More than 100 of Canada’s top trampolinists and tumblers kick off three days of competition Friday at Elite Canada in the first major national competition of the year.With all three members of Canada’s 2012 Olympic trampoline team not competing at this year's event, including women’s gold medal winner Rosie MacLennan of Toronto who is out with a sprained ankle, the combined field is wide open for both junior and senior competitors to aim for the top of the podium.
Other absent Olympians are Jason Burnett, who had surgery recently to remove pins from an old leg injury, and Karen Cockburn who is expecting her first baby in September.
“There is a gap between the top three in the country and we hope that some of the younger competitors are starting to narrow that gap,” says trampoline high performance director Stephan Duchesne of Montreal.
“We have a lot of very young athletes with great potential but it’s going to take some time. It’s a long run to make it to the top level internationally in trampoline.”
Source/article: Gymnastics Canada
