The national team coaches need to get their heads out of the sand and deal with this issue. They have been on notice since the issues at junior Worlds (remember Tom's twitter saying that he didn't know that dance elements were so important and would be marked strictly). The camp verifications...
Well done your DD!
I remember your original threads and how the first gym didn't help her at all with her fears - but it sounds like patience and waiting have paid off! Hope she has a great season!
KP is really trolling the gymnastics community now - just look at the press release! :confused::confused::confused:
MLT says she was sacked for reaching out to Aly and Aly has spoken out about how she has been treated by USAG - this tweet is a masterful text of hypocrisy
USA...
Well didn't that get crazy - the straw that broke USAG's back with MLT was not supporting Nassar after he was charged, not abusive coaching techniques around body shaming, nor was it even hiring a paedophile in the 2000s because she didn't do staff background checks ... it was reaching out to...
Is that the one where he repeatedly referred to elite gymnasts as "little girls"? I am also not sure what he was trying to say when he referred to the possibility of gymnasts being damaged by the process necessary for making "little girls' dreams come true". I read that and the wording was...
I find that Riley's leotards are a bit hit and miss - generally I am not a fan of "lingerie" leos so I didn't like the Pink corset leo (although it looked fine from the front) and I didn't like the bikini leo from Classic with its bejeweled belly button feature.
I loved the fact that Simone...
This is really sad news. She was only 49. She died from complications of pneumonia according to the Russian media. She was a true great of 1980s gymnastics and one of the gymnasts that brought so much difficulty to the sport.
"USA Gymnastics officials agreed to provide what Larry Nassar's attorney called "false excuses" for his absence from major gymnastics events in 2015, rather than disclose to parents and gymnasts that Nassar was under investigation for child sexual abuse."
I am truly stunned that USAG went to...
So the Karolyis' have made conflicting statements about Nassar. In one they said that they didn't know until after the 2016 Olympics but in the other they said they were told by Penny in 2015...
There were no 10s on floor during the Super Six final
Maggie Nichols was top scorer on floor with 9.9625
Ohashi was one of several gymnasts that scored 9.95 on floor
I would be wary of including conditioning that cannot be done on the living room floor of the average flat and requires parents to install equipment such as ropes/chin-up bars as it sounds like injuries waiting to happen.
Even though your community centre gym and its equipment is not available...