I’d say Canada has 3 all-rounders who could qualify to the final in Paris.
- Félix Dolci
- William Émard
- René Cournoyer
But today in Canada we are celebrating Félix. 🎈
USA all-female PanAms delegation
Chellsie Memmel:
… Obviously, there’s a lot of great male coaches, but it feels really special to have a whole delegation of women.”
In addition to Landi, who coaches Jordan Chiles, Tiana Sumanasekera and Zoe Miller, and Memmel, who helps oversee the U.S. program, personal coaches Kelli Hill (coach of Kayla DiCello), Haiou Sun (Kaliya Lincoln) and Marnie Futch (Katelyn Jong) round out the delegation. …
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Luisa Blanco to Paris for Colombia
With the top AA score for any gymnast not yet qualified for the Olympics, Luisa punched her ticket at PanAms.
PanAm Champion Kayla Dicello
A strong competition in the AA.
Happiest on the list might be Louisa Blanco who will qualify for the Paris Olympics.
Jordan competes for UCLA. Kayla for Florida, though she’s taking a year off to train towards trying to qualify for Paris.
Audrys Nin Reyes to Paris
Unofficial, as I post, but for real …
PanAm Champion Félix Dolci
Félicitations
🥇 Félix Dolci, Canada, 82.531 🇨🇦
🥈 Diogo Soares, Brazil, 81.865
🥉 Donnell Whittenburg, United States, 81.764
Félix had a great meet until the final apparatus — H Bar. Where he fell on Tkachev.
But it was enough.
Canada’s first AA win since Willy Weiler 1963.
Trivia – Willy’s brother was my first club coach.
Read Kensley’s Pan American Games MAG AA Live Blog
Rebeca’s Cheng at PanAms
Her best ever?
The best ever from any gymnast?
Simone is amazing. But takes this Vault long. I like the Rebeca’s HEIGHT.
Every coach should emulate her block.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Gymnastics Culture Cure by Dave Tilley
A new book by Dr. Dave Tilley, CEO/Founder of SHIFT Movement Science, is now available.
My goal with it is simple – help you learn ways to improve your happiness and performance in gymnastics.
Toxic gymnastics cultures, when left unchecked, erode everyone inside making a massive negative impact on their health and performance while healthy gymnastics cultures, when nourished, elevate everyone to their highest levels of enjoyment in the sport.
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It has 90+ pages over 5 chapters, and 25 hands on exercises for you to do using templates and worksheets.
Click HERE for details.
The launch price is $39.99.
That includes the eBook and some additional benefits:
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USA wins PanAms
I thought Brazil might surprise and defeat the mighty Americans. But not this time.
1) USA – 165.196
2) BRAZIL – 161.564
3) CANADA – 154.230
Apparatus finalists:
VT – Andrade, Chiles, Sandoval, Escalera, Pinto, Estarli, Betances, Santi
UB – Miller, Andrade, Chiles, Saraiva, Tran, Sandoval, Campos, Stewart
BB – Stewart, Andrade, Saraiva, Lincoln, DiCello, Tran, Loustalot, Blanco
FX – Lincoln, DiCello, Saraiva, Soares, Heron, Tran, Achondo, Turner
Read Spencer’s LIVE blog.
Lauren is there in Chile. Read her LIVE blog.
Kara Eaker retires from UTAH
No response yet from the University, as I post.
I take that as a bad sign for the Head Coach, Tom Farden, who’s already been investigated and not found guilty on complaints similar to what Kara has experienced.
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