of the invasion of Ukraine. …
CBC
Russia will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
While I feel awful for innocent athletes who qualified all the way up until Opening Ceremonies now being dropped, I probably would have voted the same way.
Military response risks nuclear war. Therefore those who do not support Russia invading other nations must protest in every other non-violent way. Putin loves sport and will certainly take this ban seriously.
Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace
Irina Viner-Usmanova is the Uzbek-born Head Coach of the Russian Rhythmic national team. AND president of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation.
The Gymnastics Palace opened 2019 is named for her. The roof imitates a gymnastics ribbon.
You might have seen her name in the news. Husband Alisher Usmanov was once Russia’s richest oligarch. The European Union recently blacklisted Usmanov, imposing an EU-wide travel ban and freezing all his assets. Usmanov’s $600m superyacht was seized by the German government.
NCAA Women’s Injuries 2022
College Gym News maintains an injury list. It’s not 100% comprehensive.
Dave Tilley has been posting a lot of information on College injuries.
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Jessica Hutchinson – Floor
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Olympic Slopestyle
I have no idea what these amazing athletes are doing.
How do they even keep track of so many multiple rotations?
And who wants to land backwards at full speed?
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Australian Gym Club flooded
Brody Malone – H Bar
Kendra Combs – Floor
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