Archive | June, 2008
Men get rolling with first test event in Edmonton
Kyle Shewfelt took off the wraps in Edmonton on Thursday in his first competition in over a year and more than held his own at the first of several test events planned for the eight gymnasts vying for a spot on the men’s Olympic team in Beijing.
Kyle competed on floor, vault, rings and high bar, [...]
Will Beijing be a truly breakout Olympics for Gymnastics Canada?
8. June 2008
It looks like the media is starting to catch on to an Olympic story that’s been flying well under the radar since the 2004 Games in Athens. Ever since Kyle Shewfelt crashed the party and became the first Canadian gymnast to win an Olympic medal, there’s been a new game in town.
George Johnson of the [...]
Olympic berths on the line in women’s finals at Canadian championships
6. June 2008
With two Olympic berths on the line in the women’s event finals on Saturday at the Olympic Oval, all eyes will be on front runners Elyse-Hopfner Hibbs and Nansy Damianova as they fend off a last-ditch effort by Kristina Vaculik to clinch one of the spots in Beijing.
For Elyse, who wasn’t expected to be in [...]
B.C. gymnast Ken Ikeda wants another crack at Olympic Games
5. June 2008
Feeling worn down by the grueling demands of top-level gymnastics, national-team veteran Ken Ikeda of Abbotsford, B.C., contemplated retiring after his first and only Olympic appearance four years ago in Athens.
But the lure competing again at the Olympics was too great and Ikeda, 26, is set to begin the final countdown to secure an Olympic [...]
No surprises at trampoline prelims
4. June 2008
It’s a story that just keeps on getting better. Karen Cockburn, Rosie MacLennan and Jason Burnett came to the Canadian championships this year in a confident and relaxed mood after sewing up their Olympic berths last week at a World Cup meet in France.
Although Rosie is the only one of Canada’s power trampoline trio [...]
Canadian championships kick off in Calgary
3. June 2008
The lounge at the Olympic Oval was teeming with reporters and cameramen and many of the stars of the Canadian Gymnastics Championships which kicked off today in Calgary with a press conference and the promise of great things ahead at the Beijing Olympics.
Kyle Shewfelt was on hand to explain his decision to delay his return [...]
Kyle Shewfelt and Alex Orlando join athlete bloggers on CBC Olympic website
3. June 2008
Two of the athlete blogs featured on the recently-launched CBC Olympic website belong to Kyle Shewfelt and Alexandra Orlando.
Content for Kyle’s CBC blog comes from his personal blog which has been up and running since just before the 2007 world championships last August.
Kyle managed just three posts leading up to the worlds before he broke [...]
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