The Canadian team for worlds in October is: Dominique Pegg, Talia Chiarelli, Kristina Vaculik, Peng Peng Lee, Mikaela Gerber, Coralie Leblond-Chartrand and Madeline Gardiner.
One gymnast I'm excited to see at worlds? Peng Peng Lee. She's battled through tons of injuries, and has never gotten much of a chance to compete as a senior.
Check out her beam set from this year.
Though this wasn't her best set, she's got some seriously cool tricks. She does flairs as a mount, competes a switch leap to aerial to layout step-out, and throws in a barani and illusion as well.
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Wow, after what Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency stated last Friday, I cannot believe that the national gymnastics teams are STILL planning on attending the World Championships in Tokyo.
Here is what was stated:
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“TOKYO (AP) — The amount of radioactive cesium that has leaked from the tsunami-hit nuclear plant is about equal to 168 of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World War II, Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, said Friday.”
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I’ve recently spoken to a friend of mine, who is a retired Radiologist. And, she has insisted the following:
“There is NO WAY I would allow my two granddaughters to visit Tokyo even for a day, much less for the entire week before that gymnastics event! The risk to their reproductive systems is far too high!”
Hmmm…I take it, nobody really cares.
OK, then, I won’t worry about it, either.
It’s their loss, not mine!