Portland will host its first ever USA Gymnastics national
championship event next week as more than 1,000 gymnasts, coaches and
family members descend on Portland for the 2013 USA Gymnastics Men’s
Junior Olympics National Championships, May 1 -May 5 at the Oregon
Convention Center. Hosted locally by Metro Gymnastics Center, the Oregon
Sports Authority and Travel Portland, the Junior Olympics is a USA
Gymnastics sanctioned event featuring the top male gymnasts in the
country ages 11-18.
Eighteen Oregon athletes are preparing to compete among more than 700 of the nation’s best, with gymnasts already starting to eye coveted spots on the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
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The American Cup, an international event competed every year since 1976, is something of a trial run. It’s the first time USA Gymnastics’ top international event will be held in North Carolina. And it’s the first time it will be held alongside two lower-level competitions: the Nastia Liukin Cup, which features many of the country’s top Junior Olympic female gymnasts, and the Greater Greensboro Invitational.
Saturday May 4th will not be a date that Brianna Slonim will soon forget, it’s the day she went for anonymity to being a nationally ranked gymnast. Slonim competed at the Western National Championship in Sacramento California representing not only her home gym of Gymfinity Gymnastics but representing Region 4: a seven state region in the USA-Gymnastics Junior Olympic program comprised of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa and North and South Dakota. The championship is the final meet for gymnasts at the 9th level of competition in a 10 level system. The meet not only awards individual gymnasts who have qualified from the region championship but awards the region team, comprised of representatives from regions 1-4. This is gymnast Brianna Slonim’s first trip to the Western Championship, Gymfinity returns after last year taking current High School champion Lexi Alt to compete in Boise, Idaho.
With more than 1,000 gymnasts, family members and coaches visiting Portland for the five day event, the region is expected to receive a significant influx of tourism dollars. “We expect our hotels, restaurants and shopping destinations to see a noticeable bump in business as a direct result of the Junior Olympics,” said Oregon Sports Authority CEO Drew Mahalic.
Slonim has been at Gymfinity gymnastics since the age of 4. She has had a tough time of late suffering from a shoulder injury, a back injury and elbow surgery over the past few years. She effectively sat out the better part of last season but returned this year to a full season and great results. Her all around score of 37.475 is her highest score throughout her career.
Brianna Slonim now returns to Gymfinity to train for her next competitive season where she will compete in Level 10 Junior Olympics. Gymfinity is a recreational and competitive gymnastics training center in Fitchburg Wisconsin. They have many top gymnasts in the state and region and also offer programs for children’s fitness, trampoline and tumbling and Parkour.
The artistic competition is for skill Levels A, B, 1, 2, 3 and 4, with rhythmic gymnastics for Levels A, B, 1, 2, 3 and 4. Competition includes both individual and Unified gymnasts. A Unified gymnast is a partner without intellectual disabilities who will compete the same routine as the Special Olympics athlete, and the pair’s scores will be combined for a team total. For rhythmic group, there are an equal number of Special Olympics athletes and Unified partners in each group.
TeamGym is a competitive version of group gymnastics that features squads of athletes performing together in two events – group floor exercise and group jump. TeamGym may have both Unified partners and Special Olympics athletes.
Eighteen Oregon athletes are preparing to compete among more than 700 of the nation’s best, with gymnasts already starting to eye coveted spots on the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
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CLICK HERE TO===Watch USA Gymnastic Championship 2013 Live Stream Coverage
Click Here To Watch Link Below
Watch USA Gymnastic Championship 2013 Live
Click Here To Watch
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The American Cup, an international event competed every year since 1976, is something of a trial run. It’s the first time USA Gymnastics’ top international event will be held in North Carolina. And it’s the first time it will be held alongside two lower-level competitions: the Nastia Liukin Cup, which features many of the country’s top Junior Olympic female gymnasts, and the Greater Greensboro Invitational.
Saturday May 4th will not be a date that Brianna Slonim will soon forget, it’s the day she went for anonymity to being a nationally ranked gymnast. Slonim competed at the Western National Championship in Sacramento California representing not only her home gym of Gymfinity Gymnastics but representing Region 4: a seven state region in the USA-Gymnastics Junior Olympic program comprised of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa and North and South Dakota. The championship is the final meet for gymnasts at the 9th level of competition in a 10 level system. The meet not only awards individual gymnasts who have qualified from the region championship but awards the region team, comprised of representatives from regions 1-4. This is gymnast Brianna Slonim’s first trip to the Western Championship, Gymfinity returns after last year taking current High School champion Lexi Alt to compete in Boise, Idaho.
With more than 1,000 gymnasts, family members and coaches visiting Portland for the five day event, the region is expected to receive a significant influx of tourism dollars. “We expect our hotels, restaurants and shopping destinations to see a noticeable bump in business as a direct result of the Junior Olympics,” said Oregon Sports Authority CEO Drew Mahalic.
Slonim has been at Gymfinity gymnastics since the age of 4. She has had a tough time of late suffering from a shoulder injury, a back injury and elbow surgery over the past few years. She effectively sat out the better part of last season but returned this year to a full season and great results. Her all around score of 37.475 is her highest score throughout her career.
Brianna Slonim now returns to Gymfinity to train for her next competitive season where she will compete in Level 10 Junior Olympics. Gymfinity is a recreational and competitive gymnastics training center in Fitchburg Wisconsin. They have many top gymnasts in the state and region and also offer programs for children’s fitness, trampoline and tumbling and Parkour.
The artistic competition is for skill Levels A, B, 1, 2, 3 and 4, with rhythmic gymnastics for Levels A, B, 1, 2, 3 and 4. Competition includes both individual and Unified gymnasts. A Unified gymnast is a partner without intellectual disabilities who will compete the same routine as the Special Olympics athlete, and the pair’s scores will be combined for a team total. For rhythmic group, there are an equal number of Special Olympics athletes and Unified partners in each group.
TeamGym is a competitive version of group gymnastics that features squads of athletes performing together in two events – group floor exercise and group jump. TeamGym may have both Unified partners and Special Olympics athletes.
