Canada’s PanAm teams

Lima, Peru

Artistic July 27 – 31. Rhythmic August 2 – 5. Trampoline August 4 – 5.

Men’s Artistic

1.     Zach Clay (Chilliwack, B.C.)
2.     René Cournoyer (Repentigny, Que.)
3.     Justin Karstadt (Etobicoke, Ont.)
4.     Cory Paterson (Oakville, Ont.)
5.     Sam Zakutney (Ottawa, Ont.)
6.     Ed Van Hoof (Luton, Great Britain) – Head Coach
7.     Jean-Sebastien Tougas (Montreal, Que.) – Team Coach

Women’s Artistic

1.   Ellie Black (Halifax, N.S.)
2.   Shallon Olsen (Surrey, B.C.)
3.   Brooklyn Moors (Cambridge, Ont.)
4.   Ana Padurariu (Whitby, Ont.)
5.   Victoria Woo (Brossard, Que.)
6.   David Kikuchi (Truro, N.S.) – Team Coach
7.   Lorie Henderson (Winnipeg, Man.) – Team Coach
8.   Elvira Saadi (Cambridge, Ont.) – Personal Coach

Ellie:

“I had the most amazing experience at TORONTO 2015, so I cannot wait to make Canada proud with this team. It will be a great stepping stone …

Dave and Lorie are already named Olympic coaches regardless of who qualifies for Canada’s team to Tokyo 2020.

Rhythmic

1.   Natalie Garcia (Mississauga, Ont.) – Individual
2.   Katherine Uchida (Toronto, Ont.) – Individual
3.   Carmel Kallemaa (Toronto, Ont.) – Group
4.   Diana Noskova (Concord, Ont.) – Group
5.   Vanessa Panov (Toronto, Ont.) – Group
6.   Carmen Whelan (Aurora, Ont.) – Group
7.   Alexandra Zilyuk (Richmond Hill, Ont.) – Group
8.   Stefka Moutafchieva (Woodbridge, Ont.) – Individual Coach
9.   Mira Filipova (Toronto, Ont.) – Group Coach

Trampoline

1.   Sarah Milette (Longueuil, Que.)
2.   Sophiane Méthot (La Prairie, Que.)
3.   Jason Burnett (Nobleton, Ont.)
4.   Jérémy Chartier (Montreal, Que.)
5.   Karina Kosko (Deux-Montagnes, Que.) – Coach
6.   Martin Myers (Toronto, Ont.) – Coach

Jason Burnett is coming back from an ankle sprain.

Japanese hospitality

The American men are training in Japan in preparation for the Olympics.

Here’s one banner greeting them.

Pommels – salto dismount

Back in the day we tried both forward and backward salto dismounts. They usually ended up looking more like a bad side salto.

This is the best I can recall seeing. Konishi in 1983.

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organize a Precision Camp

Bring a Precision Camp to your gym or join a camp today:

precisionchoreo.com/registration

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What: Precision Training Camp, Alaska!
When: June 22-24, 2018
Where: Excel Gymnastics, Palmer Alaska
Who: Nicole Langevin, Jason Gatson, Chellsie Memmel, Shira Lewis, Wendy Bruce, Doc Ali (via SKYPE)

 

What: Precision Training Camp, Pro Star!
When: July 12-15, 2018
Where: Essex, VT
Who: Nicole Langevin, Jason Gatson, Chellsie Memmel, Shira Lewis, Kristen Maloney, Doc Ali (via SKYPE)

piked Ri Se-gwang in training

Wow.

Keisuke Asato!

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He’s been competing it tucked for a while.

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Lyu Junliang – Floor

Born 2006.

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Peng interviews Canadian gymnasts

Christine did colour commentary at Canadian Nationals this year. Coach Jared Goad was her fact checker.

Click PLAY or watch her experience on YouTube.

Interviews start at 313 seconds.