Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

Aly Raisman’s Cosmo interview

It’s Cosmo. It’s a listicle. …

But I still enjoyed this article on Aly Raisman. 🙂

14 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Became an Olympic Athlete

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Chinese Championships prelims

All-Around Qualification Results

1. Wang Yan 56.650 Q
2. Liu Tingting 56.350 Q
3. Shang Chunsong 56.150 Q
4. Mao Yi 55.650 Q
5. Chen Siyi 55.550 Q
6. Zhu Xiaofang 55.300 Q

full results

Jr CDN Champ Megan Roberts

I really like Megan as a Senior all-arounder for 2016.

In the AA Final at Canadian Nationals Megan had the 3rd highest Junior / Senior combined score – 55.400 – behind only Ellie and Bella.

She had the highest Vault (15.05) and Floor (14.20) scores over both days Junior / Senior combined.

Click PLAY or watch one of her Vaults on Vimeo.

Click PLAY or watch her Floor on Vimeo.

Click PLAY or watch her Bars on Vimeo.

Megan’s another strong candidate for the Senior team in the Olympic year. 🙂 Canada has depth.

Read Lauren Hopkins’ analysis of the Canadian scene.

A good number of serious contenders for the team did not compete due to injury. They are out of consideration for the Pan Am team (to be announced June 2nd) but will be home training to qualify for the Worlds team.

Jessica Dowling is still training, in fact. One of my favourite Canadian gymnasts. 🙂

Ekaterina Sokova – Beam

Very aggressive tumbling including handspring front.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

There are more 4 Nations hand held videos like that on Couch Gymnast.

related – 4 Nations: Russia Photo Gallery

Tatiana Lysenko – Beam

Perhaps the most impressive mount all time.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Tatiana Lysenko performs her optional balance beam routine in the team competition of the 1991 World Championships. She scores a 9.900. Along with her compulsory beam score, she qualifies 8th into the event finals. However, teammates Svetlana Boginskaya and Tatiana Gutsu qualified ahead of her, thus making her ineligible to compete.

Ellie Black – Vault

5.5 + 9.2 = 14.7

This Kas half is so easy for her now. I could easily see her adding another half twist.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Coach Dave Kikuchi during finals was running back and forth between Ellie and his guys on the other side of the arena. One busy coach. 🙂

Megan Roberts Canadian Jr Champion

1. Roberts, Megan – ON 55.400
2. Chrobok, Jade – ON 55.150
3. Semple, Meixi – ON 52.800
4. Arcand, Alyson – AB 52.700
5. Ruttan, Meaghan – AB 52.300
6. McLellan, Madeline – AB 51.350

full results

A very strong competition. Megan and Jade are competitive with the Seniors, for sure. 🙂

Coach Kristi Marks Cloman.