should NCAA cancel 2021?

Sadly, the answer is yes.

It may still be cancelled. Or competitions may yet all go virtual.

January will be the worst month yet for infection rates.

We still don’t know for sure the long term consequences of getting COVID-19. Some suffer heart problems, for example.

I’m wondering if we have years of lawsuits to come. Current College gymnasts suing their former Universities because of medical issues from this season.

Emily Minehart:

related – Daniel Rothwell – Sport Over Safety? The Tough Choice for College Gymnastics This Season

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Bias

Did you see the panel discussion hosted by Jessica O’Beirne?

Quite inspiring.

Our sport is slowly but surely offering equal opportunity to everyone.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Figure Skating duo

Oona and Gage Brown, ages 16 and 18, part of Team USA Ice Dancers, filmed their performance in NYC’s Bryant Park.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Ana Porgras – 2011 Beam

On Rocker Gymnastics, Blythe has been running down her decade defining routines.

#2 on that list was Ana’s Beam.

Though Ana finished AA 5th (2010) and 6th (2011) at Worlds — and won the Longines Prize for Elegance in 2011 — she surprisingly retired January 2012. Before the Olympics.

Was that the beginning of the end of Romanian team greatness?

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professional high diver Ellie Smart

Ellie dove for Cal Berkeley.

She’s currently the youngest high diver representing the United States. Finished #5 in the 2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.

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Aleksandra Soldatova retires

Now age-22, Aleksandra was the 2016 Russian National All-around champion and one of the best in the Rhythmic world for many years.

She’s had problems for some time.

Now officially confirmed her retirement from professional sport, saying that she wants to fully concentrate on her health which was undermined by an eating disorder.