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Alyssa Tirrell at MMFA:
In late December, USA Boxing released a new set of guidelines for the inclusion of trans competitors, and right-wing media responded by criticizing the regulations, relying on anti-trans tropes and misinformation in their coverage. GOP members of Congress have since introduced twin legislation that promises to ban all trans competitors from the Olympic and amateur levels in any sport, citing the new regulations as a motivating concern and repeating the anti-trans framing popularized by right-wing media's backlash.
While the USA Boxing guidelines are a departure from a trend of sports organizations banning trans participation, the requirements are considered stringent. Athletes under the age of 18 must compete “as their birth gender,” and adult competitors are required to obtain genital surgery and regular hormone testing, both in the four years preceding competition and throughout any competitive period. Nevertheless, right-wing media are attacking the rules, which USA Boxing says build on the consensus of several medical groups and international athletic federations. On January 3, Fox News' America's Newsroom co-host Dana Perino referred to the eligibility requirements for trans female boxers as “nonsense.” Hosts and guests repeatedly referred to trans women as “men” or “guys,” and co-host Bill Hemmer quoted former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines' claim that “it will take a woman getting killed before these misogynistic fools wake up.” Fox’s Outnumbered also said a woman could die because of the new rules, arguing that the regulations would lead to “one-punch killings.” Co-host Harris Faulkner cited Gaines' campaign against the inclusion of trans swimmers, misgendering Gaines' former competitor Lia Thomas in the process and expanding the panel's criticism to trans inclusion in noncontact athletic competitions as well.
Despite such concerns over safety, coverage disregarded USA Boxing's medical citations, which include the recommendations of Boston Children’s Hospital Sports Medicine and Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital. Instead, for instance, The Ingraham Angle platformed the perspective of UFC fighter Colby Covington, who argued that “it doesn't matter what their hormone levels or pronouns are,” because “when they dig up their bones in 200 years, their bones won't leave pronouns.” (Actually, archeologists are capable of imputing that a skeleton may have belonged to a transgender person after more than 200 years.) [...] USA Boxing responded to backlash by restating that it is in compliance with federal law. The following day, U.S. Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) introduced twin legislation in both the House and the Senate that would “prohibit any governing body recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) from allowing men to participate in any athletic event intended for females.”
A joint press release cited the USA Boxing guidelines and repeated right-wing media's anti-trans framing. Tuberville's statement claimed that “men should not be competing in women’s sports at any level—and especially not in a sport like boxing. Whether in little league or the Olympics, it’s unsafe, it’s unfair, and it’s just plain wrong. This bill will ensure that the Olympics are fair to American women who train their whole lives to represent our country on the world stage.” The press release also cited the support of a number of anti-trans organizations, including the Alliance Defending Freedom, the Independent Women's Forum, and the Independent Council on Women’s Sports and quoted several anti-trans figures, including American Principles Project President Terry Schilling and — yet again — Riley Gaines.
Right-wing media pundits, led by anti-trans grifter Riley Gaines, is leading the backlash against USA Boxing's trans-inclusive policy.
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Sorry to anyone whos following me and is currently witnessing me rapidly switch between fandoms like im a superheated water molecule
#im switching between dst#inscryption#totk but really actually only the yiga clan#and rain world#like#they are on my brain#and thats not even counting the ocs i have scrambling around in there#my iterator oc- usoc is occupying a lot of my brain power#rambles
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Today In History
On October 16, 1968, African American Olympic sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who engaged in a silent protest on the medal stand to bring light to the racial discrimination and violence against African Americans in the U.S., were met with hostility by white supporters and the media, and were eventually suspended for their protest.
The 1968 Olympics followed a summer of racial unrest and protest following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in April.
Mr. Smith and Mr. Carlos placed first and third in the 200-meter dash at the Olympic Games in Mexico City. As the U.S. national anthem played during the medal ceremony, the two men bowed their heads and raised black gloved fists in a protest against racial discrimination in the U.S. Both men wore black socks with no shoes, and Mr. Smith also wore a black scarf around his neck. Mr. Smith raised his right fist to represent Black power, while Mr. Carlos raised his left fist to represent Black unity. Also, in support was the silver medalist Peter Norman from Australia who wore a badge that read: “Olympic Project for Human Rights” – an organization set up a year previously who oppose racism in sport.
