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In commemoration, here are a few Canadian Olympians you might know.

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via Nico on GymFever2012

LIKE the 2016 Winter Olympics medal on Facebook.

This (very difficult) program credited to Mihai Brestyan. Presented by Tammy Biggs. Posted by Don Houlton.

Don and IGI hosted an EDGE (Elite Developmental Gymnastics Education) Symposium June 19-20, 2015. Tammy Biggs & Todd Gardiner explained what’s required to get into the USA Elite system.

As a sample, here’s the kind of leg strength and endurance they look for.

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Menarche is the first menstrual cycle, or first menstrual bleeding …

From both social and medical perspectives, it is often considered the central event of female puberty …

Girls experience menarche at different ages. …

The average age of menarche is about 12.5 years in the United States, 12.72 in Canada, 12.9 in the UK …

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related – BBC – Beth Tweddle on the problems of puberty for young sportswomen

(via Gymnastics News Network)

Is in the history books. Another great success. 🙂

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Rebecca Andrade suffered a knee injury last Saturday. She ruptured the anterior cruciate ligaments and is out of all competitions for at least the next 8 months.

She’s the top Brazilian gymnast. This certainly hurts their chance to qualify a full team to the Rio Olympics. Recall that Brazil won the 12th and final team spot for the London Olympics with a miracle qualifier.

Rebeca was replaced at the last Youth Olympic Games because of a foot injury.

via Gym Blog Brazil (Portuguese)

The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a combination of the words “University” and “olympiad”. The Universiade is often referred to in English as the World University Games or World Student Games …

WAG Universiade Competitors Confirmed

The 2017 Games will be hosted by Taipei.

@arfedorova edited the WAG AA competition to include just the routines, none of the fluff. That makes the meet less than 40min long!

What a GREAT idea. 🙂

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