by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
BEFORE HER TEAM’S rotation on balance beam at their final home meet of the regular season, University of Arkansas head coach Jordyn Wieber gathers her gymnasts for a huddle. She asks them to take a collective deep breath, calm their energy and focus on the start...
by admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Representation, SEW
A year ago this month, the countdown clock to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was halted and then reset because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, once again, we’re just about four months out from an Olympic Games that, should they go off as planned in late July, will...
by admin | Mar 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
UCLA senior Pauline Tratz has been named the Pac-12 Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the third Bruin gymnast to win this award in the last four years. The award, which is presented in each of the 24 sports the Conference sponsors, was established to honor...
by admin | Mar 19, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Seven years ago, Romanian Larisa Iordache was on top of the gymnastics world. She’d come closer than any other woman had or would to defeating Simone Biles on the global stage when she finished second at the 2014 World Gymnastics...
by admin | Mar 2, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
While legislators on the House floor were pontificating about the demise of women’s sports, another story was unfolding. Yesterday, John Geddert, head coach of the 2012 gold-medal women’s Olympic gymnastics team, committed suicide in Michigan. He had just been charged...
by admin | Feb 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
In 4½ years of rigorous training, a promising junior can vault to being an Olympic contender. But after a 4½-year layoff, even an Olympic champion is likely to tumble into obsolescence. Laurie Hernandez flipped that narrative — and reclaimed her joy in the sport in...
by admin | Feb 26, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Former U.S. Olympic gymnastics coach John Geddert, who led the women’s team to a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Games, killed himself Thursday after he was charged with sexual assault and human trafficking in relation to acts that occurred at a Michigan gym he owned...
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