insurance for NCAA athletes

What happens if you are injured while on College scholarship?

It depends.

… She is still a dependent on her parents’ insurance, Utah is willing to pay for her medical coverages since the accident occurred during an athletic event and Utah has an insurance policy that pays for medical expenses for injuries suffered during her time as a Utah athlete for up to two years past her time of eligibility. …

For injured former athletes like Utes’ Tory Wilson, insurance coverage is getting better

Tory

38yr-old Simon Hutcheon is back

via South African Gymnastics on Facebook.

I assume David Phillips from New Zealand, another 1998 medalist, will take this as a challenge.

Women’s Canadian Nationals Apparatus Finals

VAULT (average)
1 Olsen, Shallon – B.C. 14,975
2 Woo, Rose-Kaying – QuΓ©bec 14,475
3 Chant, Maegan – Ontario 14,450

BARS
1 Isabela Onyshko 14.600
2 Ellie Black – Nova Scotia 14.400
3 Madison Copiak – Alberta 13.650
3 Victoria Kayen Woo – QuΓ©bec 13.650

BEAM … a fantastic Final
1 Ellie Black – Nova Scotia 14.800
2 Isabela Onyshko – Manitoba 14.750
3 Rose Kaying Woo – QuΓ©bec 14.000

Click PLAY or watch Ellie’s Beam on YouTube.

FLOOR
1 Isabela Onyshko – Manitoba 14.050
2 Maegen Chant – Ontario 13.950
3 Ellie Black – Nova Scotia 13.950

Click PLAY or watch Bela’s FX on YouTube.

Full Twist – Results: 2015 Canadian Championships

Gymnastics Canada is sending Rhythmic gymnasts to the World University Games 2015, but not MAG nor WAG.

related – Gymternet – Ellie Black Reflects on Canadian Championships

Men’s Canadian Nationals Apparatus Finals

Scores were missing from the official results. Happily Stu Cram got almost all and put an easy-to-use summary on Gym Score Depot.

Tony Smith felt the MAG apparatus finals were as good as he could recall. A lot of guys HIT.

FLOOR
1 Morgan, Scott – B.C. 15,200
2 Gagnon, Joel – Saskatchewan 15,000
3 Lytwyn, Kevin – Alberta 14,350

POMMEL
1 Ikeda, Ken – B.C. 14,500
2 Cruz, Evan – Nova Scotia 14,450
3 Pellerin, Thierry – QuΓ©bec 14,150

RINGS
1 Stanescu, Robert – Ontario 15,350
2 Lytwyn, Kevin – Alberta 15,050
3 Cournoyer, RenΓ© – QuΓ©bec 14,650

VAULT
1 Cachia, Damien – Alberta 14,600
2 Lytwyn, Kevin – Alberta 14,250
3 Pellerin, Thierry – QuΓ©bec 14,150

P BARS
1 Payne, Jackson – Alberta 14,550
2 Nabata, Scott – B.C. 14,300
3 Karstadt, Justin – Ontario 14,000

Click PLAY or watch Jackson’s P Bars on YouTube.

H BAR
1 Lytwyn, Kevin – Alberta 15,400
2 Payne, Jackson – Alberta 15,350
3 Paterson, Cory – Ontario 14,550

Jackson’s routine was incredible. And yet he got beat by that guy with the Def at the END of the routine. πŸ™‚

Click PLAY or watch Kevin’s H Bar on YouTube.

full Sr Men’s results

related – Anderson Loran has been invited to Senior Team training camp this summer. He’s been off this season training as a fire fighter.

Mao Yi – 3 1/2 punch front

Yi also does a two and a half twisting layout to forward one (D) and a half twisting layout (C), worth 0.2 connection bonus, a triple twisting layout (E) and ends her routine with a D rated double back tuck. …

Mao Yi of China Becomes The First Female Gymnast To Compete A Triple Full And A Half To A Forward Tuck

Click PLAY or watch it on Youku. (slow loading)

http://player.youku.com/embed/XMTI1MjcyMDg5Mg==

Aly Raisman’s Cosmo interview

It’s Cosmo. It’s a listicle. …

But I still enjoyed this article on Aly Raisman. πŸ™‚

14 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Became an Olympic Athlete

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Chinese Championships prelims

All-Around Qualification Results

1. Wang Yan 56.650 Q
2. Liu Tingting 56.350 Q
3. Shang Chunsong 56.150 Q
4. Mao Yi 55.650 Q
5. Chen Siyi 55.550 Q
6. Zhu Xiaofang 55.300 Q

full results