USAG SCANDAL ROUND-UP:
- Steve Penny pleaded not guilty to tampering with evidence in the Nassar case.
- Aly Raisman gave an interview on The Today Show, renewing a call for an independent investigation of USAG.
- Tasha Schwikert and her sister Jordan are suing USAG after coming forward as Nassar survivors. The article also claims that USAG kept a secret file of complaints against Nassar.
- Ron Galimore, who helped USAG cover up the Nassar thing, handed out medals at the World Championships. Aly Raisman tweeted her disapproval of this.
- Speaking of Aly, Illinois Safety Chair Don McPherson called her a “lizard person”, which is an offensive term for a Jewish person, and also called her a liar. Aly’s mom tweeted a furious response.
- IT’S HAPPENING GUYS. THE USOC IS MOVING TO DECERTIFY USAG.
In other news:
- Results for the Doha World Championships are available.
- Congratulations to USA, Russia, and China for automatically qualifying full teams to the 2020 Olympics!
- Congratulations to Simone Biles for winning a record-breaking fourth World all-around title!
- The nominative roster for the Cottbus World Cup is out.
- The list of teams for the Swiss Cup Zürich is out.
- All Olympia Gymnastics Center, the same gym that gave us Mattie Larson and McKayla Maroney, is closing down.
- Following her success in Doha, Liu Tingting has been named captain of the Chinese National Team.
- Former U.S. Junior National Champion Kristal Uzelac appears to have started training again. She’s 32 years old and could very well be making a serious comeback.