Kyle Shewfelt updates us:
… Of note on the men’s side, 2009 Canadian All-Around Champion Casey Sandy is missing in action due to a torn achilles tendon suffered at a training camp in Mexico in early 2010. Also missing is 2008 Olympian and 2005 World Championship Silver Medalist, Brandon Oneill, who suffered a devastating injury to his ACL at the same training camp which requires a full reconstruction. This injury will keep him sidelined for quite some time which is a huge disappointment for the program.
There have been a couple of retirements as well with Canadian great and 2 time Olympian, Adam Wong, making the tough decision to chase his professional goals and Jared Walls, a strong member of the Senior Canadian National team for almost a decade, deciding to hang up his grips and pursue life after gymnastics as well. …
Kyle Shewfelt’s blog – Canadian Gymnastics Championships
That was posted Wednesday, before the start of competition. Very, very interesting insights along with video.
Sr. MAG results:
Nathan Gafuik – 89.550
Jackson Payne – 84.350
Kevin Lytwyn – 84.050
Hugh Smith – 84.050
Jayd Lukenchuk – 82.700
Ken Ikeda – 81.950
full results (PDF)
Kyle’s certainly correct that Nathan is one of the very best AA gymnasts in the world. But our team, rebuilding, will have a very difficult time qualifying for London. We’d need Casey and Brandon back and healthy to have a chance.
From the Facebook album: 2009 Worlds – Men’s Qualifying by Grace Chiu GraceClick
Does Jackson actually “pull” his legs straddled on that skill? … I’m going to have to watch for that.
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