Final selection event to determine Canada’s five-member women’s Olympic artistic gymnastics team goes in Gatineau, QUE, Tuesday and Thursday next week. Team (likely) named Friday.
Twelve gymnasts were invited to the event, but that number has dropped to 11 following the withdrawal on Thursday of former Ottawa resident Talia Chiarelli due to back problems.
1) Elsabeth Black, Halifax Alta, NS, David Kikuchi and Keiji Yamanaka
2) Jessica Dowling, Dynamo, Cambridge, ON, Elvira Saadi and Sarah Rainey
3) Madeline Gardiner, Dynamo, Cambridge, ON, Elvira Saadi and Sarah Rainey
4) Mikaela Gerber, Oakville Gym, ON Kelly and Susan Manjak
5) Victoria Moors, Dynamo, Cambridge, ON, Elvira Saadi and Sarah Rainey
6) Dominique Pegg, Bluewater, Sarnia, ON, David and Elizabeth Brubaker
7) Brittany Rogers, Flicka, North Vancouver, BC, David Kenwright and Dorina Stan
8) Jessica Savona, Oakville Gym, ON, Kelly and Susan Manjak
9) Briannah Tsang, Flicka, North Vancouver, BC, David Kenwright and Dorina Stan
10) Anysia Unick, Calgary Gym, AB, Janna Ball and Gerrit Beltman
11) Kristina Vaculik, Gemini, Oshawa, ON, Elena Davydova, Valery Yahchybekov
Here’s her Vault from the London Test Meet. Talia helped Canada qualify for the Olympics.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Merkle wasn’t added to the roster. I’ve never heard why. She had the points to be invited.
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