A 2022 clip that shows a judge skipping over the only Black girl at a medal ceremony has drawn international outrage, including from Simone Biles. Source Views: 0
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Gymnastics Ireland Apologizes After Video Shows Judge Withholding Black Child’s Medal
German Olympic Gymnastics Team Will Wear Unitards In Protest Against ‘Sexualization’
Above Photo: pauline_schaefer / Instagram Germany’s women’s Olympic gymnastic team will wear unitards at the Tokyo 2020 games in protest against the “sexualisation” of the sport. The team will wear full-body outfits that cover their legs from hip to ankle. This is an obvious difference from the traditional leotard which usually leaves the entire leg […]
Nine-Year-Old Greek Girl is the Gymnastics Sensation of Egypt
Anastasia Rektsini receiving her gold medal. Credit: Nikos Katsikas, Hellenic Community of Cairo A nine-year-old Greek girl born in Cairo is the undisputed champion of gymnastics in Egypt, as for the second year in a row, she won gold in the Pan-Egyptian Rhythmic Gymnastics Games. Anastasia Rektsini competed among hundreds of Egyptian athletes in the […]
Olympic Gymnastics Coach Dies By Suicide Following Accusations Of Human Trafficking, Sexual Assault
(ZH) Former Olympic gymnastics coach John Geddert is dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday afternoon, just hours after he was charged in Michigan with 20 counts of human trafficking, sexual assault, lying to a peace officer and racketeering. Geddert’s death was confirmed by his attorney’s office as well as Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. […]
Ex-US Olympics gymnastics coach facing multiple charges kills himself
A former US Olympics gymnastics coach killed himself on Thursday, hours after being charged with turning his gym into a hub of human trafficking. John Geddert, 63, was facing 24 charges including sexual assault, human trafficking, and running a criminal enterprise. He had ties to disgraced Michigan State University sports doctor Larry Nassar, who is […]
USA Gymnastics: Hundreds Of Children Abused In Massive Pedophile Ring
Hundreds of young children were sexually abused and sacrificed by a massive pedophile ring operating within USA Gymnastics (USAG). According to a criminal case involving over one hundred women and girls, the USA Gymnastics program covered up decades of institutional child abuse in order to protect pedophiles working for the organization. Thefreethoughtproject.com reports: Last week, […]
Mental Gymnastics: How The Pentagon Misreports Casualty Numbers
An employee of Doctors Without Borders, MSF, walks inside the charred remains of the organization’s hospital after it was hit by a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz, Afghanistan. (AP/Najim Rahim) June 2014, around the time ISIS was making headlines across the world, the Wall Street Journal reported that the terror group had 4,000 fighters in Iraq. […]