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It isn´t today the Artistic Gymnastics have the most beautiful coolant in the Olympics, with grace and precision. Did you know that gymnast Jade Barbosa made the design of the leotards for the women's artistic gymnastics team? Comment here if you know it. Like and share this post to encourage athletics, and follow me for more content about fashion. #Fashion #fashionolympcs #fashiondesign #apparelfashion #fashiontrends

Like many, I've been absolutely glued to the 2024 Summer Olympics women's gymnastics competitions (all-around team, all-around individual, + individual events). I am blown away by Simone Biles, not only because she is obviously the GOAT, and thrilling to watch, but because she embodies so many stellar leadership qualities: 1) She helps people -on- to her team: she invited Jordan Chiles to train at her gym, because she saw her potential, and she knew that Chiles needed to be in a supportive environment where she could build her self-confidence. 2) About that gym: Biles owns it with her parents. She has created the anti-Karolyi (look it up 😬 ) environment, where gymnasts can eat what they need to eat, smile, laugh, and not be subject to abusive overtraining. This is why there are so many "older" gymnasts on the US team. They're able to compete at a healthy weight, and they aren't accumulating so many injuries that they have to retire as teenagers. 3) She congratulates and supports women who aren't on her team! Why? Because she can build more with reaching out a hand than she can by just being great on her own. She's creating a sustainable future for her sport, and I think she'll go on to be one of the major pillars of the business of gymnastics. A sport is bigger than one person, but one person can move mountains.

From the pixie gymnastics stars of the 1970s to the 13-year-old skateboarding stars of the Tokyo Olympics, girl-child sports prodigies have always captured global media attention. Despite our collective fascination with these athletes, young girls are often subject to significant mental and physical vulnerabilities in elite sporting environments. Research from Dr Brigid McCarthy is examining the role of the media in shaping potentially harmful narratives of the girl-child sports prodigy. “In the last decade, we’ve seen many examples of the mental and physical toll of elite sport on young girls. The Larry Nassar sexual abuse case in the United States spurred global revelations about toxic training cultures and abuse in elite gymnastics. In 2022, the world watched a 15-year-old figure skating gold medallist crumble on the Olympic ice following a positive doping test.” “Yet each time another group of ‘pocket rockets’ rises through the sporting ranks, there is instant media fascination with their presence,” Dr McCarthy says. Dr McCarthy's work has so far examined the coverage of Olympic gymnasts and skateboarders to better understand how the media produces child sports stars. She has found that the media takes an “exceptional until proven vulnerable” approach to the coverage, despite discourse around girls’ safety in these contexts. “The debate about whether it might be safe or appropriate for a child to compete in elite high-performance sporting environments like the Olympic Games is typically only raised at moments of crises.” While sporting bodies around the world have begun to introduce more stringent approaches to child safety, and have even raised minimum competitive ages, Dr McCarthy’s research points to the role that the media can play in contributing to the oppression of girls in sport. “The media must recognise the need for a more careful and ethical approach to covering the elite girl athlete despite the cultural fascination with exceptional children.” Read more: https://bit.ly/3ycfuei #LaTrobeHumanitiesAndSocialSciences #LaTrobeUniversity #Sport #Olympics

What do a one-minute deadline, evidentiary issues, and arbitration have to do with the Olympics? Those are what will determine whether USA artistic gymnast Jordan Chiles receives a bronze medal or a fifth place finish in floor exercise at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Lawyers know that missing a deadline can have drastic consequences. But most lawyers have days, weeks, or months to meet deadlines. Chiles's coach, Cecile Landi, had just one minute to submit an inquiry into Chiles's floor exercise score at the Olympics under the applicable rules of the international gymnastics federation, Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). One minute. And whether she met that deadline will determine whether Chiles receives a medal for her floor exercise performance. Many are unaware that a legal framework exists for athletes to challenge decisions concerning aspects of competition in arbitration. U.S. athletes can even challenge decisions by national governing bodies relating to pre-Olympics competitions under U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee Bylaws. An arbitration currently proceeding in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) concerns whether Coach Landi met the one-minute deadline to make an inquiry into Chiles's score. On Saturday, the CAS reversed the Olympic artistic gymnastics judges' decision to allow Coach Landi's inquiry. During competition, judges allowed the inquiry and increased Chiles's total score by one tenth of a point. As a result, Chiles was awarded the bronze medal in floor exercise behind Brazil's Rebecca Andrade and USA's Simone Biles. Romania, which had two athletes bumped down to fourth and fifth place after Chiles's score adjustment moved her into third place, appealed the decision. Romania argued that Coach Landi's inquiry came in four seconds after the one-minute deadline. The CAS decision announced Saturday agreed that Landi's inquiry was untimely. As a result, the International Olympic Committee has announced that the bronze medal will be "reallocated" to Ana Maria Barbosa of Romania. But, wait--there's more. USA Gymnastics reports that previously-unavailable time-stamped video evidence conclusively establishes that Coach Landi made the inquiry 47 seconds after Chiles's score was posted, within the one-minute deadline. News reports indicate that based on this evidence, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) intends to seek reconsideration of the panel’s decision and reinstate Chiles as the bronze medalist in floor exercise. If CAS refuses to reconsider its decision, Chiles will be required to appeal to the Swiss Federal Courts, which rarely considers appeals from the CAS.