The following day, the U.S. Olympic Committee threatened other athletes with stern disciplinary action if they engaged in demonstrations. Acting USOC Director Everett Barnes issued a formal statement to the Olympic International Committee, condemning Mr. Smith and Mr. Carlos, and claiming that the sprinters “made our country look like the devil.”
The USOC suspended Mr. Smith and Mr. Carlos from the U.S. Olympic team following a midnight meeting. In the early hours of the morning on October 18, the Committee ordered both men to vacate the Olympic village in Mexico within 48 hours.
Despite their medal-winning performances, the two athletes faced intense criticism in the media and received death threats upon returning home.
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The Olympics start on Friday and I'm excited however, I would be remiss if I did not also tell everyone about my favorite event: Fiber arts reminding each other of the time the USOC had to walk back their actions and apologize to Ravelry not once, but TWICE.
This is a good write up but also: iykyk lmao
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me: haha hey you knwo this thing that famously has no universally accepted standard, it would be fun to make a poll asking how people approach it, ill make sure to word it as "how do you do it" rather than "what's the correct way" & whatnot so it's clear that im asking what people do in practice :)
blogger, on line, immediatelt: oh ho ho clearly you are woefully misinformed, for you see, all languages are governed by "Rules" and there is a Universal Standard Of correctness (USOc) that is divinely ordained. This Is Not, A Matter Of Opinion,
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- Let's Docu 'Bout It -
Episode 26: Athlete A
In this episode I recap and talk about the documentary Athlete A, which focuses on the gymnasts who survived USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and reporters who exposed USAG's toxic culture.
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From following figure skating and gymnastics, drug use is much more monitored if you’re competing internationally the whole year, not every four years like the wc. Also, it really depends on your country/ where you live/ how much your federation cares. I know for Canadians (figure skating) it’s the Canadian federation that pays for you to be randomly drug tested every couple of months. Same in the US. But it’s much harder and expensive for that federation to drug test you if you live in Europe.
Obviously they’re looking more so for performance enhancing drugs (or anything that will help you train). So for the USSF/ USOC to care enough to pay for all soccer players to be randomly drug tested would be a lot. There’s so many more people involved compared to singles sports. Also even though there are friendlies, official IOC or FIFA sanctioned games happen for such a short period that it’s easy enough for the players to just not use pot during that time.
Also, if they were being tested as regularly as skaters or gymnasts or cyclists, I have to believe we would hear them talking about it more often. After almost every single skating competition they have to be randomly tested. And they talk about it. I can hardly remember football players mentioning people watching them pee to test for drugs.
Thank you for listening to me diatribe. I cannot fall asleep tonight lol.
haha yeah! and agreed I feel like its only Olympics time they're tested
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There’s no way Márta would have put Hollie on the 2004 team, especially given that Hollie was only capable of doing bars and beam that year. Márta did not like Hollie because she was too inconsistent. She didn’t want Hollie on the 2003 World team and was mad when Hollie finished top 3 at Nationals and locked herself into a spot. Because of Hollie ending up on the 2003 World team when Márta didn’t want her, Márta originally proposed a selection process for 2004 with no guaranteed spots after Trials. The USOC refused to approve that process and told Márta she had to lock at least two spots at Trials.
Márta definitely would have put Chellsie on the team if she could have. Unfortunately, Chellsie wasn’t quite ready at the final camp. When Kupets’ hip started acting up in training in Athens, there were discussions up to the day before qualifying about subbing in Chellsie. Chellsie was ready to do AA by the Olympics and would have been a better choice than either Kupets or McCool. I’m sure Márta would have subbed her in if she could have.
Honestly I wouldn't have put Vise on the 2004 Olympic team either and I agree with you that Chellsie would have been a better choice.
One of the tragedies of 2004 is literally watching Kupets deteriorate with every routine. And I'd love to know if anyone within the national staff realized McCool was a ticking time bomb of deductions before quals.
That entire Olympic selection process just feels like a death march to watch even before you get to that made for tv reality show madness that was the selection announcement.
