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Canadian talent Shallon Olsen won the all-around and vault titles at the 16th Top Gym Tournament, held Saturday and Sunday in Charleroi, Belgium.

Shallon Olsen (Canada)

Organized by Charleroi's Gymnos club, the annual competition has historically attracted some of the best juniors in the world, many of whom have gone on to world and Olympic glory. Past champions include Romanians Oana Ban, Larisa Iordache, Maria Olaru and Monica Rosu, Russia Yekaterina Lobaznyuk and Anna Pavlova (Russia), and Americans Shawn Johnson and Jordyn Wieber. This year's competition included 23 gymnasts from 11 nations.

Third in 2011, the 12-year-old Olsen moved up two spots Saturday to claim the overall title. Canadian teammate Rose-Kalam Woo, also 12, took second over Great Britain's Georgina Hockenhull, 15.

Olsen had the best scores on vault (double-twisting Yurchenko) and floor exercise (piked full-in; 1 1/2 to double tuck; double twist; double pike) to become the first Top Gym champion not from Romania, Russia, Ukraine or the USA (see list of champions below). She showed an additional vault of Yurchenko full to win a second gold medal in Sunday's finals.

Olsen trains under Vladimir Lashin and Svetlana Lashina at Omega Gymnastics in British Columbia (where Lobaznyuk also coaches now). At May's Canadian championships, she won five medals in the junior division, including the all-around and vault golds.

Woo, who trains at Montreal's Gym-Richelieu club with coaches Michel Charron and Marie-Josee Laperriere, grabbed gold on uneven bars in the finals (Pak; Tkatchev; rare piked double front; click to watch).

Hockenhull, second on floor exercise, won balance beam with a routine that was most outstanding for its beautiful leaps (front aerial, ff; side aerial; switch leap; side somi; switch side; ro double tuck). She trains at Park Wrekin School of Gymnastics under coach Christine Still, the popular gymnastics commentator for the BBC.

Sweden's Emma Larsson, eighth all-around, won the vault silver and floor exercise gold (tucked full-in, 2 1/2, 1 1/2 punch layout front; double pike). Larsson was 11th all-around at the 2010 Top Gym Tournament.

External Link: Gymnos Club Website

16th Top Gym Tournament
Nov. 24-25, 2012, Charleroi, Belgium

Team			VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
1.	Sweden/France		27.100	23.600	26.150	27.100	103.950
	Emma Larsson		13.900			13.900
	Loan His		13.200	12.500
	Ellzn Haavisto				13.000	13.200
	Lovisa Estberg			11.100	13.150
2.	Canada/South Africa		27.650	24.400	21.250	25.050	98.350
	Rose-Kalam Woo			13.000	11.650
	Shallon Olsen		14.400			12.500
	Lilo Miller		13.250	11.400
	Angela Maguire				9.600	12.550
3.	Belgium		25.450	24.350	23.250	25.200	98.250
	Cindy Vandenhole		0.000	12.450	11.200
	Timna Lebon				12.050
	Rune Hermans		12.250	11.900		13.000
	Jelle Beulens		13.200			12.200
4.	Netherlands/Switzerland		25.175	23.300	23.950	24.350	96.775
	Mara Titarsolej		12.825	0.000		13.400
	Stefi Siegenthaler		12.350	12.750
	Michelle Kraus				11.800	10.950
	Jin Yi Hoekstra			10.550	12.150
5.	Romania/Ukraine		25.700	21.000	25.100	23.700	95.500
	Diana Teodoru			12.700		12.350
	Stefania Shivets		12.250	8.300	12.300	11.350
	Anamaria Ocolisan		13.450		12.800
6.	Great Britain/Iceland		25.000	17.700	23.900	25.950	92.550
	Freyja Josepsdottir			5.000	10.700
	Rhyannon Jones		12.500	12.700
	Georgina Hockenhull				13.200	13.800
	Sigridur Bergthorsdottir		12.500			12.150

