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Interim athletic director Jeremy Martin, who replaced Samantha Huge after her resignation in October over the uproar created by the proposed elimination of the seven sports, followed Rowe’s announcement with a letter underscoring the fundraising success allowing W&M’s 23-sport roster to remain intact. …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
I hadn’t seen Thema since that unfortunate competition — the Rio Test Meet.
She was trying to qualify Trinidad and Tobago to the Rio Olympics.
Recall her coach on the floor — John Geddert — wasn’t happy with podium training. Trinidad replaced him and Thema with another gymnast, last moment.
I was there. Very impressed with Thema in podium training, as usual. She has fantastic physical ability.
Thema’s now age-25.
She’s featured in Olympic Channel’s HER GAME series.
Click over to watch the video. Inspiring.
Artur Dalaloyan, the 2018 World AA champion and the 2019 World AA silver medalist, predictably took the lead in the competition today with 85.331 …
Dalaloyan was only slightly over 0.1 ahead of the rising star of the Russian team Aleksandr Kartsev (85.198). Nineteen-year-old Kartsev made his senior debut in 2019 and went to a couple of World Cups but wasn’t yet able to break onto major teams. …
David Belyavskiy finished third with 83.198.
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Ivan Stretovich didn’t compete due to injury. Nagornyy withdrew due to fever.
Click PLAY or watch Kartsev’s Pommels on YouTube.
On GymCastic this week, Jessica and Spencer said they felt every other gymnast had to be compared against Lexy Ramler for form — before they could be awarded a 10.
Today’s admission that 390 submissions have been made to the Whyte Review confirms the scale of the problem in gymnastics and comes as a surprise to nobody involved in the sport in Britain. …
Submissions to the review cover over 90 clubs and 100 coaches …
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Read the interim report as posted by Anne Whyte.
She hopes to publish the final report by end of August 2021. After the Olympics.
The Japan Gymnastics Association (JGA) and the FIG have agreed to cancel the All-Around World Cup scheduled in Tokyo on 4 May 2021, which was also set to serve as a test event for the Olympic Games in Artistic Gymnastics. …
To replace this test event, Tokyo 2020 will carry out an operational test on 4 May with a national Gymnastics event. …
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Simone had been planning to compete Tokyo, in preparation for the Games.
I still believe the Olympics will HAPPEN — in one form or another.
Read Spencer’s commentary.
