Podcasts Sports GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast 243: Senate Bill 534

243: Senate Bill 534

Published: March 8, 2017, 3:34 a.m.

IN THE NEWS

In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer\xa0and Jessica chat about:

  • The\xa0American Cup\xa0&\xa0Nastia Cup:
    • Our favorite routines of the weekend from Yul Moldauer and\xa0Colbi Flory's\xa0beam\xa0to\xa0Sam Oldham\xa0floor
    • The Bart Deurloo Story - crotch\xa0vs \xa0pommel horse
    • Elite Code trends e.g., Dos Santos\xa0no pause\xa0before acro skill on beam, front tumbling and wolf turns-in-a-row-hell
    • Which was better: American Cup, Nastia Cup or any NCAA meet
    • Ignorant things Al Trautwig said
    • The\xa0Nastia Interview about Nassar
  • NCAA Update (43:10)
    • Highlights and DII/III teams beating DI teams, Cal's bar dismounts
    • Spencer explains why George Washington is the hipster gymnastics team
    • Eye Roll of the Week Award
    • Crack or Correct :\xa0Ohashi\u2019s\xa010 on beam and\xa0Gnat vs. McMurtry\xa0vault,\xa0Rachel Schick beam
GYMTERNET NEWS

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include:

  • Aly Raisman's coach, Mihai Brestyan, is the new Australian national team coach.
  • Romanian, Swedish, Canadian and Russian news
  • Simone Biles\xa0broke her rib on the post-Olympic tour but didn't get a diagnosis for two and a half weeks!
  • USA Gymnastics Sexual Abuse Investigation:
    • LEGISLATION: Senator Diane Feinstein introduced her bill (S534), read the text of the bill here and her press release here.
    • Call your representative (find them here) to thank or tell them to pass this bill!\xa0
    • To support the victims use hashtag #GymJaneDoe
    • THE DOCUMENTS:
      • A judge released 5,600 pages of court records detailing how USAGym handled sexual abuse allegations over 10 years
      • Allow a convicted sex offender to keep his membership? A USA Gymnastics regional chairman supported that\xa0
      • Here's USAGym's statement on the decision to release 54 administrative files related to sexual misconduct\xa0
      • "The coach is as much a member as the athlete," President Steve Penny testified in records re: sex abuse\xa0
      • The unsealed documents include emails from USA Gymnastics to coaches, FBI Interviews, and more
    • Feedback:
      • Why was the FBI so slow to investigate Larry Nassar?
      • Letter from a transgender gymnast
      • Defamation vs. banning abusers
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