The Canadian National Champion all-around finals has wrapped. …
One sad absence, of course, was Peng Peng Lee, who, as most of you know, injured her knee in training at the start of the Championships and had to withdraw. She was expected to challenge strongly for the title and is hoping to still vie for the Olympic team. …
It wasn’t so long ago that Canada was only able to send two women to the Beijing Games due to a dearth of national elite gymnasts available to put together a fit, competitive team in the preceding quad. …
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All of a sudden they have the potential to make regular top eight teams like Japan, Italy, Australia and Great Britain peer nervously over their shoulders.
All through these ups-and-downs of the last few years has been one steady-and steadying presence in this year’s National Champion Kristina Vaculik. One of those consummate quiet achievers, Vaculik has been the one gymnast who has been present on all of these teams since 2008, when due to a complex and befuddling selection system she was not selected to compete in Beijing …
Romania is back. They won 3 gold medals in the apparatus finals. Sandra Isbaza (Vault), Catalina Ponor (Beam) and Larissa Iordache (Floor) dominated the competitions. Russia saved the honour with Victoria Komova (Uneven Bars). …
