IN THE NEWS
In the news, Spencer, Lauren, and Jessica chat about:
- Russian Championships 2017:
- Gymnix
- Why the gymternet is obsessed with the Italian juniors
- Giorgia Villa of Italy has a few lovely bar combinations
- Brooklyn Moors: front tumbling dismount
- Sunisa Lee's has big things planned on bars
- We loved all-around champ, Maile O'Keefe on beam
- Gabby Perea taking the whole Legacy Elite thing seriously - bar routine, which won her the gold medal
- Lauren compares Gymnix to the American Cup which had horrible fans
- Photo Galleries of Gymnix on The Gymter.net
- NCAA Recap
- Shake up in the bottom of the rankings
- RSQ scores are getting critical
- The Stanford Situation
- Georgia beats Utah
- Lauren Rice of Sacramento State doesn't take herself too seriously, but entertainment she does.
- Ashley Lambert of Nebraska came back from a broken neck and all the surgeries to do this floor routine.
- Hall of 10's : Ohashi; Here's Kaytianna McMillan's 10.0; Stacie Webb BB 10 of Southern Utah, Flippin Birds
- Crack or Correct: Peng's 9.925 on beam, all the senior night 9.975s, Cami Drouin-Allaire v. Angi Cipra
GYMTERNET NEWS
Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include:
- Secrets to maintaining a perfect bikini line during gymnastics season.
- Louis Smith's agent sent to jail
- Anastasia Grishina's family stole all of her money and she is now homeless.
- USA Gymnastics Sexual Abuse Investigation:
- The U.S. Olympic Committee is likely to call for the resignation of USA Gymnastics President Steve Penny
- Sexual abuse attorney "demands" USOC de-certify USA Gymnastics
- USOC has take over National Governing Bodies many times for drugs and financial problems, but only once, that we could find, for sexual abuse.
- The USOC is not without blame: In 1999 USAG President Collarasi wrote a letter telling the USOC about sex abuse problems long before the USOC took action
- Two Senators want answers from USOC on sex abuse policies and procedures for a lot of sports, including gymnastics
- Six Months Later, Michigan State Notifies Female Athletes About Its Sexual Assault Scandal - WHERE IS THE LETTER FROM USAG TO ITS ATHLETES?!?
- Tony Retrosi of Gym Momentum letter
- Could this be in USAG official's future: Penn State Ex-Officials Plead Guilty to Child Endangerment in Sandusky Case
- What you can do:
- LEGISLATION: Senator Diane Feinstein introduced her bill (S534), read the text of the bill here and her press release here.
- Call your representative (find them here) to thank or tell them to pass this bill!
- If you are a USAG member:
- Ask to be interviewed for their review
- Call for a vote of no confidence
- Run for a position when elections come up
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