Gymnastics - Rhythmic Discussion | Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Road to Milano Cortina 2026

[Gianlu33 5,276]

10 hours ago, copravolley said:

It`s known who will replace Maccarani?

For now, the President of the federation, Facci, who have it's problem and his involved in the scandal too for some humiliation sentences against the athletes 

Edited April 3 by Gianlu33

[Bailer 44]

The flair to this forum is wrong.

[Gianlu33 5,276]

31 minutes ago, Bailer said:

The flair to this forum is wrong.

Why? As far as I am concerned, it is normal that I strongly condemn what happened. Perhaps there is something missing in the translation?

[Adriano 625]

On 4/2/2025 at 9:53 PM, phelps said:

it's always all about the "USSR-alike" methods used by the coaching duo Maccarani/Tishina at their National Academy

 

now some leaked phone calls have shown the former Federation's president commenting on the girls with sexist expressions and things like that

 

moreover, it's been discovered that also Raffaeli and Baldassari were treated like the team by their coach Julieta Cantalupi, forced to get naked in public after missing some exercise in training or kept for hours closed in a dark and cold small room in punishment after a not satisfactory training section

 

basically, all the Italian stars of the Rhythmic Gymnastics have come to success only after and possibly because of unacceptable humiliation by the coaches, which looks to be the usual attitude also among the youngsters and the "amateur" clubs

 

Italian Rhythmic Gymnastics is a dirty, sick world  

 

now the Group is basically not active and doesn't go to the next world cup stages, Baldassarri has retired and Raffaeli looks to be happy with her new coach (the Goddess herself, Claudia Mancinelli) after Cantalupi ran away like a rabbit to Israel in Autumn 2023 after the first rumors about the scandals came out

🥺 disgusting...

[ChandlerMne 1,202]

Can someone explain what is "USSR alike" methods in this case?

I am still young enough not to remember those times. 

[Bailer 44]

14 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

Why? As far as I am concerned, it is normal that I strongly condemn what happened. Perhaps there is something missing in the translation?

Huh? What I meant is that this is a Gymnastics forum and the flair says ‘Road to Milano Cortina 2026’.

[Gianlu33 5,276]

1 hour ago, Bailer said:

Huh? What I meant is that this is a Gymnastics forum and the flair says ‘Road to Milano Cortina 2026’.

Okay, that was a my English faul

[vovanA 210]

Russian gymnasts who have neutral status refused to take part in world cup because some gymnasts were denied neutral status. These idiots just piss me off

[phelps 8,278]

On 4/3/2025 at 11:13 PM, ChandlerMne said:

Can someone explain what is "USSR alike" methods in this case?

I am still young enough not to remember those times. 

basically...

 

- excessive workload in training

- coaches being extremely rude, often abusing athletes (for instance, volleyball legendary coach Karpol was famous for beating the girls who weren't playing/training according to his very high standard...but the worst things always happened in gymnastics, swimming and other sports where the "medal projects" were very young girls)

- truly humiliating punishments (normally, in front of the training group as an example) for those who were making too many mistakes

- total control over the athletes' life, also over the private and most intimate aspects

[Josh 11,492]

On 4/4/2025 at 1:23 AM, Bailer said:

Huh? What I meant is that this is a Gymnastics forum and the flair says ‘Road to Milano Cortina 2026’.

Snow gymnastics finally making its Olympic debut?

 

 

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