National champion and 2010 World team member Céline van Gerner will lead the women’s team from the Netherlands at next month’s Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, the Dutch Gymnastics Federation (KNGU) announced today.
Also named to the team were Joy Goedkoop, Marlies Rijken, and Yvette Moshage – all members of the 2010 World Championships team – along with Tess Moonen, Wyomi Masela, and Lieke Wevers; the alternate has not been designated yet.
Missing from the team are Sanne Wevers and Jessica Dowling. Wevers suffered an ankle injury in training prior to a recent dual meet with Poland and last week withdrew from the training squad. …
THE ALL AROUND – Dutch name women’s team for Tokyo
Dual citizen Canadian Jessica Dowling (pictured) is still training with the Dutch squad, but will not compete at a tune-up meet for Worlds against Belgium and Spain on Saturday. She suffered a minor foot injury recently.
Netherlands were 9th at Worlds 2010 and could certainly grab one of the 8 team qualification positions with a good performance in Tokyo.
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