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As a young coach, I almost jumped in a vehicle and drove 3 days to Montreal to watch Nadia win the 1976 Olympics.
It seemed to far. Too expensive. I didn’t go.
My mistake.
Her performance in Montreal was one of the great stories of our sport.
Nadia had a lot of difficulty. But — Nellie Kim had more. Nadia was more impressive to me for her astonishing execution.
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That’s the kind of score that pencils Charleigh on to the potential 2028 Olympic team.
Meanwhile, she’ll be a favourite in the all-around at 2026 Pan American Championships.
Executive Committee (EC) decided at their 16-17 May meeting to lift all restrictions applicable to Russian and Belarusian athletes since February 2022, with immediate effect.
Personally, I would have voted against. Putin’s war has killed officially over 400,000 — but likely over a million.
Yes, you could argue other nations should be banned, as well. I’d like vote for those bans.
NOW ➙ what about Russia’s top down illegal use of performance enhancing drugs?
One of the GREATS is hanging up her grips.
None of the World Gymnastics (FIG) disciplines included. Yet.
But an interesting concept. These sports will get MUCH MORE ATTENTION in advance of the Olympics.
The Olympic Q-Series (formerly the Olympic Qualifier Series) is a multi-sport, festival-style event that serves as the final qualification pathway for athletes to secure direct quota places for the Olympic Games.
2028 Olympic Q-Series (Road to LA28)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently confirmed that the series will expand to four global stops in 2028:
Sports Featured for LA28:
The expanded program includes six sports:
Our 2016 Olympic Beam champion, fan favourite, Sanne Wevers, now age-34, is going to try a comeback.
21-year-old Djenna Laroui has announced she’ll be changing citizenship from France to Algeria, where she’ll join Olympic Bars champion Kaylia Nemour who did the same in 2022.
We wish her well.
The French Federation has to consider why some of their best gymnasts want to represent other nations.
Like the men from Columbia and Philippines, Algeria has a chance to qualify a TEAM to the L.A. Olympics.
Men’s Parallel Bars with one rail raised. 😀
What modern gymnast would believe that story?
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I’d argue that Canada has never had better potential in team competition than in the 2028 Olympic cycle.
Ellie Black and Lia Monica Fontaine are super strong in the AA.
And the Great White North has depth in elite and (potentially) returning College gymnasts.
Gabrielle Black, Victoriane Charron, Alyssa Guerrier-Calixte, Charlotte Raymond and Lia Redick combined to give Canada a 4.664-point margin of victory over silver medal-wining France in the senior women’s Team Challenge. Australia placed third.
IG – Canadian women, U.S. men take senior team titles at DTB Pokal in Stuttgart
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