by admin | Jan 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW
NCAA gymnastics history was made Sunday afternoon as the No. 2 Florida Gators and No. 6 Alabama Crimson Tide battled at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center in the first regular-season dual meet ever aired nationally on broadcast television. Despite trailing for nearly the...
by admin | Jan 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
When the Arizona State gymnastics team held its annual intrasquad scrimmage in December, the maroon team beat gold by the slimmest of margins – just two-hundredths of a point. It felt like a win. The final scores for both sides suggested a strong, competitive ASU...
by admin | Dec 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Before the calendar flips over to 2022 – a year that will mark the 50th anniversary of Title IX – On Her Turf is revisiting a few of the many times women’s sports led the way in 2021. Read More
by admin | Dec 30, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Retired American gymnast Gabrielle “Gabby” Douglas wowed fans in the mid-2000s with her dynamic floor routines and her gold-medal winning performances at the Olympic Games, but it appeared as though her success was short-lived. After winning the 2012 all-around...
by admin | Dec 29, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
First, there was young, four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, who in May announced on Twitter that she was withdrawing from the French Open and stepping away from the court. Depression, she said, was the reason. Then came Simone Biles. The world’s greatest...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
While 2021 has seen women’s sport go from strength to strength, a number of the world’s most renowned female athletes are continuing to speak out on important issues. Here are five women’s sport activists who have made a difference this year: Read...
by admin | Dec 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Gymnast Chellsie Memmel, a 2008 Olympian and mom of two who made a comeback in 2021 at age 32, shared this video on Instagram of her practicing this difficult move on the beam. We are so impressed that she nailed it, but just wait till the end – her celebratory...
by admin | Dec 17, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Five years ago, the first reports of ex-USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s heinous crimes laid bare one of the largest sexual abuse scandals in American history. Fast-forward to this week, when more than 500 survivors, including Olympic gymnastic champions Simone...
by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Victims of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar have reached a $380 million settlement with USA Gymnastics, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and their insurers after a five-year legal battle, an attorney for some of his victims said on Monday....
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Nearly four months after U.S. gymnast Suni Lee won an Olympic gold medal, it was gone. Well, not gone. She just couldn’t put her hands on it. After a whirlwind 10 days in Tokyo, and just a few weeks on campus at Auburn, where she is a freshman, the 18-year-old Lee...
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