#pacific rim gymnastics championships

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2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics Competitions Calendar

February

16-18.02 - Gracia Fair Cup, Budapest, Hungary

22-25.02 - 23rd Irina Deleanu Cup, Ploiesti, Romania

March

01-03.03 - Miss Valentine 2024, Tartu, Estonia

02-03.03 - Miss Valentine Tartu Grand Prix, Tartu, Estonia

08-10.03 - Grand Prix Marbella 2024, Marbella, Spain

15-17.03 - International Tournament "9th Aphrodite Cup" 2024, Palaio Faliro, Greece

22-234.03 - FIG World Cup 2024, Palaio Faliro, Greece

30-31.03 - 35th Internationaux de Thiais 2024, Thiais, France

April

12-14.04 - FIG World Cup 2024, Sofia, Bulgaria

19-21.04 - FIG World Cup 2024, Baku, Azerbaijan

21-28.04 - Pacific Rim Championships 2024, Cali, Colombia

26-28.04 - FIG World Cup 2024, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

26-28.04 - International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament PRIZE «Julieta Shishmanova», Burgas, Bulgaria

May

03-05.05 - 18th Ritam Cup, Belgrade, Serbia

03-05.05 - VI Gdynia Rhythmic Stars, Gdynia, Poland

04-06.05 - 31st International Tournament of Portimão, Portimao, Portugal

10-12.05 - FIG World Challenge Cup 2024, Portimao, Portugal

22-26.05 - 40th Senior European Championships for Juniors and Seniors, Budapest, Hungary

June

21-23.06 - FIG World Cup 2024, Milan, Italy

26-28.06 - FIG World Challenge Cup 2024, Jerusalem, Israel

12-14.07 - FIG World Challenge Cup 2024, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

26.07-11.08 - Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, Paris, France

October

23-31.10 - ISF Gymnasiade 2024, Manama, Bahrain

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Pacific Rim WAG Apparatus results

Vault 🥇🇨🇷 Franciny Morales 12.700🥈🇳🇿 Ava Fitzgerald 12.650🥉🇵🇭 Ancilla Mari 12.200 Bars 🥇🇺🇸 Simone Rose 13.850🥈🇨🇦 Evandra Zlobec 12.850🥉🇺🇸 Jayla Hang 12.750 With a score of 13.850, Simone Rose wins Uneven Bars 🥇 at the Pacific Rim Championships!Teammate Jayla Hang secures 🥉 with a 12.750! pic.twitter.com/xFh8z7v95t— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) April 28, 2024 Beam 🥇🇺🇸 Kieryn Finnell 13.550🥈🇨🇦…

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“Did we just win?”

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Grace McCallum (USA)

2018 Pacific Rim Championships Vault Final (x)

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Find something that brings you as much joy as this piece of chalk brings Morgi

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Nina Lou - BB Finals - 2012 Kellogg’s Pacific Rim Championships

Her layout looks like it’s in slow motion. Anyone know where she is now? 

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Laurie Hernandez at the Pacific Rim Championships, 2016 (x)

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Nominative entries for the 2020 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships (April 17-19, Tauranga, New Zealand) have been uploaded. The New Zealand government is currently monitoring the coronavirus pandemic.

China will not send teams to the event.

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Katelyn Ohashi

Artistic gymnast Katelyn Ohashi was born in 1997 in Seattle, Washington. Some may recognize Ohashi for the perfect 10 floor routine that went viral in early 2019, but she is also the 2018 NCAA Floor Champion, and the 2013 American Cup Champion. She also had an impressive record as a junior. Ohashi was the 2011 US junior national champion, and won five gold medals at the 2012 Pacific Rim Championships. 

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I find it so weird that your from a Commonwealth country but you don’t understand the prestige factor of the CWGs. Like it’s a super non-event competition wise but I’d rather say I have 2 CWG medals than an Asian championships or Pacific Rim medal. People in CW country’s at least know what they are, you know? (But then again I’m Australian- and it’s all we’ve got).