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tangentially related but the US has such immense resources, in terms of both money and talent pool, for sports, AND a culture that goddamn loves sports and the olympics, and its insane to me that we dont have any kind of sports entity incorporated into the govt apparatus the way almost all european countries do. USOC is fully private. if the development of sports and athletes were divorced from the incentive to stay out of the red and keep balanced budgets thru fundraising and ticket sales etc etc for national governing bodies, can you imagine what american athletes could do? even in tiny sports that get almost zero attention?
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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: NWT Team USA 1980 Lake Placid Olympics Tee Shirt SZ MED.
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Dr. LeRoy T. Walker (June 14, 1918 - April 23, 2012) sports and education figure is remembered as the first African American President of the US Olympic Committee, serving from 1992 to 1996. He was born to Willie and Mary Walker in Atlanta, the youngest of 13 children. After his father’s death, he moved in with his older brother Joe, in Harlem. He enrolled in Benedict College. He was the first in his family to attend college.
He was an honor student and star athlete. He played basketball and football but earned national attention as a sprinter even though the school lacked a varsity track team. He earned an MA from Columbia University.
He was named the football and basketball coach at North Carolina College, where he developed the college’s first track team. He received a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics from New York University. He began to gain recognition for his coaching talents, working with athletes like Olympian hurler Lee Calhoun.
He served as a coach and consultant for several foreign Olympic teams. He embarked upon a three-year stint as chairman of the Amateur Athletic Union. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he made history as the first Black coach of an American Olympic team. His team, featured hurdler Edwin Moses and decathlete Bruce Jenner, won gold medals in six events. His leadership skills led to him being named chancellor at North Carolina Central University. He served a term as president of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Athletics Congress.
At the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he led the 645-member US delegation into the Centennial Olympic Stadium as part of the opening festivities. While carrying out his duties as USOC president and CEO/
He was a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and received numerous honors and awards in his long career. He was inducted into the US Olympic Hall of Fame. He became the first African American to receive the James J. Corbett Memorial Award. Walker. He was named the first President Emeritus of the USOC.
He is survived by his son and daughter. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #omegapsiphi
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If three USOC nominees said under oath at Senate confirmation hearings that Roe was essentially established law then voted to overturn it, is now Griswold up for repeal?
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U.S. Open Cup New York Derby Edition
Absolute scenes at St. Johns University as NYCFC2 outshines RBNY2 in the U.S. Open Cup showdown. Jonathan Jimenez owning the field with a hat trick and Malachi Jones with the clincher. New York soccer is thriving! 🙌⚽️ #NYCFC2 #RivalryWeek #USOC
Round 2 of the U.S. Open Cup will showcase a New York Derby between the New York Red Bull 2 and New York City FC 2. The two clubs have faced off only 3 times in their club history with NYCFC 2 winning 2 matches and scoring 6 goals, while Red Bull 2 have 1 win and 5 goals. The ‘Boys in Blue’ advanced to the second round after an emphatic 3-0 road win against FC Motown in the first round of the…
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#Belson Stadium#Futbol#New Jersey#New York#New York Red Bull#New York Red Bull 2#NYCFC#NYCFC 2#Queens#Soccer
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JOHN KRIMSKY JR. RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS IOC CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC AWARD
With Paris as the next Summer Olympic Games, we look forward to the Games returning to the United States in 2028 at Los Angeles. It reminds us of how important the partnership between the National Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee is in the conduct of the Games. The IOC made its award to a USOC staffer who accomplished the most for the Olympic Movement in its Centennial year of 1996.
JOHN KRIMSKY RECEIVES IOC CENTENNIAL AWARD USOC - United States Olympic Committee October 30, 1996 - John Krimsky Jr.
U.S. Olympic Committee Deputy Secretary General John Krimsky Jr. was given the International Olympic Committee's Centennial Award in recognition of the fundraising, negotiations and other outstanding work he completed on behalf of the USOC and its athletes to raise more than one billion dollars for the U.S. Olympic Movement in the past quadrennium. The award is presented to the American who accomplished the most for the Olympic Movement in 1996.
