Author: Rick Mc

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

Chinese Lion Dance training

Lion Dance (simplified Chinese: 舞狮; traditional Chinese: 舞獅; pinyin: wǔshī) is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture and other Asian countries in which performers mimic a lion’s movements in a lion costume to bring good luck and fortune.

The lion dance is usually performed during the Chinese New Year

Some performers compete on poles like these.

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Thanks Jun.

Ana Padurariu leads CDN NATS day 1

Ellie had a fall on Beam.

Lauren likes Worlds silver medalist Shallon Olsen for the 2019 team again. School what school? 🙂

There is one more day of competition.

Worlds 2018 team

Brooklyn Moors’ new Floor

Another stunner.

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CDN Jr Championships – day 1

Rébéka Groulx leads the first of a 2 day competition.

Zoé Allaire-Bourgie is Jr age, but is competing with the Seniors in preparation for trying for 2020.

 

Artur Dalaloyan interview

Luba:

At the end of last year, Artur Dalaloyan gave a long interview to Dynamo, the official magazine of his sports club. …

Q: Where did you start doing gymnastics?

A: In Novosibirsk, at a local children center. I took classes in pottery, judo and artistic gymnastics. This was where my parents were told that I had a natural talent for gymnastics and needed to train seriously.

(His Dad is Armenian, his mom Moldovan.)

Q: When you got to Dynamo, did you start training with Alexander Kalinin right away?

A: I was put into his group on the very first day.

Q: You’ve been together for many years. Were there any serious disagreements?

A: There were disagreements and at some point, I even switched coaches. …

Q: You have a cross tattoo. When did you get it?

A: This tattoo is personal. I can only say that I got it during a difficult period in my life when there was a lot of failures and stuff that I didn’t want to happen. I found this specific cross, read about it and put my own meaning into it. And I can say that it’s working.

Q: The head coaches said that the year 2019 is for preparation. What does it mean? You’ll still participate in championships, right?

A: If we didn’t qualify to the Olympics, we would spend the year doing the routines that are consistent and that we are confident about. And we wouldn’t be able to upgrade or to take risks anywhere because we would need to qualify. Now that we did, next year, we can try new routines in competitions and raise the difficulty.

2018 AA Champ Artur Dalaloyan

DALALOYAN: GYMNASTICS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME

CDN Level 10 team results

Some of these young ladies aspire to continue their careers in the NCAA.

Shout out for SASKATCHEWAN (pop 1 million) on the podium with Quebec (pop 8 million) and Ontario (pop 13.5 million).

This is Denelle Pedrick’s team.

identical twins at UCLA

Anna and Grace Glenn.

USAG Developmental Camp

Chalk Warrior @chalkwarrior attended the most recent USAG Developmental Camp.