I get why it’s a big deal for gymnasts personally (multspot event, it’s watched a lot) but what I find super weird is when they make out like it’s one of the biggest accomplishments ever to do well there (mostly talking about the GB boys here bcos obvs I understand why it’s a big thing for smaller gym countries like australia or canada) like yeah it’s a big event and it means a lot to them but acting like it’s the next step down from winning worlds or something is insane

like the whole “England won by 10 points” thing. making out like it’s some huge deal. it’s not. gb beat canada by more than that at worlds. it’s not shocking and it seems pretty blind to be bragging about a top 5 team beating a barely top 20 team by that much when it’s literally expected.

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Jordan Bowers (USA)

2018 Pacific Rim Championships Team/AA Final (x)

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Day 17 of Black History Month challenge: One black history post everyday for the entire month. . . Douglas won the Level 4 all-around gymnastics title at the 2004 Virginia Gymnastics Championships and numerous other regional championships since. After meeting trainer Liang Chow at an Excalibur camp, she joined his gym in West Des Moines in 2010. That year she placed in and helped her team win medals at numerous national and international competitions such as the Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup, the CoverGirl Classic meet in Chicago, the U.S. Junior National Championships, and sharing team gold at the Pan American Championships in Mexico. . . The next year, she shared team gold with the U.S. team at the City of Jesolo Trophy, and earned a silver medal at the CoverGirl Classic. At the 2011 U.S. National Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota, Douglas placed seventh all-around and in October of 2011, she helped the U.S. team win the gold medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships hosted in Tokyo. . . In March 2012 she shared team gold with the U.S. team at the Pacific Rim Championships, winning gold in uneven bars, and in June won gold at uneven bars again, bronze on the floor,  and silver all-around at the 2012 U.S. National Championships. She secured a spot on the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team at the Summer Olympics, where the U.S. team won gold and she won the gold medal for the individual all-around, becoming the first woman of color to do so. . . #gymnastics #blackgymnastics #gabby #gabbydouglas #blackgirlmagic #blackinspiration #blackgirlstumble #goldmedal #goldmedalist #silvermedal #landinggear #olympics2020 #olympicsatl (at Virginia Beach, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8r-jEFg4QQ/?igshid=10gao9h8u2pib

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Mary-Anne Monckton, 2014 Commonwealth Games silver medallist and World Cup medallist

"I don't want future gymnasts to have to go through the same things we did. However, this insidious culture won't go away overnight..."

"I was scared to vocalise how much pain I was in [...] I am coming forward because I want change."

Rianna Mizzen, 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, World Cup medallist

"I used to get told a banana had too much sugar in it, and not to eat them... the day before flying out to a competition in lineup before our training session started, we told our coaches and support staff that we were fatigued and had no energy left. Our input was mostly ignored and during this training session I had a serious accident on floor resulting in an ACL rupture." As a child, I used to wonder how the adults around me could see what was happening and not say or do something." Chloe Gilliland (nee Sims), 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medallist (via MoominWhisky at Twitter)

"At 17, despite receiving sports psychology and dietitian advice, I felt it was easier to end my own life than to give in to what they wanted me to be."

Naomi Lee, 2017 Melbourne World Cup Medallist (via Instagram)

"TWELVE years old. That was how old I was the first time I had something swung at my head. THIRTEEN years old. I spent 3 months trying to convince my coach that my shoulder injury was real, that I wasn't faking it, and I wasn't lazy."

Olivia Vivian, 2008 Olympian and NCAA Medallist (Oregon State University)

"After reaching my goal and representing my country at the highest level, I was a broken athlete and broken person [...] I was so over this sport."

