After losing the Romanian Olympic Committee presidency elections last Thursday to Rugby Federation president Alin Petrache by more than 100 votes, legendary Romanian coach has announced his resignation from the Olympic committee.
“I wish the new president success in his mandate …
… I don’t think that anyone will be hurt if I quit the gymnastics team. Now I have realized that I lost 30 years in the gym and I went to 7 Olympics, but it doesn’t matter. It seems that what I’ve done for 30 years doesn’t matter. … ”
Robert Stanescu – Rings
Our Canadian National Ring Champion, former Romanian Olympian, talks about his goal of getting citizenship. Then making the team to the Olympics.
A long shot at this point.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
via GymFever
NCAA scholarship in perspective
College Athletics Scolarship athlete Tamara Pridgett – A LETTER TO EVERY COLLEGIATE ATHLETE:
Whatever your reasons may be to signing your life over to your school of choice for the next four or five years, you’ve bought into the mission of the athletic department, the program of your sport, and most importantly the training.
On your recruiting trip they show you the latest million dollar facilities, the weight room, the academic services, the newest dorms, and all the gear you’ll be receiving.
You’re in love.
So was I.
But what they don’t show you is the adversity you’ll more than likely face. The injuries, the team “drama”, the stress of managing school and your sport.
A LETTER TO EVERY COLLEGIATE ATHLETE
Read more. An honest and balanced commentary.
CAN Apparatus Finals
National Championships 2014 are history. 🙂
Becca from Gymnastike posted results.
Vault
1. Tsang, Briannah
2. Chant, Maeghan
3. Peterman, Kirsten
Bars
1. Black, Ellie
2. Onyshko, Isabela
3. Moors, Victroia
Beam
1. Onyshko, Isabela
2. Peterman, Kirsten
3. Merkle, Stefanie
Floor
1. Moors, Victoria
2. Chant, Maeghan
3. Merkle, Stefanie
Ellie elected to compete only Bars, resting her foot. An injury from many years ago that bothers her from time to time.
Check Tori’s Moors from the Final.
CAN MAG Apparatus Finals
Floor
1. Morgan, Scott
2. Loran, Anderson
3. Smith, Hugh
Pommel
1. Clay, Zachary 14,500
1. Cruz, Evan 14,500
3. Smith, Hugh
Rings
1. Stanescu, Robert 15,150 (6,800)
2. Morgan, Scott 14,550 (6,400)
3. Smith, Hugh 14,100 (5,800)
4. Lytwyn, Kevin 14,000 (5,700)
Vault
1. Morgan, Scott
2. Gazer, Wolfe
3. Cachia, Damian
P Bar
1. Gafuik, Nathan
2. Clay, Zachary
3. Mitchell, Taylor
H Bar
1. Paterson, Cory
2. Loran, Anderson
3. Lytwyn, Kevin
Rings and Pommels are critical for Canada in future Team competitions.
Click PLAY or watch Scott Morgan’s Rings on YouTube.
Coach Vali told me Scott got 0.2 less in start score than they had hoped.
Click PLAY or watch Zachary Clay’s Pommels on YouTube.
Ken Ikeda, our Pommel man, was injured on Vault landing. Jackson Payne, another of our Pommel guys, is just returning from 2 years away in Korea. Anderson Loran has strong Pommels, too, but did not compete that apparatus this competition.
New National Coach Tony Smith will be fitting the pieces together to come up with the highest Team score. With potential for individual apparatus Finals.
get to know Peyton Ernst
Novice High Performance AA
1. Padurario, Ana
2. Chrobok, Jade
3. Fiorito-Laplante, Molly
4. Pouliot, Enya
5. Jurca, Victoria-Georgianna
6. de Jong, Haley
full results (BONUS included)
Click PLAY or watch Ana’s FX on YouTube.
Ellie Black – Beam
Post by Jamie Ellacott.
Jason Burnett – quadrifus
He’s a God. What can you say?
Jason Burnett threw it as a mount in the Team competition at CDN National Championships 2014.
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Jason holds the difficulty record for Trampoline. And has plenty of room for improvement. 🙂
Rick McCharles interview
Gigi Khazback Farid interviewed me on WOGymnastikA.
Topics include:
• banning the Produnova vault
• Vault landing mats
• restructuring of World Cups
• FIG Code
• FIG Sport Medicine, Sport Science, Education
• Gymnastics blogging
• Best of the Gymternet
Click through for my answers.
Catching Up With Coach Rick McCharles of Gymnastics Coaching
Gymnastics Coaching.com 