Open Women 16+ AA

#CANgym2012

OPEN WOMEN – Age 16 & Up: Day 1 (AA) … LIST UPDATED:

Lory-Jing ROBERT QC
Éliane KULCZYK QC
Riley CHOLOD ON
Natalie GERVAIS MB
Nicola DEANS ON
Brielle WILCHUCK AB
Mackenzie ITCUSH AB
Sasha VEDENIN ON
Léa-Mei CHICOINE QC
Julie GUINDON QC

full results (PDF)

#CANgym2012

Warm-up has begun for the Sr Men’s and Women’s Artistic Canadian Championships AA Final. Jr Artistic Women are competing AA, as well.

If LIVE tweeting, please use the hash tag #CANgym2012.

Apologies for the slow uploading of results. Working on a fix. 🙂

Vaculik tops qualifying at Canadian gymnastics championships

CDN Championships LIVE VIDEO

Our NEW streaming LIVE VIDEO feeds are working, but not all who try are able to get every feed.

Gymnast Keiran Long was able to follow 5 Men’s apparatus simultaneously on the same screen, but that’s not the case for everyone. There are many factors, especially the speed of your internet connection.

Leave a comment on how it’s working for you.

new blog – Coaching Methods

A supplement to his Gym Press Journal, Valentin Uzunov recently launched a new blog called simply Coaching Methods, reflections on coaching gymnastics.

Early posts:

• How effective is your pre-team program?

Coaching the Mental Game

Formula to Success

• Effective communication for effective results

home page – Coaching Methods

I’m subscribed. Thanks Valentin!

name this gymnast …

Posted by a new tumblr called Gymnastics Flowers.

Sister site of Blossom, Chinese Gymnastics Flowers. But this one is dedicated to non-Chinese WAGs.

… That’s a young Nadia.

bad technique on double tuck

Why do so many female gymnasts not grip the shins on double tuck?


Enus Mariani

For me this is an inferior technique. If she cannot fix it, do double pike instead. Her hands are correctly positioned for that.

(via If you are the one)

Daria JOURA – 14.650 DTY

At Aussie Championships … all grown up.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

That’s the highest Vault score day 1.

Could Dasha, the fan favourite 2008 Aussie Olympian who retired November 2010, return to contend for 2012?

I’d love to think so. But she’s a long shot, at best, competing only 2 apparatus.

Australian Nationals Day One

AA

A.Brennan 58.400
E. Little 56.250
M.Monckton 54.600
G. R. Brown 53.500
A.K. Koi 52.800
G.Wheeler 52.300

full results

Couch Gymnast:

… All in all it was a pretty great night. …

… Ashleigh Brennan killed it on floor and beam and was deserving of her huge scores. She also landed her Tsuk 1.5. Lauren Mitchell was fabulous on beam. Her floor was pretty decent too. …

details – Australian Nationals Day One

Ashleigh Brennan

Couch Gymnast – Ashleigh Brennan- Happy to Lead

Following the dual meet with Japan:

… National coach Peggy Liddick was happy …

“The difficult part now will be to select five out of the 19 who competed tonight,” Liddick said.

“There are a couple who are impressive enough they’re selecting themselves so I’ll build the team around those who are clearly shining.

Nobody’s on the team yet but, yes, Lauren had a good night tonight.” …

Lauren Mitchell shines at gymnastics titles

Brennan and Mitchell are the key gymnasts around which the Aussie Olympic team will be selected.

related – Aussie gymnast Luke Wiwatowski gives us a behind the scenes glimpse from the Men’s point of view.

The main story line is friends Thomas Pichler vs Josh Jefferis competing for the sole Olympic spot.

CDN Championships Novice Women

Our youngest competitive division for girls.

TEAM Final

1) Ontario
2) B.C.
3) Quebec
4) Alberta
5) Saskatchewan

HIGH PERFORMANCE (prelims)

1) Cassandra Buchan (58.600)
2) Angel Zhong (54.375)
2) Sydney Townsend (54.375)
4) Oleksandra Yermolchuk (53.600)
5) Seina Murase-Cho (52.250)
6) Audrey Rousseau (51.950)

Click PLAY or watch Cassandra Buchan’s Vault from Gymnix on YouTube.

NATIONAL NOVICE (prelims)

1) Jade Chrobok (54.025)
2) Megane Roberts (52.650)
3) Madeline McLellan (50.800)
4) Shaelyn-Rae Brown (50.425)
5) Caroline Graham (49.775)
6) Audrey Levesque (49.025)

full results will be posted on Gym Score Depot