Britt Greeley, 2008 Pacific Rim Championship and 2009 Youth Olympic Fest team member

“Being screamed at every morning... training/competing on a broken back... having no support from coaches who were once your biggest fan... #justtolistafew"

Desnee Richter, 2015 Australian National medallist and Olympic hopeful

“Like so many others, the negative memories seem to cloud the positive. From being yelled at and belitted to the point of tears, to being told I was throwing medals away when I sustained an injury needing surgery."

Olivia Brown, Australian National medallist (via Instagram)

"It was the little things that stay burned into your mind years and years after finishing the sport. It was the, your hair needs to be shorter, you need to look a certain way (body type) and act a certain way."

Shannon Neate, Australian National medallist

"I'd like to include some direct quotes said to myself and my teammates while we were training as elite gymnasts:

- You're a disappointment

- Your parents are wasting their money paying for your training.

- You're not injured, don't lie

- Go back to levels gymnastics

- You're an adult and you will be treated like one (I was 15)."

Emily Little, 2012 Olympian, 2010 Commonwalth Games medallist and World Cup medallist (via Instagram)

"I grew up in an elite system and was mistreated at times. However we can change things for the better... I love this sport, I have gained so much from it, but we can do better."

Luke Wadsworth (men's artistic gymnast), National medallist and World Championship competitor

"My experience with gymnastics was 90% amazing, it's still my favourite sport... however, I heard and saw things looking back that were 100% not ok and being a teenager or young adult it's hard to know what to do when these people are who you look up to, who you have to impress to make teams..."

Kent Pieterse (men's artistic gymnast), Commonwealth Games medallist and national medallist

I recently interviewed Kent about his experiences of racism in the gym and he offered his support yesterday on Twitter to all those speaking out on social media.

Jazmine Casis, National medallist and WOGA Classic competitor

"I stuck around because I believed that I needed this coach/treated this way to achieve my dreams... When it came to nationals I was not prepared and landed a tumble and my ankle went... I ended up having 2 surgeries and never being able to train at full capacity again. We took this further up in the organisation but was told there was nothing that could be done about it."

Yasmin Collier, National medallist and Pacific Rim Championships competitor (via Instagram)

"Our meal time was constantly monitored and cut down, carbs were frowned upon... We landed in Moscow Airport and left for what felt like 13 hours straight. We were in a foreign city unsupervised without mobile phones. Our coaches told us to sit tight... they left five 12 year olds defenceless in an airport. We remember being so scared and remember making suitcase barricades to keep the 'weird men' away. [They] reappeared after spending hours in the Qantas Club without us."

Paige James, National medallist, Youth Olympic festival competitor and first Indigenous Australian gymnast to make a national team

"I was 14 at another gymnastics camp at AIS and I was struggling to perform a skill. Instead of words of motivation, support and encouragement, I was publicly shamed by being screamed at that I was a pathetic excuse of a person, I was a disgrace to gymnastics, a disgrace to my family and a disgrace to the whole Aboriginal community... I was told on my days off training all I should consume is green tea and vomiting up my food was a healthy practice... It took me years after gym to start feeling things again." Aya Meggs, National medallist and Jesolo Trophy competitor

Amelia McGrath, National medallist and Pacific Rim Championships medallist

"All the highs come with tremendous lows, in and out of the gym: anxiety, obsessive tendencies, depression to the point that mum used to help me shower because I couldn't do it myself. Waking up every morning to feelings of fear and dread... one comp I had a bar routine with an unusual and painful fall, and the team coach gave me the cold shoulder for the rest of the competition."

Livia Giles (Gluchowska), Former Polish-Australian rhythmic gymnast turned physiotherapist and competitive wrestler.

"It makes me shake in rage at how anyone allowed it to happen in the first place. Deprived of food at training camps, not only in Poland but at the AIS in Australia... the Aussie swim team would sneak us food between room inspections."

Trinity De Lance Au-Yong, National club gymnast

"Watching all my role models I grew up with coming out and sharing their stories has made me feel like I could come out and share my story too... I quickly learned that crying wasn't allowed, if you complained you would do a 13-minute wall sit or 10 rope climbs as punishment. My mom reported it multiple times about all [that] was done to me and got yelled at and told it was my fault."

