Author: Rick Mc

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

Moors – official announcement

I’ve criticized Gymnastics Canada in the past for poor communication. They were very slow getting this posted, despite the fact that Moors is one of the strongest medal candidates in any sport.

Statement from Gymnastics Canada on the final selection for the 2014 Glasgow Games:

… Following discussion between the coaches and Victoria Moors, it was determined that she was not performing at competition readiness for these Games. The coaching staff therefore decided that Victoria-Kayen Woo would compete in Glasgow instead of Victoria Moors. …

Get well soon, Victoria Moors. And good luck to Team Canada with Victoria-Kayen stepping up for Bars.

Team Canada

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At this point Ellie Black is the favourite in the all-around.

related – Canadian officials not concerned with low medal haul

Courtney McGregor out

Bad news for New Zealand. Courtney looked to be a lock for the Vault final, a podium contender.

vault

15-year-old vault specialist Courtney McGregor has pulled out of the gymnastics after suffering a knee injury at training two days ago.

McGregor suffered minor soft tissue and ligament damage. …

News Talk

CWG Athlete Profile: Courtney McGregor

related older article – Gymnast going to Commonwealths against all odds

good luck at Commonwealths

Lauren Hopkins posted a collection of social media pics from Commonwealth Games Teams. This one from Team Malaysia, for example.

Malaysia

Artistic Gymnasts compete half the apparatus Monday, the other half Tuesday.

Euros Beam – maximum difficulty

evey24evey continues a series on how to maximize D-scores with elements competed at European Championships 2014.

Click PLAY or watch Best SENIOR D-score balance beam on YouTube. 7.60

Ferarri couldn’t have got credit for that Ring.

Click PLAY or watch Best JUNIOR D-score balance beam on YouTube. 7.10

Lords of the Rings

Over the coming weeks, Svilen Dimitrov is going to post some of the “most impressive and legendary routines” in history.

Week 1:

Yordan Yovtchev
Yuri Chechi
Albert Azaryan

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.