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We Canucks are pretty excited for London 2012.

Right now Canada has more depth than ever before. It’s a battle to make this Olympic Team.

Here are some of the top contenders.

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Baring injury, most would consider three as favourites:

• Christine Peng Peng Lee
• Kristina Vaculik
• Victoria Moors

Savona is back competing AA this weekend at Gymnix, testing her repaired knee. If she’s in shape come Trials, I don’t see how you keep that girl out of the Olympics. She’s aggressive.

Peng’s even more aggressive. Rumour is Christine might test some upgrades at Gymnix, before deciding on the final “stable” routines for London. She skipped Elite Canada for this purpose. As you know, you never know what Peng Peng will bust out. This entertaining gymnast is a UCLA commit. Miss Val can hardly wait.

Savona’s been talking to College coaches, too. One of the top still available recruits. 🙂

(via Grace Chiu on Facebook)

This new video is easily the best glimpse I’ve seen at what it’s like to join the world’s biggest circus.

It features Head Coach Boris Verkhovsky.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (9min)

No other company offers 10% of the benefits provided by Cirque du Soleil.

(via CirqueduSoleilCasting on Facebook)

I love the Men’s NCAA program. And regret not covering it more closely on this site.

But the Men’s teams do a much poorer job of communicating their stories. And there aren’t many sites following the action, providing commentary.

The best is Ron Noe on Stick It Media. Check out his most recent American MAG update:

Oklahoma (357.05) and Stanford (351.04) both hit season highs for team scores, with the Sooners compiling the nation’s best so far.

In the weekend’s top AA battle, Jake Dalton (90.5) outshined Eddie Penev (87.90). Dalton’s score is now the season’s high, and only the second score of 90.00 or above (Sam Mikulak-90.00). …

Minnesota is on a roll, as they won their sixth straight. Once again they recorded a season-high team score (347.00) in their victory over Iowa (338.20) and Brockport. …

read more – Sooners Post Another Season High in Win Over Stanford

Our World Vault Champion is cover girl on Inside Gymnastics. Congratulations.

But will she qualify to the American Olympic team?

Three Americans successfully competed Amanar Vault at America Cup. Many feel McKayla’s odds of becoming an Olympian are now reduced, as a result.

It does seem slightly unfair. If McKayla were from Vietnam she would have already qualified to London. But because she’s from a nation that qualified a full team, there’s no guarantee we will see the World Champion at the Olympics.

Some bizarre gymnastics imagery is included in this current promotion for footwear from Sweden.

Swedish Hasbeens was created in 2007 when founders Emy Blixt and Cecilia W Neuman decided modern shoes need more colour. Today, the brand’s retro-inspired collections can be found in 20 countries.

Click PLAY or watch it on SwedishHasbeens.

Swedish Hasbeens Spring/Summer 2012 from AWorldBeneath.

Click PLAY or watch more footage of those models on YouTube.

That’s Björn Slånvall doing Pommels and Rings.

Thanks Claudine.

Myself and longtime friend Jeff Pauliuk (BC) will be leading a course this summer. A good chance to plan a trip out to Vancouver, it’s possible to get both MAG and WAG at the same course.

August 10-12 & 17-19, 2012
NCCP Level 3 Artistic Course – Mens and Womens (Zone 3)
18 spaces are still available

Hosted by Twisters Gymnastics.

details

related – L3 Technical Red Deer, Alberta. June 22-28th, 2012. Also MAG and WAG.

No surprise. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

USA Gymnastics Men’s National Team Coordinator Kevin Mazeika of Houston today was named head coach for the U.S. Men’s Olympic Team that will compete in the 2012 Olympic Games, July 27-August 12, in London. He was selected by the Men’s Program Committee.

Mazeika is fresh off leading the U.S. Men’s Team to a bronze medal finish at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, making it the first time since 2003 that the U.S. Men were on the World Championships team medal podium. …

USAG

Jim Rand sends the bad news:

Canadian Sr gymnast Scott Chandler, age 36-years 8 months, blew his Achilles on Saturday on a set for double back. Scott has never had any previous Achilles pain. He had surgery on Saturday.

Get well quickly, buddy.

Scott’s competed 17 National Championships. So far.

Don’t count out a comeback. Achilles heal stronger than ever.

Jordyn Wieber and Aly Raisman truly are tough in competition. Two of the best ever, psychologically.

Most gymnasts would have fallen on this error.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

With errors on Bars and Beam, Jordyn doesn’t look ready, in March, to win the Olympics. But come the BIG SHOW in London, I’m betting she’ll be very, very tough.

Full Twist has the write-up.

SR
Sophie McCoo
Emma Lunn
Beth Gillmor

JR
Ciara Melia
Hayleigh Bradley
Denise Moloney

FIG Minor
Casey Jo Bell
Emmiline Anghileri
Niamh Rogers

full results (PDF)

Sophie McCoo

John Smith, NASA Gymnastics WA, will be doing clinics in Ireland this Spring.