Gymnastics Examiner has the full list – Who made event finals at the Canadian Championships?
Full results are linked from Gym Score Depot.
Elise Bolger – Photo by Grace Chiu on Facebook.
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.
When will they be improved?
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