Not enough has been done. Athletes don’t have enough representation within USAG, and the processes that protected Nassar — and other abuse coaches — are still present.
Nassar had help — in some cases from coaches who were themselves extraordinarily abusive. web.archive.org/web/2018011710…
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30 Jul
I am so glad that someone wrote this -- we gotta get rid of the wolf turn. slate.com/culture/2021/0…
The wolf turn having the same point value as this beam mount makes no sense:
The wolf turn: annoying, hard, no one likes it

The Teza: looks cool as hell, HAS THE SAME SCORE VALUE AS THE WOLF TURN

Read 4 tweets
30 Jul
2. It is an excellent restaurant. It’s even right by the metro! Highly recommend.
3. That quote is just like … I don’t even know what to do with that.
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29 Jul
Some of his victims have alleged that he would rat on them to coaches — for example, telling them if the gymnast stole food at night, or if they “weren’t as injured” as they said they were (keeping in mind he was lying)
Nassar was essentially acting as a prison guard for the gymnasts, reporting on their activities to higher-ups and given access to them in return.
In general, adults don’t believe children, and do believe other adults. So if an adult — a medical professional at that — tells another adult, “oh she just doesn’t understand the treatment” or “she can go, her injury is fine,” they’ll believe them. And not the kid.
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28 Jul
This reminds me: @philipaklein wrote a piece referencing the tragic accident that paralyzed a young gymnast in 1988. I immediate noted one thing. nationalreview.com/corner/those-d…
According to the book "Little Girls in Pretty Boxes," Fong pushed Gomez to perform that vault, and argued after her death that it was imperative to teach the Yurchenko to younger gymnasts in order to beat the Russians. chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-19…
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28 Jul
The CrossFit Games have an adaptive division this year so yesterday I watched a guy deadlift 500 pounds with one arm.
The individual Games start today and I am EXTREMELY hyped
Event 2 for individuals, I’m laughing because this will be brutal
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27 Jul
Guys this routine is just spectacular, those transitions are nuts
Gymternet correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that first transition (high to low) is a Bhardwaj, named for the great Mohini Bhardwaj who competed at the elite level, then went to UCLA, then came back to elite (which is rare!)
Okay quick explainer! "Elite" gymnastics is a specific category as defined by a few things (here's a chart) usagym.org/PDFs/Women/Eli…
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