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Warm-up has begun for the Sr Men’s and Women’s Artistic Canadian Championships AA Final. Jr Artistic Women are competing AA, as well.
If LIVE tweeting, please use the hash tag #CANgym2012.
Apologies for the slow uploading of results. Working on a fix. 🙂
Vaculik tops qualifying at Canadian gymnastics championships
Our NEW streaming LIVE VIDEO feeds are working, but not all who try are able to get every feed.
Gymnast Keiran Long was able to follow 5 Men’s apparatus simultaneously on the same screen, but that’s not the case for everyone. There are many factors, especially the speed of your internet connection.
Leave a comment on how it’s working for you.
A supplement to his Gym Press Journal, Valentin Uzunov recently launched a new blog called simply Coaching Methods, reflections on coaching gymnastics.
Early posts:
• How effective is your pre-team program?
• Effective communication for effective results
home page – Coaching Methods
I’m subscribed. Thanks Valentin!
Posted by a new tumblr called Gymnastics Flowers.
Sister site of Blossom, Chinese Gymnastics Flowers. But this one is dedicated to non-Chinese WAGs.
… That’s a young Nadia.
Why do so many female gymnasts not grip the shins on double tuck?
Enus Mariani
For me this is an inferior technique. If she cannot fix it, do double pike instead. Her hands are correctly positioned for that.
(via If you are the one)
At Aussie Championships … all grown up.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
That’s the highest Vault score day 1.
Could Dasha, the fan favourite 2008 Aussie Olympian who retired November 2010, return to contend for 2012?
I’d love to think so. But she’s a long shot, at best, competing only 2 apparatus.
AA
A.Brennan 58.400
E. Little 56.250
M.Monckton 54.600
G. R. Brown 53.500
A.K. Koi 52.800
G.Wheeler 52.300
Couch Gymnast:
… All in all it was a pretty great night. …
… Ashleigh Brennan killed it on floor and beam and was deserving of her huge scores. She also landed her Tsuk 1.5. Lauren Mitchell was fabulous on beam. Her floor was pretty decent too. …
details – Australian Nationals Day One
Couch Gymnast – Ashleigh Brennan- Happy to Lead
Following the dual meet with Japan:
… National coach Peggy Liddick was happy …
“The difficult part now will be to select five out of the 19 who competed tonight,” Liddick said.
“There are a couple who are impressive enough they’re selecting themselves so I’ll build the team around those who are clearly shining.
“Nobody’s on the team yet but, yes, Lauren had a good night tonight.” …
Brennan and Mitchell are the key gymnasts around which the Aussie Olympic team will be selected.
related – Aussie gymnast Luke Wiwatowski gives us a behind the scenes glimpse from the Men’s point of view.
The main story line is friends Thomas Pichler vs Josh Jefferis competing for the sole Olympic spot.
Our youngest competitive division for girls.
TEAM Final
1) Ontario
2) B.C.
3) Quebec
4) Alberta
5) Saskatchewan
HIGH PERFORMANCE (prelims)
1) Cassandra Buchan (58.600)
2) Angel Zhong (54.375)
2) Sydney Townsend (54.375)
4) Oleksandra Yermolchuk (53.600)
5) Seina Murase-Cho (52.250)
6) Audrey Rousseau (51.950)
Click PLAY or watch Cassandra Buchan’s Vault from Gymnix on YouTube.
NATIONAL NOVICE (prelims)
1) Jade Chrobok (54.025)
2) Megane Roberts (52.650)
3) Madeline McLellan (50.800)
4) Shaelyn-Rae Brown (50.425)
5) Caroline Graham (49.775)
6) Audrey Levesque (49.025)
full results will be posted on Gym Score Depot
Our young athletes are often tongue-tied when the media arrives at our venues.
As the only Regina gymnast in High Performance Junior, Bre Franklin has become the go-to girl for the press here at National Championships in her home town.
She did a terrific job with this TV spot. And finished 18th all-around, hitting 4 for 4. She’s second alternate for the all-around final.
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