8. Februar 2018
Pyeongchang, KOR
Artistic Gymnastics
Statement regarding the US abuse cases, following the 132nd IOC session in Pyeongchang

Letter from the President:

Morinari WATANABE --: "Firstly I would like to express my sincere appreciation to IOC President Thomas Bach for his powerful statement about the abuse scandal in US Gymnastics. This statement encourages us to continue our work, ongoing already for many months, towards the necessary action. I can assure you that the FIG, following President Bach's lead, is committed to doing everything possible...

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7. Februar 2018
Melbourne, AUS
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG World Challenge Cup Circuit 2018 starts in Australia

After a successful first edition in 2017, Gymnastics Australia is once again excited to host the World Challenge Cup Gymnastics Melbourne in 2018.
As a part of the FIG’s new World Cup format for the 2017-2020 Olympic Cycle, Australia won the right to host a stop on the Individual Apparatus World Cup circuit, staging the first event in Melbourne in February 2018 ...

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3. Februar 2018
Oklahoma City, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Tony Retrosi: It's Time to Say #ThanksCoach

* Intern. Gymnast --: As the gymnastics community struggles to pick up the pieces following the Larry Nassar tragedy — which revealed allegations of physical, sexual and psychological abuse by gymnastics coaches - a grassroots movement has begun to reshape the sport and its image.
Coach and educator Tony Retrosi, owner of Atlantic Gymnastics Training Centers, says " ...it's time to recognize the tremendous work of the amazing gymnastics coaches who have influenced so many athletes...

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3. Februar 2018
Plano, Texas
Artistic Gymnastics
Dallas-based Valeri Liukin steps down as US women's gymnastics team coordinator

Also the coordinator of the women's national team for USA Gymnastics, Valeri LIUKIN, has stepped down, the latest departure to rock the embattled organization in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal centered on former team doctor Larry Nassar.
The Olympic champion (1988) and former top star of Soviet Union and the first gymnast of the world, who realized a triple somersault on floor (1987), Valeri Liukin, founder of North Texas' World Olympic Gymnastics Academy and...

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1. Februar 2018
Ontario, CAN
Artistic Gymnastics
Revelations about sexual assault also in Canada

Canadian media reported, that a 28-year-old gymnastics coach in Mississauga faces five charges after he allegedly sexually assaulted a teenaged student over a period of several years. Peel Regional Police said on Monday that investigators were contacted earlier this month by a girl, 15, who reported numerous sex-related incidents that are alleged to have happened over four years. On Jan. 26, 2018, a Canada-wide arrest warrant was issued for Scott McFarlane, who spent four years working at Manjak's Gymnastics on...

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