This kid’s going to be hard to beat by mortal humans.
No doubt FIG will respond by again increasing international difficulty requirements to challenge the vampire gymnasts. Or they may try to ban vampires altogether.
In that case, we will likely need another FIG passport to verify that our gymnast is living. Not living dead.
UPDATE: Ruby Cole from Calgary Gymnastics Centre won National Novice. That makes 3 Calgary Canadian Champions.
Thanks Brett!
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How about this?
Two Calgary girls win Canadian Championships. That’s a first.
Sr. Champion – Sydney Sawa – Calgary Gymnastics Centre
Jr. Champion – Anysia Unick – Stampede City Gymnastics
CONGRATULATIONS!
Official results aren’t posted as I write. But I’m seeing this unoffically on Facebook.
Sydney Sawa
And congratulations to Men’s National Champion Casey Sandy. He’s been sadly under appreciated in his own country. Kudos.
Commentary from The All Around:
Casey Sandy and Sydney Sawa became first-time national champions at the men’s and women’s Canadian Championships Wednesday night.
Sandy, the 2008 NCAA Champion, scored 87.400, more than 3.000 ahead of runner-up Ken Ikeda. …
Sawa scored 54.450 to win the women’s title, a great improvement over the 49.600 she scored in Tuesday’s prelims. Prelim leader Cynthia Lemieux-Guillemette finished second with 53.950, and Dominique Pegg was third with 53.650.
The women’s field was as notable for the absences. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs and Alyssa Brown are now competing in NCAA, while Nansy Damianova (shoulder), Kristina Vaculik (elbow), and Peng Peng Lee (back) were out with injuries. Brittany Rogers, originally in the line-up, suffered a rib injury during warm-ups on Tuesday night and did not compete.
Anton considered competing the most difficult vault of all time – a Rudi-in, back-out (1 1/2-twisting handspring double front) in Finals at the recent Moscow World Cup.
Turned out he did not need it.
He won with only barani-in, back-out. And Tsuk double pike.
Just yesterday we read in Libertatea an interview with Nicolae Forminte which provided us with some very sad news: the head-coach has cancer. Skin cancer, to be more precise. It is apparently localized on his chest and it can be removed by surgery. We really hope it’s not more than that and wish him lots of health!! …
The year after the Olympics is often a time of rebuilding, Junior gymnasts moving up to Senior for the quadrennial.
But the results in Senior Women’s preliminary competition do not look good:
Lemieux-Guillemette finished with a total score of 53.35 points followed by Kristin Klarenbach of Edmonton with 52.3 points and Ashley Quinton of Calgary at 49.5
Gold medal contender Britanny Rogers of Coquitlam, B.C., sustained a rib injury in the warmup and did not compete.
This year’s line up in the women’s competition does not include 2008 Olympians Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs of Toronto or Nansy Damianova of Montreal and several other top-ranked competitors from last year.
Hopfner-Hibbs and Olympic team alternate Alyssa Brown of Oakville, Ont., left the national team and recently finished their first seasons on athletic scholarships at UCLA and Stanford, respectively.
Damianova remains on the national team but has not competed since the Olympics last August. …
Gymnastics Coaching.com 