Recent content by Aizheng

I just googled as well and I could not even find anything about the Olympic truce only applying to „new“ conflicts. In theory, all countries should stop fighting even existing wars for that time period. Realistically, the US will not be punished, because the next Summer Olympics are in the US...

So Al and Armine have temporary suspensions (5 and 1 years, respectively). But the letter specifically states that there is no set path to return at this point, so to me, it reads like GAGE will not be accepted again if the people involved stay the same. It seems like the gym will most likely...

I thought it was very interesting and also made total sense that Malea Milton shared that she had been training on a “couple fractures” for three years and is now finally taking the season off to heal and be ready for LSU. Great decision, but I cannot help but think that her coaches should have...

I live in Germany. I would definitely say that German media actually covered her quite a bit and my entire family (not gymnastics fans at all, though they are from the state she’s from in Germany) definitely knows her, especially how proud she is of singing the national anthem, which is seen as...

The same “author” also has a Jordan chiles, max Whitlock and Daria varfolomeev “book”… “Meet Darja Varfolomeev, the brave and talented gymnast who flipped her way into the hearts of millions!” BIg fan of the “flipped” for a rhythmic gymnast here, where flips, to my understanding, are prohibited…

Germany’s system works like this: Most towns/cities above a specific size have a municipal sports club. Like in football, there’s different leagues (usually, first, second and third +regional leagues). At the end of each season, the bottom team from first league drops down to second league...

Is that really what we’re seeing currently? I hope this will be the case, but it seems many US coaches are still stuck in the “as much difficulty as possible” area. DIfficulty has been reduced, but since E has not increased, to my mind, it’s more of the national team not being able to do more...

I completely agree with that. To me, it looks like gyms are still trying to get girls to gain skills as quickly as possible and have not adjusted especially early training. There seems to be an 11-year old in junior elite now. To my mind, that should be forbidden. She needs to survive 5 years of...

Reddit shared the selection documents, and for the world cups, getting a podium finish was mentioned first. There were some lower-level assignments where getting experience for athletes was mentioned first, so I’m guessing they don’t believe it’s worth it to send someone who’s not a podium...

I’m sure at least for some of them, it is the fact that Becky (and her sister) spoke out about abusive practices at British Gymnastics, which was not well received by many coaches.

The underboob “spikes” are asymmetrical, but close enough that it looks like a mistake. Terrible for me, regardless of color

I have gotten into Figure skating for the first time this year, and it is very fascinating to me how the judging system is often similarly maligned as gymnastics. Some in the FS community even hold up gymnastics as a positive, at least for some situations. To me, the key differences between the...

I think this is way too prescriptive. I think everyone who has been on the national team last year should be able to injury petition. It looks like this was specifically designed for one athlete, and it would for instance exclude Hezly Rivera, the national champion, because she did not go to...

To me, the insurance situation is the largest downside. Losing your health insurance sucks, and I do think that USAG should cover health insurance for everyone who competed for them within the last year at least. I mean, MAG has done this for years and it backfired badly, with gymnasts not...

I can get behind this, though it would probably increase the number of competitors for gymnastics overall, which the IOC apparently does not want. For a world championship, though, would be great to experiment. I would also love having more world cups with different formats like Swiss cup...