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D2 Summit recap, ICU apologizes for offensive commentator, Smoed back in Small Coed & more!

And the US cheer season is officially over! Can you believe it!?

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In today’s newsletter:

• D2 Summit recap

  • 4 out of 4 wins, disqualifications, top scores & more

• SportCheer England addresses offensive ICU Worlds commentator & ICU apologizes

• Cali Smoed goes back to the Small Coed division

• New Top Gun gym

• & more!

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ICU, Worlds & Summit recaps

Did you miss our other recaps? Find them here 👇

ICU + Worlds Part 1:

WORLDS RECAP 🌎

Worlds Part 2 + Summit:

This shouldn't happen 😬

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D2 Summit recap

The lack of D2 Summit coverage is unfortunately real…We wish we had more, but here are a few highlights!

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• United Elite Cheer took 4 teams to the competition…and all 4 teams won 🏆 Not bad…

• Extreme All Stars JUNIOR 3LITE has now won 3 years in a row!

• Dropped shoe? No problem 🤯

• The entire Pro Scouts gym was disqualified from the competition, plus a single team as well.

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• Top 10 scores of the competition (thanks to CheerTheory):

  1. High Intensity Athletics Warriors (99.53)

  2. United Elite Cheer REVOLT (99.4)

  3. Titanium Force CheerBlack Smoke (99.33)

  4. Extreme All Stars JUNIOR 3LITE (99)

  5. United Elite Cheer RIOT (99)

  6. TAI Arctic5 (98.87)

  7. Koach All Stars Koach Kappas (98.8)

  8. Port City Athletics Pharaohs (98.73)

  9. LA Cheerz Allstarz Scarlet (98.67)

  10. WIDC Black Ice (98.6)

See all the results & scores here.

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SportCheer England addresses offensive ICU Worlds commentator & ICU apologizes

In our ICU Worlds recap, we talked about how an ICU Worlds livestream commentator was called out. He had nothing positive to say, and laughed at the team…

SportCheer England (the ICU-recognised governing body for cheer in England) released a statement since the comments were made during one of their performances. Here’s part of it:

“On the 24th April 2024 at the ICU World Cheerleading Championships, it was brought to the attention of SportCheer England, that during Team England Adaptive Abilities Unified CoEd Advanced's routine, an Olympic Channel commentator was heard on the live broadcast to have made offensive and disparaging comments. This incident was addressed immediately, within moments of occurring, by SportCheer England Directors present at the competition, in a face-to-face meeting with the ICU President, and direct action was taken with the Olympic Channel as a result.”

“Team England Adaptive Abilities Unified CoEd Advanced went on after this performance to not only secure a place in the finals but to win the division, taking home Gold for their country. We are extremely proud of how our athletes managed their performance in spite of the circumstances and thrilled they were able to come back with a first place performance.”

Find the full statement here & the ICU’s public apology here.

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🗞️ OTHER NEWS & LINKS

• Cali Smoed goes back to the Small Coed division!

  • Since the Global divisions no longer exist, we can expect to see many teams move divisions. One example is Smoed, who will be back in the Small Coed division which they used to dominate 🏆 Like Eddie said: “Come join the fun! Ha!“

• Top Gun All Stars acquires Arizona Element Elite

  • Top Gun’s Arizona location has bought the AZ Element Elite gym, which will now become a part of Top Gun.

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🏆 COMPETITIONS

LATEST RESULTS & BIDS:

The D2 Summit (Florida), JAMZ The Pinnacle (Nevada), The Open San Antonio (Texas), Open Cheer Gardaland (Italy).

UPCOMING COMPETITIONS:

Know about any upcoming competitions? Leave a comment below!

We can't cover all competitions - for more, we suggest CheerTheory & Varsity TV (not sponsored).

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