Category: Olympics

Acrobatic Gymnastics added to Youth Olympics

Acro was accepted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board as a new discipline for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games at the board’s recent meeting in Rio de Janeiro (BRA). The third edition of the Youth Olympic Games will be held October 1-12, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Brit Acrobats

Britain had a great Olympics

Many want to know how the Brits are doing it. And it comes down to one thing: money. …

the money the athletes receive themselves (aside from endorsements). Olympic athletes in Great Britain receive about £36,000 to £60,000 a year from UK Sport, the national funding initiative for Olympic athletes. This allows them to focus on training for most of years leading up to the Games.

Comparatively, Canadian Olympic athletes receive a paltry $18,000, and it hasn’t changed since 2004, making it a challenge for competitive athletes.

“It’s just crazy to me that funding hasn’t increased in more than 10 years,” said Josh Riker-Fox, a retired modern pentathlete who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. …

Rio 2016: Why Britain is dominating the Olympics and what Canada can learn

Thanks Karl.

Shuji Tsurumi 1964 P Bars

The last time the Olympics were held in Tokyo.

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At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Shuji Tsurumi received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and silver medals in individual all-around, pommel horse, and parallel bars.

(via Gymnastics Lab)

Final 5 – no falls in Rio

Marta does select teams that only very rarely fall.

Isabela Onyshko in Rio

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.

Click PLAY or watch one of the world’s most beautiful gymnasts on Vimeo.

Tomorrow’s Team Canada – Virginie Chénier

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.