A plaza named after Nadia Comaneci, the Romanian gymnast and runaway star of Montreal’s 1976 Olympic Games, was inaugurated at the Olympic Park on Wednesday.
Category: Olympics
Olympic Bars Champ – Julianne McNamara
Everybody loved Julianne back in that era. We boys loved how she mounted with mixed grip jam cast, like a boss.
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Isabela Onyshko after Rio
Famously the hardest working gymnast on the Canadian team, Isabella now wants to enjoy the sport more.
There’s an error in the news clip. Shallon Olsen, of course, qualified to the Vault final in Rio. Bela in the Beam final.
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Max Whitlock considers return to all-around
It’s either a return to at least 4 apparatus, or go the World Cup specialist route if Max wants to continue towards Tokyo 2020.
Team GBR would ideally want 4 all-around gymnasts for Doha 2018.
Max Whitlock considers return to all-around competition after Montreal success
Nadia back in Montreal at Worlds
Nadia got great applause when she took the stage for the first time during Men’s AA Finals. They love her in Montreal. Nadia’s image appears all over the city.
She lived here for 18 months after defecting and learned French.
Ellie Black looking to the future
Ellie Black is a double Olympian.
5th in Rio.
She certainly could have retired with the best Olympic result AA for a Canadian.
But since she’s still improving her goal — so far — is to stay as long as possible.
Watch the CBC interview:
Ellie is one of three gymnasts who qualified to 3 finals along with Elena Eremina & Mai Murakami.
Nadia competed at the Montreal Forum
Dave Holmes reminded me that the 1976 Olympics were hosted at the Montreal Forum (Forum de Montréal). Dave was there.
Home of the Montreal Canadiens from 1926 to 1996.
1985 Worlds Montreal were hosted in the venue now called the Montreal Biodome.
Kolesnikova, Shushunova, Omelianchik, Baraksanova, Mostepanova, Yurchenko
Montreal 1976 – 1985 – 2017
A great legacy. Nadia 1976 – Worlds 1985 – #MTL2017GYM
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3 Olympic Beam Champions
what IF the Olympics were cancelled?
Dvora Meyers speculates:
First, there would be no more “letdown” years. This year’s Championships would be just as important as the one in 2016 and as the one in 2018. This would be similar to basically every other sport that runs on an annual cycle with a Super Bowl or a World Series or some other year-end championship. …
How Can Gymnastics Escape The Curse Of The Olympic Cycle?
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