Halifax will be well represented at gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool.
Olympian Ellie Black and Denelle Pedrick will represent Canada at the event.
A total of 12 gymnasts make up the team.
Black is fresh off a bronze medal on the Balance Beam at the Paris World Challenge Cup.
Pedrick was one of the top competitors at the Canadian Championships in May.
WOMEN’S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS ATHLETES
Ellie Black (Halifax Alta, NS)
Laurie Denommée (Wimgym, QC)
Shallon Olsen (Flicka Gymnastics, BC)
Denelle Pedrick (Halifax Alta, NS)
Emma Spence (Burlington Gymnastics Club, ON)
Sydney Turney (TAG Sports Centre, BC)
MEN’S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS ATHLETES
Zachary Clay (Twisters Gymnastics Club, BC)
Felix Dolci (Laval Excellence, QC)
William Émard (Laval Excellence, QC)
Chris Kaji (Gymnastics Mississauga, ON)
Kenji Tamane (Laval Excellence, QC)
Sam Zakutney (Laval Excellence, QC)
SUPPORT STAFF
Head of Delegation – Ian Moss
Team Coaches – Adrian Balan, Barb Fraser, Richard Ikeda, David Kikuchi, and Ed Van Hoof
Judges – Nick Bejanaru, Kader Mecellem, Andree Montreuil, and Sheri Wilson
Team Managers – Lorie Henderson and Greg Jackson
IST – Rachel Gauthier and Martha Purdy
The competition schedule for the 2022 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships is as follows:
- Women’s Qualifications – Saturday, October 29 and Sunday, October 30
- Men’s Qualifications – Monday, October 31
- Women’s Team Final – Tuesday, November 1 *
- Men’s Team Final – Wednesday, November 2 *
- Women’s Individual All-Around Final – Thursday, November 3 *
- Men’s Individual All-Around Final – Friday, November 4 *
- Women’s Vault and Uneven Bars Finals – Saturday, November 5 *
- Men’s Floor, Pommel Horse, and Rings Finals – Saturday, November 5 *
- Women’s Balance Beam and Floor Finals – Sunday, November 6 *
- Men’s Vault Parallel Bars, and Horizontal Bar Final – Sunday, November 6 *
