Gymnastics BC is pleased to announce the women’s artistic gymnastics team that will represent BC at the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax. The seven athletes are: Tamara Kuno (Flicka), Kerensa Mitchell (Flicka), Shallon Olsen (Omega), Emma Sibson (Omega), Briannah Tsang (Omega) and Shae Zamardi (Omega). Helen Cheung (Flicka) is the alternate. Update: add Taylor Ricci (Flicka).
Shallon is the very young super talent gymnast from Canada. She’s underage for this competition but got special permission to compete. Many coaches feel she’s doing too much, too soon.
There’s a thread on this issue on the Gymn.ca forum.
Certainly the parents and coaches have heard the concerns, yet decided to push forward anyway. Perhaps there’s a plan that she’ll cut back during the peak growth velocity years. I hope so.
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