Canadian Teams named to Worlds

WOMEN 

  • Ellie Black, Halifax, NS – Halifax Alta Gymnastics Club
  • Brooklyn Moors, Cambridge, ON – Dynamo Gymnastics
  • Shallon Olsen, Surrey, BC – Omega Sports Centre
  • Isabela Onyshko, Brandon, MB – Brandon Eagles Gymnastics

Reserves:

  • Brittany Rogers, Calgary, AB – Calgary Gymnastics Centre
  • Rose Kaying Woo, Brossard, QC – Gym-Richelieu

MEN 

  • Zachary Clay, Chilliwack, BC – Twisters Gymnastics Club
  • Scott Morgan, Vancouver, BC – Flicka Gymnastics
  • Jackson Payne, Calgary, AB – Calgary Gymnastics Centre
  • Thierry Pellerin, Lévis, QC – Gymnamic

Under consideration:

  • Rene Cournoyer, Repentigny, QC – Club Gymnika
  • Kevin Lytwyn, Stoney Creek, ON – Burlington BG’s
  • Samuel Paquin, Saint-Jérome, QC – Centre Père Sablon

Gymnastics Canada

These names are not carved in stone. It’s early. No doubt the competing team will be those athletes healthy and consistent in Montreal with the best chance of qualifying to a final.

The Canadian Men have good depth right now. Jackson Payne won the final AA mock meet at Camp.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWRTGUeFJHX4yJE2c1F10lEyzLU49qhchJA10A0/

mind of a Bar worker

Alyssa Al-Ashari is awesome. We can all learn something from her mental approach.

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Leave a comment if you know what Alyssa is thinking about the NCAA.

Epke’s new routine

Guys are allowed to do up to 5 releases on H Bar.

Here’s what Epke Zonderland is training.

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World Games Rhythmic – July 21-22

Twenty four gymnasts, including several Rio Olympians, will take to the floor to compete for individual honors. The top eight with each apparatus (Hoop, Ball, Clubs, Ribbon) in the qualification round will advance to the medal round. …

FIG World Games minisite

34th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
Stuttgart (GER)), 7-13 September 2015

NBC World of Dance – Eva Igo

UPDATE: NBC geoblocked the YouTube video. This Facebook version still plays.

Stacey Umeh loves this dancer.

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related – Dance Magazine – World of Dance’s 14 Year Old Star Eva Igo on Her Toughest Competition Yet

World Games Aerobic Gymnastics – July 21-22

Group categories of Aerobic Gymnastics (Mixed Pairs, Trios, Groups, Aerobic Dance and Aerobic Step) are the main focus of this fast-paced discipline in Wroclaw, where six teams per category will battle for four places in the final. Reigning World champions in Trio, Group, and Aerobic Dance have registered to compete, as have Mixed Pairs champions Michela Castoldi and Davide Donati (ITA), the “Romeo and Juliet” of their sport.

Want to follow Gymnastics at The World Games 2017? Check out the FIG event minisite. 

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Carolann Heduit – Bars

Great potential for the Junior from France.

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It’s my feeling coaches should either spot or get away from the apparatus. One or the other.

(via WOGymnastikA)

Trampoline to Diving

Gymnastics to Diving? That’s quite common.

But a former national level Trampolinist Krysta Palmer just won a medal at the World Championships.

She was a two-time NCAA All-American diver.

On Tuesday, the 25-year-old earned a bronze medal in the mixed 3-meter/10-meter team event at the FINA World Championships. Paired with David Dinsmore, the duo combined to score 395.90 points on six dives. …

The medal was the first for Team USA in the 2017 meet and the first in the event in the country’s history. …

RGJ

Thank Tom Trapp for the link.

USAG safe sport

USA Gymnastics has hired two key senior staff members as the organization continues its ongoing efforts to protect athletes.

Toby Stark, a long-time leader in child advocacy, will serve as USA Gymnastics’ director of safe sport. In that role, Stark will lead a department focused on athlete protection.

Mark Busby, who handled child abuse and sex crime cases while with the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, will provide supporting in-house legal counsel. …

USAG

I’m wondering if USAG will be swamped with years of litigation, named in many individual court cases along with Nassar.

related – GymCastic 259: The Nassar Plea …