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John Carroll, Head Competitive Coach at the Surrey Gymnastic Society in BC, Canada:

Alanna needs our help! In August 2015, Alanna fell, more than 20 feet, out of a tree and suffered a life changing injury, breaking her neck. Alanna is currently a quadriplegic with no use of her legs and arms.

For the last 3 months she was fighting for her life and recovering at Vancouver General Hospital. Her family; Shelley, Gord, Kelsey and Kristy have been by her side through the whole recovery. At one point, doctors wanted Alanna to have an electronic device put into her to help her breathe without a respirator. She told them, ‘not yet’, as they had not yet given her a chance to try breathing on her own. So the challenge was on! The first time the respirator was turned off she breathed on her own for 25 minutes. She is now breathing completely on her own, showing there is no quit in this girl’s personality. …

… Alanna and her family will have a lot of expenses coming their way over the next few years for sure. …

Any small or large donation you are willing to make would be so appreciated, you have no idea.

Alanna Jones’ fund for expenses

Rome, which hosted the 1960 Games, is bidding to host the 2024 Olympics against Budapest, Los Angeles and Paris. International Olympic Committee members will vote to choose the host city in September 2017.

Rome 2024 Olympic bid logo unveiled

Not by vote of the coaches. …

1. Florida 2. Alabama 3. Oklahoma 4. LSU 5. Michigan 6. Utah 7. Georgia 8. UCLA 9. Stanford 10. Auburn

11. Illinois 12. Nebraska 13. Oregon State 14. Arkansas 15. Cal 16. Denver 17. Minnesota 18. Arizona 19. Missouri 20. Southern Utah

These predictions are from Balance Beam Situation. 🙂

BEAM
1. Viktoria Komova Russia 5.7 8.900 14.600
2. NoemiMakra Hungary 5.8 8.500 14.300
3. Yu Minobe Japan 5.6 8.700 14.300

FLOOR
1. Ksenia Afanasyeva Russia 6.0 8.500 14.500
2. Sae Miyakawa Japan 6.5 8.050 -0.1 14.450
3. Phan Thi Ha Thanh Vietnam 5.4 8.250 13.650

VAULT
1. Kenzo Shirai JPN 15.225
2. Le Thanh Tung VIE 14.950
3. Eddie Penev USA 14.787

P BARS
1. Yusuke Tanaka JPN 15.525
2. Hoang Cuong VIE 15.450
3. Ryohei Kato JPN 14.625

H BAR
1. Yusuke Tanaka JPN 15.425
2. Dávid Vecsernyés HUN 14.900
3. Ryohei Kato JPN 14.750

Yusuke Tanaka took two titles as the Japanese men and Russian women finished their sweep of the gold medals Sunday at the 9th Toyota International …

In the women’s competition, two more Russians were golden. Viktoria Komova made up for her disappointing result on uneven bars (two falls) by finally winning a beam title. …

Two-time Olympian Ksenia Afanasyeva held off supertumbler Sae Miyakawa of Japan …

IG – Russia, Japan Finish Sweep in Toyota

And crazy.

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During a UCLA fundraiser.

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related – some of the UCLA Floor routines are now online. I like Cipra’s best (so far) of the ones I’ve seen.

Slow motion helps us mere mortals see exactly how crazy difficult Trampoline is in 2015.

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(via Joe Leighton)

20th International Tournament of Pas-de-Calais
December 11-12, 2015, Arques, Pas-de-Calais, France

SENIOR WOMEN’S ALL-AROUND
1. Rebecca Moore WALES 53.167
2. Dorien Motten BEL 52.233
3. Anastasia Cheong RUS 51.667
4. Alyson Arcand CAN 51.167
5. Lilia Akhaimova RUS 51.033
6. Asiana Peng ROM 49.900

WOMEN’S TEAM
1. Lilia Akhaimova / Yelena Yeryomina RUS 105.867
2. Valeria Sayfulina / Anastasia Cheong RUS 101.767
3. Alyson Arcand / Shaelyn Brown CAN 101.033

Amanda Turner:

Russian junior Yelena Yeryomina won five gold medals at the 2015 Pas-de-Calais International, held Friday and Saturday in Arques, France.

Gymnasts from seven nations — including Canada, Finland, Great Britain and Russia — traveled to Arques …

The competition included three levels of women’s competition (senior, junior and youth) and a youth’s men’s field. The senior competition for women was open to gymnasts born in 2000, who in January will be age eligible for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. …

IG – Yeryomina Claims Five Titles in Pas-de-Calais

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Alyson and Shaelyn train at Capital City Gym Club, Edmonton under coach Kristi Marks Cloman. This was their first Senior competition.

Can it have arrived already?

Nick Zaccardi:

No other gymnast comes close to Sloan’s résumé — an Olympic medal (silver with the U.S. in Beijing), a World all-around title (in 2009), an NCAA all-around title (2013) and three NCAA team titles (2013, 2014, 2015). …

Marvin Sharp, her longtime Indiana coach until Sloan left for UF, was found dead in his jail cell in September, less than a month after being arrested on child molestation charges.

Sloan’s USA Gymnastics bio page was amended after Sharp’s arrest with the words “NOT A MEMBER” next to her Sharp’s club affiliation.

“All the happenings involving Marvin this fall was stunning,” Sloan said, according to the University of Florida Athletic Association. “Marvin was my coach. He helped me reach my goals. Marvin also helped me set goals I perhaps didn’t realize were in my reach, like the Olympics or World Championships. What happened this fall with Marvin is probably something I’ll never fully understand.”

Bridget Sloan eyes final NCAA season, 8 years after Olympic silver

Oops. Turns out this video was from 2012. But it’s still worth watching. 🙂

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One of Ellie coaches, David Kikuchi, joined his father, Tak, as a member of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.