Lynnzee is thankful.
Dear College Sports
HOW GYMNASTICS CHANGED MY LIFE

An excellent interview.
Maggie:
I really didn’t know what to expect and how I would feel. But I think it’s such a great experience and I feel like I’m still a part of the team.
I’m really enjoying the experience and I feel like I have a different perspective than the coaches, because I just did gymnastics last year and so I feel like I can give different corrections and things like that. I just love still being a part of this sport in some way. …
Kyla:
I want to take this year and gain as much experience as I can to see if I potentially want to coach in the future, so I think just observing how the other coaches are interacting with the girls is something that I’ve tried to focus on a lot. …
Due to state-backed doping, approved by Putin (I assume), “Russia” will not be competing in Tokyo.
I am happy the athletes were not banned outright as, of course, many did not dope.
… a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling from December which barred Russia’s name, flag, anthem and other national symbols in a package of sanctions over what it deemed Russia’s failure to turn over accurate data from the Moscow drug-testing laboratory.
The team in Tokyo will be officially known not as “Russia,” but as “ROC”, for Russian Olympic Committee. …
Russian athletes had similar limits on their uniforms and symbols at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang …
Russia’s flag banned but national colors on Olympic uniforms

OK.
I guess I’m too old to appreciate this look.
Twitter pokes fun at Canada’s denim Olympic closing ceremony look

Listen to Bart.
via theGymter.net

Sekai Wright, Margzetta Frazier, Nia Dennis, and Chae Campbell bring the new wave of Black girl magic.

Thanks Greg.