World Championship Team: Nathan Gafuik, Calgary, Hugh Smith, Halifax, Kevin Lytwyn, Stoney Creek, Ont., Casey Sandy, Brampton, Ont., Ken Ikeda, Abbotsford, B.C., Jayd Lukenchuk, Saskatoon, Jackson Payne, Edmonton.
Commonwealth Games Team: Ian Galvan, Cagary, Tariq Dowers, Mississauga, Ont., Robert Watson, Coquitlam, B.C., Anderson Loran, Saskatoon, Jason Scott, Richmond, B.C.
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… With the Games beginning on October 3rd, the Scottish officials have said that they have found their accommodation to be ”unsafe and unfit for human habitation” and that the athletes village requires urgent work to be carried out.
However, it is not just the Scottish and English teams that have incurred problems within the athletes village, the New Zealand, Northern Irish and Canadian teams have described the village as “unliveable”. The New Zealand team decided to seek accommodation elsewhere. …
Recall the Maccabiah bridge collapse in 1997? It killed four and injured 60 Australian athletes during the march in to Maccabiah Games.
… 23 people have been confirmed as injured following the collapse of a foot bridge near to the main Commonwealth Stadium. 5 are said to be in a critical condition. …
… granted a sixth-year of eligibility by the NCAA. The four-time All-American has one year of eligibility left and will be a senior for the 2011 season.
Smith has appeared in Florida’s competitive lineup for every meet but one in the last three years since joining the Gator program for the 2008 season. …
We hope so. … Not for Rotterdam, but rather Elite Canada 2011 and the much more important qualifying World Championships in 2011. Canada is a bubble team that may or may not get a full team through to the Olympics.
Christine Lee is aiming for a berth on the 2011 World Championships team, coach Kelly Manjak revealed in … CBC broadcast (VIDEO 1hr) …
Lee previously trained at the now-closed Sport Seneca …. A back injury kept her out of competition for approximately two years, whereupon she resumed gymnastics at Oakville Gymnastics.
Canada Games – The City of Prince George has been named the host of the 2015 Canada Winter Games by the Canada Games Council at a press conference today. Kelowna and Kamloops were the other cities in the running.
… there are six gymnasts who I feel have proven themselves the most over the past year, and based on the U.S. Classic and Visa Championships, I’d have to make them my team. This team may not be the six that Martha picks, and it may not be the six that many fans would pick. But to me, it makes the most sense because I feel these gymnasts have earned their world spots the most. And I think the event scenarios work as well or better than any team I could come up with. My six are:
I know this team doesn’t include a bars specialist. But the more I think about it, I’m not sure it makes a lot of sense to put a bars specialist in there; in fact, I’m not even really sure we really have a bars specialist. …
Andy questions the frequency and intensity of Martha Karolyi’s selection camps. But in a code where consistency is more important than artistry, a “Survivor’s Camp” might make more sense than ever before.
You must admit, American girls have been very consistent internationally.
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