Category: Gymnastics

R.I.P. Elfriede Goermann

Beloved wife and mother of two, Elfriede co-founded the Winnipeg Gymnastics Centre in 1977 and spent many decades coaching and judging internationally …

Elfriede’s spirit lives on in her husband, Wolfgang Goermann; her children, Jens and Monica Goermann; and her granddaughter Maia Thomlinson. …

Winnipeg Free Press

Monica was one of Canada’s best gymnasts ever. Elfriede a passionate lifelong student of the sport. I remember her fondly.

Monica was named to the 1980 Olympic Team, however, however Canada joined the boycott of the Moscow Games.

Monica and Elfriede Goermann

Donnell & Marvin at Chellsie’s

Chellsie has a sore ankle so she’s mostly training BARS.

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Kohei Uchimura 15.2 H Bar

Highest score on any apparatus in Japan.

Awesome. But I wish he could replace the Rybalko.

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Solidarity v Friendship

Mainly we’re happy Japan was able to host a major international meet during this pandemic. Congratulations.

Solidarity 423.600
Friendship 421.300

Of those who competed all-around.

Nikita Nagornyy 86.600
Kazuma Kaya 86.200
Wataru Tanigawa 85.300

Angelina Melnikova 56.700
Zhang Jin 54.900
Hitomi Hatakeda 54.200

Full results.

trickster Sabrina Voinea

Sabrina Voinea was 2nd in Espoir at the Romanian Championships 2019.

Big acrobatic difficulty. But more attention needs to be paid to form and alignment.

Bars is a worry, as well.

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Jeff Thomson – Gymnastics Canada Chair

  • *Jeff Thomson (Chair) – North Vancouver, BC
  • Barb Bergeron (Vice-Chair) – Kanata, ON
  • *Bonnie DeGroot (Secretary) – Calgary, AB
  • Rosie MacLennan (Athlete Rep) – Toronto, ON
  • Nathalie Bastien (Director) – Montreal, QC
  • Nick Lenehan (Director) – Halifax, NS
  • *Bernard Petiot (Director) – Montreal, QC
  • Kim Shore (Director) – Calgary, AB

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Gymnastics Canada membership, and the GymCan Board, for the honour of being elected and then selected as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors,” said Thomson who has 40 years of experience in the sport of gymnastics and is currently a member of the FIG Technical Committee for Men’s Artistic Gymnastics. …

GymCan.org

Jeff Thomson

Bernard Petiot has been one of the top people at Cirque du Soleil for many years.