Ana Padurariu Repeats As Elite Canada Champion
Ana Padurariu Repeats As Elite Canada Champion
Ana Padurariu headlined the list of winners at the 2020 Elite Canada competition.
The Elite Canada competition wrapped up on Sunday evening, and in the three days of competition there was plenty of excitement. All novice, junior, and senior sessions are available to rewatch on FloGymnastics.
The senior competition was highly anticipated, as many beloved gymnasts took the stage. After Day 1, Ana Padurariu was winning by almost a point, followed by Brooklyn Moors in second place and Isabela Onyshko in third place, half a point behind second. After Day 2 the podium stayed the same, with Ana Padurariu taking first all-around with a 106.865, Brooklyn Moors in second with a 106.414, and Isabela Onyshko with a 103.981.
Padurariu started her competition on vault, competing a full twisting Yurchenko. She then moved to bars, where she hit her routine and landed a full-in dismount. On beam she showed off an incredible routine, especially her side aerial back layout back layout. Her only issue was a pause between her aerial and switch leap to sheep jump, but she solidified the routine with a strong double pike dismount. She finished with a clean floor routine, giving her first on beam and second on floor.
Moors was such a unique gymnast to watch because she competes many unusual skills, and her performance at Elite Canada was no exception. After a front handspring front pike half on vault and front handspring front tuck and a front walkover rudi dismount on beam, Moors not only finished second all-around, but second on bars, beam, and first on floor. Rightfully so, Twitter exploded with love for her beam dismount, a front walkover Rudi.
have I ever mentioned how much I love unique composition ? @brooklynmoors pic.twitter.com/mHQpGIp5qu
— kt (@ktgymnastics) February 9, 2020
Isabela Onyshko went home with third all-around and third on bars and floor. Onyshko competed a full twisting Yurchenko, clean bar and beam routines, and a simple yet elegant floor routine, which ended in a double pike.
Ellie Black had ankle surgery in October, so she only competed on bars and beam as she works to return to full strength. Even so, she took first on bars with a gorgeous routine featuring a ton of high-level skills and finishing with a simple layout dismount. On beam she narrowly missed the podium, taking fourth after a few wobbles on her side somi and leap series.
During Day 1 of the junior competition, Clara Raposo stole the stage, debuting a ton of new skills including a Yurchenko double on vault, double pike dismount on beam, and double layout on floor. Unfortunately, although she started the final competition in first place, she hurt her knee on her new double twisting Yurchenko vault during the first rotation and did not finish the meet. The video below shows her strong vault on Day 1.
After Raposo was out, Maya Zonneveld rose from second to first place to finish the competition with a gold in the all-around, scoring 99.831. Zonneveld began the final competition with a full twisting Yurchenko on vault, solid performances on bars and beam, and finished with a packed floor routine that earned her second place on the event. Her beam was solid enough to take third and highlighted her well-executed candle mount, double wolf turn, back handspring back layout series, front and side aerials, and double twisting dismount, with only some small wobbles on her jumps.
Cassie Lee took second place all-around, scoring a 99.231 to take the title. Lee also took first on beam and third on floor and had a good weekend despite a fall on bars. She stayed in the top few places at first, but after her fall on bars her placement fell to fifth, but a strong beam routine pulled her back up to second place and she stayed there after floor. Her beam showed off an incredible side aerial back layout back layout series, side somi, roundoff back layout, and a roundoff back handspring double full dismount — quite a jam-packed routine for a junior.
Ava Stewart came in third place all-around, scoring a 98.598 to take the last podium spot. Stewart did not have any standout events of the four, but instead scored well on all four routines. Stewart competed a Yurchenko tuck full on vault, a Tkachev on bars, a double pike beam dismount, and a 2½ to front tuck on floor.
The novice gymnasts had quite a varied competition, with Victoriane Charron scoring a 104.200 to take first place all-around. Charron won by more than five points, even with a fall on beam on her aerial. Charron is used to leading in her category, and performed as she was expected to, staying in first place from the first rotation to the last. She also took first on bars and beam, as well as second on vault and floor.
Tegan Shaver took second in the novice competition, boasting a 99.140. Shaver was also steady during this competition besides a fall on her aerial on beam and stayed in second throughout the entire competition. She also placed first on vault and third on bars.
Orlia Ngomsi took third place all-around with a 98.620 and placed first on floor and second on bars. Ngomsi is a huge performer on floor, showcasing peppy, engaging dance. She opened with a double pike, then showed off a front pike connected to a double full and ended with a double back.
You can rewatch any routine from the 2020 Elite Canada competition on FloGymnastics. If you haven’t had enough of Canadian gymnastics, tune in Feb. 14 for the Elite Canada rhythmic competition.