Shallon (born 2000) trains at Omega Gymnastics in Vancouver.
Like many others, I’ve predicted that doing this much difficulty in competition would cause serious problems for her. Honestly, I can’t see any trouble yet.
She looks great.
As she grows, they’ll need to spend more time on basics, which certainly could be better.
Anthony Tawfik finished 1st on Pommel Horse in preliminaries of the Canadian National Championships with this routine. He’s competing in the Argo division (born 1998-2001).
Lopez, 25, is fresh off winning a gold medal in the uneven bars at the Moscow World Stars competition this month. …
“When you have someone who wants to work this hard, it’s not hard to coach them,” said Lopez’s coach, Nilson Savage, who also runs the Thornton gym.
… Lopez, though, “seems to get better with age,” said NBC commentator Elfi Schlegel, …. “(Lopez) was one of those late bloomers. I really believe her time at Denver enriched her gymnastics and helped her become a better competitor. She’s becoming more than she ever was in university. …
• She is a 5-foot, 101-pound former University of Denver gymnast.
• Lopez, 25, trains at the Savage Elite Sportsplex in Thornton but represents Venezuela in competition. She finished 40th overall at the 2008 Olympics but 10th at the 2010 world championships
I felt the Junior competition was comparatively good. There were falls, especially on Bars, but the small group of competitors showed a lot of potential, much good gymnastics.
Some disagreed, calling it a splatfest.
The Senior competition was a splatfest. Especially on Bars. Read the LIVE blog on Gymnastics Examiner.
On the upside, gymnasts who were able to hit 4/4 ranked high in the all-around. Congratulations. Sarah Flett (age-21) made a strategic decision to try to go clean, leaving out her double layout on Floor (VIDEO), for example. It worked. Sarah finished a best ever 7th AA.
Having flown directly to this meet from the USA Level 10 Jr Olympics, it’s obvious that the American system (out of a perfect 10) is superior. Coaches and gymnasts are happier, healthier.
The Level 10 / NCAA requirements are reasonable. There’s some bonus for doing very difficult routines, but only a tenth or two. Chris Waller from UCLA noted that J.O. has written bonus, and unwritten bonus.
The Canadian Elite system streams some gymnasts (of about Level 10 ability) into FIG requirements. There’s too much incentive to compete high start values for those girls. Yet if Canada does not, how can they produce a National Team to compete at Worlds against Russia, USA and China?
It’s the dilemma faced by all the middle nations of the world.
Coaches will do what they must to win under any set of rules. The FIG rules we have now do not serve the best interests of our athletes and coaches.
It was a rocky meet. In the preliminary Senior competition those girls who opted for cleaner, safer routines were most successful. There were many falls.
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