Gymnastics Games for Girls

It has been a busy summer training gymnasts for next season. Contact Coach Ed if you have questions about competitive gymnastics or want to take lessons from him at his new gym. Apr 2nd, We just completed our 7th year as a West Virginia JO gymnastics team, providing an opportunity for local gymnasts to represent their local area in their home state.

Gymnastics is a tough sport and we commend those who stuck it through till the end. This year, while we fell short of a state championship, we did take home a couple second and third place finishes.

A few weeks ago, U.S. gymnast Morgan Hurd won the Gymnastics World Championship — wearing glasses! She also helped me heal.

Michigan State halts Nassar assistance payments “Witnesses have said that they reported Nassar’s sexual abuse to Klages dating back more than 20 years. The arrest warrant was approved Thursday morning and Klages is required to turn herself in to Lansing Police by the weekend, according to Michigan Attorney General spokeswoman Andrea Bitely. An attorney for Klages did not immediately respond to a request for comment. How we got here Klages was the women’s gymnastics coach when Nassar, a prominent team doctor for MSU and USA Gymnastics, sexually abused hundreds of girls and women for decades under the guise of providing medical treatment.

Nassar pleaded guilty last year to state charges of criminal sexual conduct and federal charges of child pornography. As part of his plea deal, Michigan courts allowed any and all of his victims to speak to him and put their experience in the public record. Nearly girls and women — an “army of survivors,” as they said — came forward to describe harrowing tales of Nassar’s abuse and to take on his system of enablers at Michigan State, USA Gymnastics and the US Olympic Committee.

Klages, who retired in , was one person named in the hearings. Gymnast Larissa Boyce said that she told Klages 20 years ago about Nassar’s abuse, but nothing was done. I was in trouble and brainwashed into believing that I was the problem,” said Boyce, who at the time was a member of MSU’s youth gymnastics program. Boyce said Klages told her that she could not imagine Nassar “doing anything questionable” and then discouraged her from filing a formal complaint, according to a federal lawsuit.

We were led to believe we were misunderstanding a medical technique.