Gymnastics NZ just made some big changes to their uniform policy, and we're here for it 👏👏👏 The changes allow female gymnasts to wear shorts or leggings over their leotards while performing, to align with their male counterparts. When we're asking young people and athletes to do incredible things with their bodies in sport, we need to make sure they feel comfortable and confident while doing so — and one of the most critical aspects of this is what we ask them to wear! Want to know more? Our Embrace Sport Playbook outlines all of the information that community sporting clubs and organisations need in order to make small changes to uniforms that could make a big difference to how many young people sign up for — and stay — in sport. Download it for free now: https://lnkd.in/gTu8BM4s

Did you know that Gymnastics has been part of the Olympics since the first modern games in 1896? Here are some facts to illustrate the importance of advances in sport injury prevention through the years! Mats for safety: - Foam mats or foam pits are often used in training rather than stiffer competition setups to reduce the load the athletes have to withstand - especially when learning new skills. Change in vault design: - The design of the vault has changed to improve safety and performance of the gymnasts. Sydney 2000 was the last Olympics to use the old style ‘horse’ vault, which progressed to a ‘table’ that provides a larger surface area to aim for. A ‘U shaped’ padded block is now used with the springboard when performing Yurchenko vault entries, as these require you to land on the springboard, backwards from a round off entry. If the springboard is missed, the block should still enable the vault entry to be performed safely. Removing Skills for safety: - The International Gymnastics Committee can remove skills entirely from the code of points if they are deemed to be too dangerous. This happened in 2017 when somersaults landing on hands and rolling out were removed from the MAG code of points. These skills had already been removed from the WAG Code of Points following the paralysis of Elena Mukhina in 1980 and several other close calls. With thanks to Lucy Buchanan, MEng from the Podium Institute. #olympicgames #paris2024 #gymnasticsfinal #sportsrelatedinjury #moregoldmedalslessinjury

Is AI judging good for sport? Fujitsu has developed a system for quantifying gymnastics. Currently only used as a backup for human judge disputes, but I feel the trend is coming. We've already accepted it with seeing if a ball has hit the line in tennis and volleyball, and its being tested out in the minor leagues of baseball for calling balls and strikes. Are we losing the excitement / frustration of imperfect judges, or do we feel the need to always be completely right? #AI #Sport #Fujitsu #Gymnastics https://lnkd.in/gyJwPtb8

#BreakingNews: Ana Maria Bărbosu Won the Bronze Medal at the Olympic Games! Sabrina Voinea’s Appeal Was Rejected, by Nine O’Clock The Romanian Gymnastics Federation (FRG) announced on social media the decision made by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) regarding the appeals submitted by Ana Maria Bărbosu (18 years old) and Sabrina Voinea (17 years old). The statement reads: “With one eye we laugh, with the other we cry. Following the appeals made to CAS by FRG and COSR, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has decided that the bronze medal will be awarded to Ana Maria Bărbosu. The Romanian Gymnastics Federation, represented by the law firm specializing in sports law, Gherdan and Associates SCA, through coordinating lawyer Sabin Gherdan and lawyers Călina Tejan and Raul Ștefan Celmare, after a collective effort of five days and four nights, communicates the CAS hearing outcomes in the case: FRG, Bărbosu vs. International Gymnastics Federation: 1. The request submitted by Ana Maria Bărbosu is partially upheld. 2. The appeal filed by Jordan Chiles was submitted 1 minute past the deadline stipulated by Article 8.5 of the FIG Technical Regulations and is therefore deemed ineffective. 3. The initial score of 13.666 awarded to athlete #JordanChiles in the final is reinstated. 4. The International Gymnastics Federation will determine the final standings and award the medals in accordance with the above decision. 5. Other requests are denied. #Paris2024 #GoRomania #Romania #Romanianews #NationalSportsAgency #ANS #COR #Sport #gymnastics https://lnkd.in/diRXd3fh

Olympic Inventions: The Pommel Horse For gymnastics fans, we are excited about the prospects for gold for our US Olympic Team. One of the most difficult apparatuses on the men’s side is the pommel horse. The history of this equipment traces back to 315 BC when Alexander the Great and his troops used this to practice mounting Equus Caballus (horse). The earliest versions were simple wooden structures modeled after the back of the horse where the rider would sit. The soldiers practiced mounting and dismounting so they could get ready for battle. They didn’t have handles, or pommels, like today’s equipment. The pommel horse became popular again in the 17th century when knights practiced battle and jousting. Friedrich Jahn, a German and former member of the Prussian military revived the use of the pommel horse in the 19th century and is regarded as the father of modern gymnastics. The pommel horse mimicked the animal’s uneven planes and curves. The asymmetrical, sloping shape made it harder for gymnasts to wander across the horse. Pommels were added to help the athlete move more easily across the horse. The US introduced the modern pommel horse in 1948 and solidified the standard for this equipment. The 63” symmetrical horse was certified by the International Gymnastic Federation in 1956. The pommels are made of steel, covered in leather, and fastened to the horse using a brass base. Fusion provides engineering and scientific design analysis and support for your most pressing issues. Do you have an issue you need addressed? Call us! Image by efes from Pixabay