Day 40/65: Deng Yalan
She started off as a talented vault/floor specialist in the national team. She then took a long break and came back to win bronze on vault at Nationals
love seeing people from my old gym on facebook posting shit like “if what maggie haney did was emotional abuse then every coach i grew up with would be suspended for 8 years too!!!” and like. guys you’re so close to getting the point
Scott Russell from CBC sports says 2021 world champs of major sports will most likely be cancelled but i have no idea if it's 100% legit info. I hope not 😞
the problem is that now the new seniors are going to be training to peak three years earlier than planned. like i’m very afraid kzb is going to break sydney barros
Hernandez did not tell her mother details about Haney’s conduct until 2016, weeks after she competed in the Rio Olympics, and she did so then only because her mother had overheard her in a FaceTime conversation with a former teammate about Haney’s pulling that gymnast’s hair.
The two teenagers were laughing about it, and Wanda Hernandez, a social worker, stopped them to say: “I’m sorry, but what are you saying? No one should be touching you or grabbing you.”
After her daughter, then 16, told her everything, Wanda Hernandez immediately called Haney to terminate her services and sent a complaint to U.S.A. Gymnastics. She said she eventually had to demand that Haney stay away from Laurie because Haney kept making contact.
From there, Wanda Hernandez kept pressing for more oversight in the sport. In 2018, she spoke with Morinari Watanabe, the president of the international gymnastics federation, at a meet in Chicago and discussed the need to teach gymnasts that they should feel safe speaking up about abuse.
“There were so many posts here and throughout the gymternet ridiculing Laurie’s comeback. Now we know what was really going on. I hope this will teach people not to be so quick to judge in the future. These gymnasts are people and all you see is their competitions. You have no idea what is going on behind the scenes. So next time someone struggles, please be more compassionate.”
let’s also remembers that whole ass heart attack we all collectively had when we saw 6.3 flash on the panel right before she unveiled her amanar out of nowhere and won a gold medal on vault at the same damn competition lmao
I get the willies just thinking about the pressure the Chinese team was under in TF in 2008…like defending silver medalists with a tangible shot at gold at a home Olympics….difficult and risky routines………….I’m physically uncomfortable
let’s also remembers that whole ass heart attack we all collectively had when we saw 6.3 flash on the panel right before she unveiled her amanar out of nowhere and won a gold medal on vault at the same damn competition lmao