JOHN KRIMSKY JR. HONORED WITH IOC CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC AWARD Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph October 30, 1996 - john Krimsky Jr.
KRIMSKY HONORED: USOC deputy executive director John Krimsky Jr., of Colorado Springs, was given the International Olympic Committee's Centennial Olympic Award during Saturday's board meeting.
The award was given to the person who did the most outstanding work in the Olympic movement during 1996.
Krimsky, who in his role as the USOC's chief fund-raiser, has brought in more than $1 billion, was instrumental in the USOC's joint-marketing agreement with organizers of the Atlanta Olympics.
He also will serve as president of the USOC's joint marketing venture with organizers of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
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The rise and fall of water skiing
The above video is a snapshot of the sport of water skiing in 1973. At the time Water Skiing was roughly on the same trajectory as surfing. It was a sport that was popular with doctors and lawyers as much as with school teachers and construction workers. Competitive skiing was growing as was the American Water Ski Association (AWSA). Water skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Hall of Fame skier Ricky McCormick was on the Ed Sullivan show in 1967 with the Rolling Stones, Flip Wilson, and the Muppets. McCormick went on to win a Gold Medal at the Munich Olympics in 1972.
Water Skiing was pop culture at one time and was one of the original extreme sports. The story of the rise and fall of the sport could be framed a number of ways. The dream of becoming a mainstream Olympic sport may or may not have been the defining factor. Within the sport we joke about how badminton and curling have long since passed us in terms of participation and exposure.
USOC told us that if we wanted to get back to the Olympics after 1972 we had to restructure our national organization (AWSA) and expand it beyond its original scope. As a result, we formed USA Water Ski with AWSA as a subordinate organization along with other similar disciplines. It is at this point that the once focused sports federation became a bloated bureaucracy and completely lost its way.
At the same time, US Water Ski also became subordinate to International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF). The IWWF is an even more bloated bureaucracy that rarely appears to be serving the athletes.
In the mid 1980s, there were two print magazines as well as one from the AWSA. The best pro skiers had six-figure incomes and literally partied with rock stars. Anheuser Busch and Coors were primary sponsors of pro events seen on ESPN.
Fast forward to today, there is no print magazine, high-end ski sales are measured in hundreds of units, not thousands and competitive participation is at an all-time low. Most professional skiers coach to pay their bills. The demographics are increasingly affluent and male.
Some of this can be explained by changes in the culture and economics but not all of it. For decades after water skiing was a demonstration sport at the Olympics the goal of getting back to the Olympics was a prime goal of leadership. It can be argued that the fundamental changes made to comply with Olympic criteria drove the sport down a path toward extinction.
There is also a theory out there that water skiing was doomed when the sport started to move from public waterways to bespoke man-made lakes. The list of other negative circumstances is long and varied.
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Two other things I think are major factors... anything that's super fashionable eventually has a backlash. People get bored with it.
Also, and I see this in whitewater river sports too, before it was boring at home. In the 1990s, people would park their rafts and watch other rafters make it or dump people or flip boats in the major rapids for hours! Why go home to your crappy 32" low res cathode ray tube TV and a few video tapes when it's a sparkling summer day doing an adventure sport?
Raft guides likely also got tired of the extra hours for the same per-raft pay. But private rafters don't park & watch either, at least not here in Northern California.
Now people have 72" screens in high definition and access to pretty much every movie or TV show ever made. And smartphones. So, it's not nearly so boring to sit around your home anymore. They want to have their adventure and then rush back home.
People still raft and commercial rafting thrives.. just no more huge crowds.
So why no water skiing? It's not so difficult to do on two skis (a single ski is significantly harder)
Now, I think, people have just forgotten how fun it was. Nobody WANTS to do it because they hardly see anyone doing it ever. It's just not the "cool" sport to do anymore.
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COROMETRICS 2264
The Corometrics 2264 is a medical device commonly utilized for monitoring fetal heart rate and uterine contractions, especially during pregnancy and childbirth. "USOC Medical" could refer to a distributor, facility, or context in which the device is used. For the most accurate and up-to-date information, it's recommended to consult official sources or the manufacturer. Please note that my knowledge is based on information available until September 2021. Subsequent developments are not included in my responses.
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