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One of Bela’s coaches Joe Stouffer posted a heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported her 4 year quest to represent Canada in the Olympics. I’d forgotten that Bela came out of the National Stream (Level 10), not the high performance stream.
It was hard work and “unflagging effort to improve” that got Bela to the biggest stage.
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I’m loving these Canadian Olympic ads.
Every year, Petro-Canada’s FACE™ Program supports fifty Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls and their coaches with a $10,000 FACE™ grant. Hear from Virginie Chénier, who hopes to one day represent Canada in Archery at the Olympic Games.
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Click PLAY or watch Alexandre Corriveau on YouTube.
The Olympics have a series of profiles on individual Olympians. Geared for the general public.
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Routines are finally starting to make their way online.
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo. Front full step-out in layout position this time.
via Fans of Canadian Gymnastics
The best I’ve seen. Oleg is featured.
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Kohei did not say a word to Kato during the AA finals. The Champion was trying to stay focused while competing 18 routines in Rio. Plus Apparatus Finals.
related – Yusuke Tanaka after Glasgow felt he was no longer needed by the team. Kohei disagreed. 🙂
(via a1tumbling)
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The Busy Fan was surprised to hear of all the hate directed towards Al Trautwig during the Olympics.
After all, he’s the everyman of the NBC Primetime commentary team. The one who’s supposed to make the casual fan feel less stupid in not understanding all the nuance.
Click through if you want to read the details.
NBC Primetime seems to work for the casual fan. Coaches should watch pretty much any other source of coverage. All are better for us than NBC Primetime.
Personally I always enjoy listening to Tim Daggett. He’s a coach. He knows what he’s talking about. Of the three he does by far the most research in advance of the competition.
Like this Sports Illustrated cover on Facebook.
via AdWeek – Every One of the ‘Final Five’ Gymnasts Absolutely Crushed the Internet Last Week
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