As McKirdy Trained, whoever that might be, recently tweeted, with a picture of an athlete doing just what it described - "Breaking tape is a special moment - ANY time you are able to do it."

As I reflect on a wonderful summer of gymnastics, with the Commonwealth Games and the Artistic European Championships capturing Britain's attention, the sense of joy I have felt surrounding these competitions has been incredible. The individual performances were inspirational in so many ways. We are bursting with pride for the gymnasts, their coaches, their clubs and the whole support team who have helped them along the way.

In a cast of tens of thousands of wonderful athletes, volunteers, Olympiapark, Local Organising Committee (LOC), federation staff, freelancers, service providers, police, ambulance, security services, and of course the 1.46 million people who attended a sporting or festival event as part of the Munich 2022 European Championships, it is difficult to single out any one person's contribution to what we have just witnessed. 

Fifty years ago this week, the Munich 1972 Olympic Games were in full cry, but an ice hockey series was about to divide the attention of sports fans in Canada and the Soviet Union.

Once again we are reminded that Oleksandr Usyk is as hard to beat as his name is to pronounce.

I am fortunate to compete in lacrosse, in which a doping culture does not exist. The last 10 years of in and out-of-competition testing in the sport has resulted in zero adverse findings.

At times like the present, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not a bad place to look for those seeking guidance on the direction of sport's short-term future.

The abiding memory of the European Athletics Championships that have just concluded in Munich's Olympic Stadium will be the home roar - a guttural, powerful force that has lifted and hastened one German athlete after another to new heights, lengths and speeds.

On the first day of the Commonwealth Esports Championships, Haikal stood surrounded by media figures all searching for a brief conversation with the brimming Malaysian.

The USA Gymnastics community and our leading artistic gymnasts have come together this week for the 2022 OOFOS U.S. Gymnastics Championships and National Congress. 

To the soundtrack of Alive and Kicking by Scottish rock band Simple Minds, the FA Premier League in England burst into life this week 30 years ago as a "whole new ball game".

The Whyte Review isn’t just important for gymnastics, but a lesson for all sports globally. Because issues around the behaviour of coaches - and what constitutes abuse - have become a tinderbox waiting for sparks to catch fire.

First, it was the Rumble in the Jungle, then the Thrilla in Manila. Now stand by for the Rage on the Red Sea.

I spend a lot of time writing about situations where sport could or should do better.