Gymmin' Miel!

The Great Britain contingent consisting of Nile Wilson, Dominick Cunningham, James Hall and Courtney Tulloch won the Team title at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival. The team were winners by a massive seven point margin over China with the Australian team rounding out the medals. China won the silver medal despite having to finish with only three gymnasts after one was injured during the competition. I am unsure of which gymnasts competed for China nor which gymnast was injured. If anyone has any information, please leave a comment.

 

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Image courtesy of Brittany Lane for Olympics.com.au. See Image and related article at: http://ayof2013.olympics.com.au/news/china-fights-back-to-win-artistic-team-gold.

The Chinese team consisting of LUO Huan, CHEN Siyi, MEI Jie and LIU Zhilin won the Women's Team Competition at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney. Great Britain finished second with Australia Gold in third. Australia Gold consisted of Alexandra Eade, Eliza Freeman, Rianna Mizzen and Eden Tarvit. Highest scorers on each event, were: Great Britain's Tyesha Mattis on Vault (scored 14.066); Amy Tinkler on Floor Exercise (13.800) and Catherine Lyons on Balance Beam (14.200); with China's CHEN Siyi on Uneven Bars (14.433). For detailed individual scores, see: http://www.gymnastics.org.au/site/gymnastics/national/downloads/gymsports/wag/Team%20Results.pdf

 

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The Australian Gold team, consisting of Tara Wilkie, Anastasia Katharios, Marlee-Shae Holden and Michaela Whitehouse have won the Rhythmic Gymnastics Team Competition at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney. The team from China came second with the Malaysian team picking up the bronze medal.

 

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Australian Olympic gymnast Lauren Mitchell has confirmed that she has no solid plans to compete this year as part of an interview in relation to her role as an Athlete Ambassador at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival. You can see the article in full at http://ayof2013.olympics.com.au/news/mitchell-s-mentoring-role, but here is a snippet:

 

The West Australian-born dual Olympian is living in the village with the young athletes, helping them train and adjust to the unique pressures of an international multi-sport competition.

"It's such a great opportunity," Mitchell said of the AYOF. "Being able to live in the village, learning when to rest and dealing with distractions as well as experiencing international competition like this at a young age is so beneficial".

The 21-year-old trains with a number of the girls on the team and says being able to help them prepare and watch them compete in the Festival is very rewarding.

"I think it's important just to be a friend," Mitchell said of her role. "They already have their parents and coaches pushing them to succeed, so I'm really just support."

Mitchell has no solid plans to compete this year, choosing to try and correct a long standing shoulder injury instead. Her previous achievements have not been overlooked, especially by teams from overseas.

The competitors in the three Gymnastics disciplines are seemingly finalized. The 6th edition of the Australian Youth Olympic Festival takes place in Sydney, New South Wales from the 16th to the 20th January, 2013. Artistic Gymnastics is set to be held on the 18th and 20th, with gymnasts from Australia, China, Great Britain and New Zealand participating. In Rhythmic Gymnastics, competition is scheduled for the 18th and 19th of January with gymnasts from Australia, China, Great Britain, Malaysia and New Zealand competing. And finally, Trampoline Gymnastics will be contested on the 19th of January and will see gymnasts from Australia, Canada, China, Great Britain and New Zealand compete. Canada's participants are yet to be determined. Please note that some countries have not confirmed their entries as yet.

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:
WOMEN'S:

• Brooke Callcott (AUS)
• Gillian Chan (AUS)
• Alexandra Eade (AUS)
• Eliza Freeman (AUS)
• Paige James (AUS)
• Rianna Mizzen (AUS)
• Darcy Norman (AUS)
• Eden Tarvit (AUS)
• Yawen Bai (CHN)
• Siyi Chen (CHN)
• Jie Mei (CHN)
• Wei Wang (CHN)
• Emily Crowe (GBR)
• Teal Grindle (GBR)
• Tyesha Mattis (GBR)
• Amy Tinkler (GBR)
• Hanna Malloch (NZL)
• Courtney McGregor (NZL)
• Charlotte Sullivan (NZL)
• Millie Williamson (NZL)

MEN'S:

• James Bacueti (AUS)
• Scott Brooks (AUS)
• Corey Morton (AUS)
• Zachary Perillo (AUS)
• Christopher Remkes (AUS)
• Clay Stephens (AUS)
• Robert Thornton (AUS)
• Trenten Wan (AUS)
• Yixin Du (CHN)
• Huanzhang Jin (CHN)
• Di Wu (CHN)
• Ruoteng Xiao (CHN)
• Dominick Cunningham (GBR)
• James Hall (GBR)
• Courtney Tulloch (GBR)
• Nile Wilson (GBR)
• Troy Arendse (NZL) 
• Reegan Edwards (NZL)
• Kyleab Ellis (NZL)
• Jorden O'Connell-Inns (NZL)

The Australian Youth Olympic Festival is being held from the 16th to the 20th of January, 2013 in Sydney. A total of seventeen sports will be contested with 30 nations expected to compete. Gymnastics disciplines to be contested are Men's Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Artistic Gymnastics, Rhythmic Gymnastics and Trampoline. 

According to the information on the official AYOF website, the following nations have been invited:

Australia has announced their Gymnastics participants and congratulations must go to those selected:

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Alexandra Eade
• Eliza Freeman
• Rhianna Mizzen
• Eden Tarvit
• Paige James
• Darcy Norman
• Brooke Callcott 
• Gillian Chan
• RESERVES: Franceska Fusha, Shannon Neate 
• COACHES: Misha Barabach, Vladimir Joura, John Hart, Nikolai Lapchine, Martine George

• James Bacueti
• Scott Brooks
• Corey Morton
• Zachary Perillo
• Christopher Remkes
• Clay Stephens
• Robert Thornton
• Trenten Wan
• COACHES: Anthony Weston, Sean Wilson, Li Min Zou, Chen Wei Wan

• Anastasia Katharios
• Michaela Whitehouse
• Tara Wilkie
• Marlee-Shae Holden
• Rhiannon Choe
• Rachel Raskopoulos
• Maya Bennett
• Tala Vuong
• RESERVES: Emma Chan, Zoe Bartholomeusz
• COACHES: Danielle LeRay, Edith Peluso, Emma Tankovich, Jessica Veal, Anzelika Filipovic

• Kira Ward
• Jayden Cooney
• Abbie Watts
• Taylor Ellison
• Claire Arthur
• Joshua Ibrahim
• Hugh McConnell
• Dominic Clarke
• Aidan Collins
• Lachlan Banham 
• Blake Rutherford
• COACHES: Belinda Cox, Jarrod Heriot, Ben Kelly