Sophie Stuart, State Championship medallist and state squad member

"I was belittled constantly and told I was never good enough... at my first junior Aus team camp I was yelled at endlessly because I was unable to do a difficult skill. I was told that I was an embarrassment and that I ruined the camp for everyone, never to be invited back. Hopefully sharing my story will help others create a positive impact..."

Isobel Looker, South Africa Gym Games medallist, Gliders Invitational USA competitor

"When I was a gymnast, I used to tell my mates that I would 'never put my kids into gymnastics' because of the trauma it would inflict on them. I laughed at the time but I didn't realise the seriousness of this statement... we need CHANGE

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so im wondering, what major meets happen in usag each year, and where are they usually held? im interesting to going to one but the ones this year are so far away

is... is your icon john douglass of jacksfilms

anyway there are only 3 major WAG elite meets (as in, you’re guaranteed to see national team members) held in the US every year, and those are: American Cup (an international, the US sends 2 WAG and seven other countries each send one, in March, no set site but usually at Madison Square Garden in the Olympic year); US Classic (a qualifying meet to Nationals, often used as a warmup meet by gymnasts who already qualified to Nationals, held about a month before Nationals, site is supposed to vary but fsr they’ve had it in Hoffman Estates, Illinois for like the last eight hundred years now and I’m over it); and the national championships (usually about 2-3 weeks before Worlds camp or the Olympic Trials, so in late August - early September in Worlds years and mid-June in Olympic years; site varies)

In Olympic years, there is also the Olympic Trials, which are held about a month before the Olympics, site varies). The Pacific Rim championships are held in even years, and while they aren’t always in the US, they tend to occur here disproportionately often because we’re apparently the only country that cares lol anyway when they are here they’re in a city near the Pacific Ocean because, y’know, Pacific Rim. The US attends Pan Ams in mid-quad and pre-Olympic years; these are rarely in the US, but ARE always somewhere in North America, South America, or the Caribbean, in case you’re interested in a bit of a field trip. Worlds are also in Montreal, Canada this year.

It wasn’t always this bad! Back in the 80s and 90s, the US girls had other minor domestic competitions (for example, the Olympic FunFest), and would also often invite another country to the US (usually the USSR or Romania) for a tour of performances and a friendly team meet. But apparently at some point they decided giving the elite girls 4 1/2 outings per year was enough and trimmed the calendar down drastically.

The men also participate in American Cup, have their own nationals and Olympic Trials which often-but-not-always share a site with the women, and instead of Classics have a reranking competition about six months after nationals called Winter Cup.

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Stacked Up - 2016 Olympic Vault Final

While nothing could really hold a candle to the 2012 floor final, the 2016 vault final still carried a tremendous amount of talent. Our finalists were as follows:

1. Simone Biles (USA) 2. Hong un-Jong (PRK) 3. Giulia Steingruber (SUI) 4. Maria Paseka (RUS) 5. Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) 6. Shallon Olsen (CAN) 7. Wang Yan (CHN) 8. Dipa Karmakar (IND)

While Simone Biles was close to a lock for gold, a hit TTY from Hong un-Jong had the potential to rattle the cage. Vaulting prowess and talent ran deep in this final. Let’s have a look:

- the reigning World and Olympic AA Champion; Simone Biles (2013 Antwerp) (2014 Nanning) (2015 Glasgow) (2016 Rio de Janeiro) - the 2008 Olympic Champion, and 2014 World Champion; Hong un-Jong (2008 Beijing) (2014 Nanning) - the reigning World Champion, and 2015 European Champion; Maria Paseka (2015 Glasgow) (2015 Montpellier) - the 2013, 2014, and 2016 European Champion; Giulia Steingruber (2013 Moscow) (2014 Sofia) (2016 Bern) - the 2015 European AA Champion; Giulia Steingruber (2015 Montpellier) - the 2003 World Champion; Oksana Chusovitinia (2003 Anaheim) [representing Uzbekistan] - the reigning Pacific Rim Champion; Shallon Olsen (2016 Everett)

