Gym Massila 2011

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Gym Massilia is coming up from Nov. 18 to 20th. The competition will feature a team competition, a junior and senior AA, as well as apparatus finals. Russia, Australia, France, Canada, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium are sending teams:


Russia
Viktoria Komova
Anastasia Grishina
Tatiana Nabieva
Ksenia Afanseyva

Australia
Emily Little
Larissa Miller
Nicole Chung
Georgia Rose Brown


Australia
Mary Ann Monckton
Georgia Wheeler

Canada
Sabrina Tomassin
Maegan Chant
Heaven Latimer
Jordyn Pederson

Canada
Victoria Moors
Sabrina Gill
Natali Vaculik
Stefanie Merkle

Belgium
Johanna Dejardin
Ellen Rabaut
Berengere Fransolet
Laura Waem

France
Marine Brevet
Mira Boumejmajen
Doraine Thobie
Ann Khum

Germany
Cagla Akyol
Sarina Maier
Alina Ehret
Nadine Schubert


Switzerland
Ilaria Kaslin
Conny Guissani
Nicole Hitz
Alice Jelmini

As can be seen by the roster, we are going to see some great gymnastics. Why the US refuses to send gymnasts to competitions like this is beyond me. Martha's excuse has always been that competitions like Jesolo have team finals while the Category A World Cups don't, yet Massilia also has a team competition so sending a team to that should be a idea Martha would entertain. Some gymnasts like Kyla Ross and Katelyn Ohashi that are still juniors could definitely benefit from more international experience as well as seniors like Johnson and Caquatto that could make their case to be back in the A team for the Olympics. Anyway it will be a great competition with promising routines by the Russians, the Australians, etc...