At age-34, after hitting a brilliant P Bar routine, Kenji was mobbed by his teammates. Carried off the competition Floor for the last time. Thanks for all the good years, Ken. 🙂
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#GymCdnChamps Finals preview
Lauren Hopkins:
2012 Olympian Ellie Black, the 20-year-old from Halifax who has lead her Canadian team so strongly all quad, will compete in tonight’s all-around final at the 2016 Canadian Championships, hoping to earn her fourth national title in a row. …
The competition will be tough this year, however, with 17-year-old Isabela Onyshko right on her heels. Onyshko has been on fire all year, upgrading and consistently hitting routines to win the senior titles at Elite Canada and Gymnix early on before also snagging the silver medal at the Stuttgart World Cup. …
Finals go Friday night.
Ellie is not close to 100%. She was super happy to finish the prelims meet so successfully.
Rose-Laying Woo is back to about 90% healthy. She’s had a sore back for months. Doctor says she should be completely pain free in about a month.
All eyes will be Shallon Olsen, the favourite on Vault. She’s been competing DTY for years. Hoping to upgrade in this Final.
Golden Era of Gymnastics
New book by By Karen Louise Hollis.
This is a memoir of a young gymnast growing up in England in the 1980s and falling in love with the sport of gymnastics after watching the 1980 Olympics. It tells the story of the sport between 1980 and 1984 and includes exclusive interviews with top gymnasts from that era including Ecaterina Szabo (Romania), Kathy Johnson (USA), Tracee Talavera (USA) and Cheryl Weatherstone (GB).
A Golden Era of Gymnastics 1980-84 ($33.73)
Alicia Sacramone interview
Always entertaining. Always insightful.
Coaching for the past 2 years, Alicia will be a new Mom in time for the Olympics. 🙂
Alicia Sacramone Quinn on Simone Biles: “This girl is a freak of nature in the best way possible
new book on 1980s Gymnastics
Karen Louise Hollis has one coming. 🙂
Marian Dragulescu – Vault
The legend is not quite as good as he once was. But still good enough for the silver medal at Europeans. 🙂
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evolution of Beam
Russell Mills – 1964 Pommels
This is the winning routine in the 1964 AAU Nationals (the precursor to the USGF and USA gymnastics). Mills also won the NCAA Championships in 1963 and 1964, coached by Don Tonry and . competing for Yale University. When Mills hit his routines, he was unbeatable in the US and probably by anyone in the world at that time. There was no international competition for specialists during the period. The mount here is a back Moore, caught a bit late by the camera.
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British Jr men win again
There’s a reason GBR is now consistently a Senior team medal contender. Their Juniors have been awesome for a long time. And there are more to come.
Junior men claim fifth straight European title
UEG – Great Britain outshines rivals Russia.
1. GBR 253.436
2. RUS 252.061
3. SUI 249.959
4. FRA 248.562
5. GER 243.094
6. ITA 242.084
full results
AA leaders in prelims:
1. Giarnni Regini-Moran (GBR) 85.964
2. Andrei Makolov (RUS) 85.798
3. Henji Mboyo (SUI) 84.164
4. Joe Fraser (GBR) 84.140
5. Samir Serhani (SUI) 82.997
6. Kevin Carvalho (FRA) 82,398
Congratulations Rhys McCLENAGHAN, the first Irish Junior to qualify to AA and Pommel Finals.
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