And a very good one.
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Simone Paris 2024?
As one of the biggest Olympic stars from all sports, the IOC should PAY Simone Biles not to retire. π
“Cecile and Laurent are from Paris so they’ve kind of guilted me into at least being a specialist and coming back,” Biles said with her trademark giggle. “But the main goal is 2021, the tour, and then we’ll have to see.”
Cecile and Laurent Landi have coached Biles since late 2017. Both were members of the French national team, andΒ Cecile LandiΒ competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. …
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Iowa State Cyclones – great season
Congratulations.
Sadly, it sounds like Sophia Steinmeyer had an Achilles injury.
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Shane Wiskus – tumbling
… um. Perhaps it’s that other Minnesota gymnast, Gable Steveson βΒ after qualifying for the Olympics in wrestling.
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Should PanAms be cancelled?
Recall that PanAms were moved from USA to Brazil.
The President of the Pan American Gymnastics Union (PAGU), Naomi Valenzo, confirmed to Gymnastics Now Monday morning that the artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline Senior Pan American Championships (commonly referred to as Pan Ams) will no longer take place in the United States.
Instead, Brazil has agreed to host the events in June …
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This meet is critical in that 4 additional Olympic spots are decided from the AA. Two for men, two for women.
BUT the pandemic is worse than ever in Brazil. Over 4,000 Covid-related deaths in 24 hours for the first time. Only 8% of the population has had the first dose of any vaccine. Their President is a COVID denier who opposes any lockdown measures.
How can Brazil be safe for international travel by June?
Is there enough time on the calendar to move it again? If so, where? Canada βΒ for example βΒ wouldn’t allow the international travel.
I feel PanAms will soon be cancelled. And that’s a shame for those gymnasts who’ve trained the past year for one last shot at Olympic qualification.
Cordelia linked to the FIG policy:
Greek gymnasts abused
Nearly two dozen Greek gymnasts alleged they suffered decades of abuse and neglect “bordering on torture” at the hands of their coaches, in a letter published on Wednesday.
The letter was sent this week to Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis by 22 female and male athletes, revealed by Greek daily EfSyn.
It alleged “harsh and abusive” practices dating back to 1985 included forced fasting, psychological and physical punishment and sexual harassment. …
Greece in recent months has been rocked by a wave of allegations of sexual abuse in the fields of arts, sport and education.
More than three years after the #MeToo movement surfaced in the United States, the code of silence in Greece was broken in December by a two-time Olympic sailing medallist, Sofia Bekatorou. …
Greek gymnasts allege decades of abuse by coaches
Can Iowa Men’s Gym survive?
Head coach J.D. Reive will TRY to develop a club team.
University of Iowa cut Men’s Gymnastics after this season.
Arizona Stateβs athletics department cut menβs gymnastics in 1993, but it has operated with a self-sustaining budget since then. …
Reive said Arizona Stateβs success outside of its intercollegiate athletics department is the βgold standard.β
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Kaylia Nemour – Bars
2021-2029 USA WAG compulsories
Tom Koll posted a “sneak preview” of changes anticipated to be announced June 2021.
Nothing will be official until the Master Compulsory Workshops.
If you want to see the “sneak preview”, it’s posted online.
Or you can download a copy to your device:
Men’s NCAA qualifying teams
Oklahoma 412.300
Michigan 411.525
Stanford 409.400
Nebraska 403.850
Ohio State 401.888
Penn State 401.213
Iowa 399.300
Illinois 398.438
Navy 396.600
Minnesota 393.450
California 387.513
William & Mary 384.713
To be hosted LIVE April 16-17 by the University of Minnesota at in Minneapolis.
The top 3 teams and the top 3 all-around competitors not on one of the qualifying teams, plus the top 3 individuals on each event not already qualified on a team or as an all-around competitor, will advance from each qualifying session to the finals, scheduled for 7 p.m. CDT Saturday, April 17.
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