Going further than major titles, this final presents major talent:

Simone Biles - two time World silver medallist on vault, 2013 Antwerp and 2014 Nanning - World bronze medallist on vault, 2015 Glasgow - three time US National vault champion, 2014 Pittsburgh, 2015 Indianapolis, and 2016 St Louis - US silver medallist on vault, 2013 Hartford

Hong un-Jong - World silver medallist on vault, 2015 Glasgow - World bronze medallist on vault, 2013 Antwerp - 2014 Asian Games Champion, 2014 Incheon - Asian Games bronze medallist, 2006 Doha - two time Summer Universiade Champion, 2009 Belgrade, and 2013 Kazan - 2006 Asian Champion, 2006 Surat - 2013 E. Asian Games Champion, 2013 Tianjin

Giulia Steingruber - 2015 European Games Champion, 2015 Baku - European Games AA silver medallist, 2015 Baku - European silver medallist, 2015 Montpellier - European bronze medallist, 2012 Brussels

Maria Paseka - Olympic bronze medallist, 2012 London - 2015 Summer Universiade Champion, 2015 Gwangju - Summer Universiade bronze medallist, 2013 Kazan

Oksana Chusovitina NB: It is worth noting that despite competing as an international elite since 1991, Chusovitina’s first vault event final at the Olympic Games did not come until the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She also made finals in 2012 and 2016, while making history both times as the oldest gymnast to ever compete at the Olympic Games. [representing Germany] - Olympic silver medallist, 2008 Beijing - World silver medallist, 2011 Tokyo - World bronze medallist, 2006 Aarhus - two time European silver medallist, 2011 Berlin, and 2012 Brussels - European bronze medallist, 2007 Amsterdam [representing the Soviet Union] - World silver medallist, 1991 Indianapolis [representing the Commonwealth of Independent States] - World bronze medallist, 1992 Paris [representing Uzbekistan] - two time World silver medallist, 2001 Ghent, and 2005 Melbourne - two time World bronze medallist, 1993 Birmingham, and 2002 Debrecen - 2002 Asian Games Champion, 2002 Busan - Asian Games silver medallist, 2014 Incheon - Asian Games AA silver medallist, 2002 Busan - Asian Games bronze medallist, 1994 Hiroshima - Asian Championships silver medallist, 1996 Changsha - Asian Games AA bronze medallist, 1996 Changsha

Shallon Olsen NB: Aside from her Pacific Rim title, the majority of Shallon’s vault medals came at smaller domestic meets and friendlies. - Elite Canada Champion, 2014, 2015, 2016

Wang Yan - 2014 Youth Olympic Champion, 2014 Nanjing - 2015 Asian Champion, 2015 Hiroshima - Asian Championships AA silver medallist, 2015 Hiroshima

Dipa Karmakar - Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, 2014 Glasgow - Asian Championships bronze medallist, 2015 Hiroshima

It is worth noting that three gymnasts attempted incredibly difficult vaults in the final, with Dipa Karmakar the only one to have a successful landing.

- Hong un-Jong; triple twisting Yurchenko (TTY) - Oksana Chusovitina; handspring double front (Produnova) - Dipa Karmakar; handspring double front (Produnova) 

In the end, Simone Biles came through with a clean Amanar and Cheng combo to win her first major vault title, beating out the reigning World Champion, Maria Paseka, who had to settle for silver. A botched landing on her TTY took Hong un-Jong out of medal contention, opening the door for Giulia Steingruber to win her first global medal in gymnastics and become the first Swiss gymnast to medal at the Olympics.

This final had an absolutely incredible field, and there were five or six gymnasts who had a realistic shot at the podium. Surprises erupted all around, to give us the three who reigned supreme at the end of the day.