12. Dezember 2005  
GATINEAU, Quebec / Canada  
Artistic Gymnastics

Canadian s Nationals under new Code of Points

David Kikuchi -first Canadian Champion under new system of points

David Kikuchi of Halifax won the gold medal in the all around event Saturday at the Elite Canada gymnastics competition which was the first competition for the Canadian men under the new international code of points.

Kikuchi, an Olympic team member last year, totaled 173.15 points over two days of competition.
Jared Walls of the Capital City Gymnastics Club in Edmonton was second at 170.40 and Nathan Gafuik of the University of Calgary third at 170.25...
“Coming into this meet I didn’t know what to expect because of the new rules but it turned out very well for me,” said Kikuchi, 25, who is preparing for the Commonwealth Games in March 2006.
“With the new code you need a lot more variety of skills and more of an all around mastery of the event. It’s very different. What pleased me the most was doing as well today as yesterday and withstanding the pressure of holding the lead.”

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... under the old Code, yet:
Women's Canadian Nationals 2005
Aisha Gerber of Cambridge, Ont., won the war with her nerves on Friday to take the gold medal in the women’s senior all around event on Friday at the Elite Canada gymnastics competition being held at the Palais des Congr?s.
Gerber, 15, dominated the competition posting the best scores on floor, beam and uneven bars and the second best score on vault, to total 37.225 points. Gael Mackie of Omega Gymnastics in Coquitlam, B.C., was second at 35.375 and Rebecca Simbhudas of Pulsar’s Gymnastics in Newmarket, Ont., was third at 35.355.
“I was most pleased with my uneven bars,” said Gerber, a member of the Cambridge Kips Club since she was three-years-old.
“I had been having trouble getting through the routine at recent meets and that was frustrating because I could do it in training. The problem was that I would get nervous and start to doubt myself. Today I gained the confidence I needed and learned I could battle through the nervousness.”
Source canadian Gymnastics Federation

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