All-Around			VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
1.	Shallon Olsen		14.550	12.700	14.400	13.300	54.950
2.	Rose-Kalam Woo		13.400	12.650	14.750	12.600	53.400
3.	Georgina Hockenhull		13.100	12.900	13.200	13.100	52.300
4.	Jelle Beulens		13.350	12.100	13.550	13.000	52.000
5.	Rhyannon Jones		12.850	12.950	13.150	12.950	51.900
6.	Lovisa Estberg		12.900	12.400	13.150	12.900	51.350
7.	Ellzn Haavisto		13.000	13.050	12.400	12.800	51.250
8.	Emma Larsson		13.550	12.650	12.500	12.050	50.750
9.	Stefi Siegenthaler		13.250	13.200	11.650	11.800	49.900
10.	Rune Hermans		12.350	11.400	13.150	12.950	49.850
11.	Jin Yi Hoekstra		12.600	11.500	13.200	12.450	49.750
12.	Diana Teodoru		12.950	10.750	13.000	12.850	49.550
13.	Mara Titarsolej		13.100	12.500	12.200	11.550	49.350
14.	Anamaria Ocolisan		13.500	10.400	12.600	12.550	49.050
15.	Loan His		14.150	10.350	11.600	11.550	47.650
16.	Cindy Vandenhole		12.800	11.050	11.500	11.700	47.050
17.	Timna Lebon		12.700	10.150	12.950	10.550	46.350
18.	Michelle Kraus		12.450	10.350	13.050	10.450	46.300
19.	Stefania Shivets		12.300	10.150	11.650	12.100	46.200
20.	Lilo Miller		13.250	10.600	10.550	11.750	46.150
21.	Angela Maguire		12.700	9.400	11.650	12.000	45.750
22.	Freyja Josepsdottir		12.850	9.600	11.300	10.850	44.600
23.	Sigridur Bergthorsdottir		12.700	0.000	12.350	10.800	35.850

Vault Final			Vault 1	Vault 2	Average
1.	Shallon Olsen		14.700	14.100	14.400
2.	Emma Larsson		13.950	13.850	13.900
3.	Anamaria Ocolisan		13.200	13.700	13.450
4.	Lilo Miller		13.150	13.350	13.250
5.	Jelle Beulens		13.350	13.050	13.200
5.	Loan His		13.300	13.100	13.200
7.	Mara Titarsolej		13.100	12.550	12.825
8.	Rhyannon Jones		12.800	12.200	12.500
8.	Sigridur Bergthorsdottir		12.700	12.300	12.500
10.	Stefi Siegenthaler		12.650	12.050	12.350
11.	Rune Hermans		12.500	12.000	12.250
11.	Stefania Shivets		12.350	12.150	12.250

Uneven Bars Final			Total
1.	Rose-Kalam Woo		13.000
2.	Stefi Siegenthaler		12.750
3.	Diana Teodoru		12.700
3.	Rhyannon Jones		12.700
5.	Loan His		12.500
6.	Cindy Vandenhole		12.450
7.	Rune Hermans		11.900
8.	Lilo Miller		11.400
9.	Lovisa Estberg		11.100
10.	Jin Yi Hoekstra		10.550
11.	Stefania Shivets		8.300
12.	Freyja Josepsdottir		5.000

Balance Beam Final			Total
1.	Georgina Hockenhull		13.200
2.	Lovisa Estberg		13.150
3.	Ellzn Haavisto		13.000
4.	Anamaria Ocolisan		12.800
5.	Stefania Shivets		12.300
6.	Jin Yi Hoekstra		12.150
7.	Timna Lebon		12.050
8.	Michelle Kraus		11.800
9.	Rose-Kaying Woo		11.650
10.	Cindy Vandenhole		11.200
11.	Freyja Josepsdottir		10.700
12.	Angela Maguire		9.600

Floor Exercise Final			Total
1.	Emma Larsson		13.900
2.	Georgina Hockenhull		13.800
3.	Mara Titarsolej		13.400
4.	Ellzn Haavisto		13.200
5.	Rune Hermans		13.000
6.	Angela Maguire		12.550
7.	Shallon Olsen		12.500
8.	Diana Teodoru		12.350
9.	Jelle Beulens		12.200
10.	Sigridur Bergthorsdottir		12.150
11.	Stefania Shivets		11.350
12.	Michelle Kraus		10.950

Top Gym Champions, 1992-2012

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2012		Shallon Olsen		Rose-Kalam Woo		Georgina Hockenhull
2011		Yevgenia Shelgunova		Alessia Leolini		Shallon Olsen
2010		Anastasia Sidorova		Ariana Guerra		Elisa Meneghini
2009		Larissa Iordache		Julie Croket		Madison Kocian
2008		Jordyn Wieber		Yvette Moshage		Kamerin Moore
2007	(Not Held)
2006		Cassie Whitcomb		Sarah DeMeo		Marine Petit
2005		Shawn Johnson		Aluissa Lacusteanu		Ivana Hong
2004	(Not Held)
2003	(Not Held)
2002		Monica Rosu		Alexandra Eremia		Marcia Newby
2001	(Not Held)
2000		Anna Pavlova		Carly Patterson		Irina Yarotska
1999		Oana Ban		Anna Chepelyova		Natalia Sirobaba
1998		Silvia Stroescu		Carmen Ionescu		Angela Beam
1997		Yekaterina Lobaznyuk		Andrea Isarescu		Yekaterina Kamyshnikova
1996		Maria Olaru		Olga Menin		Ksenia Bogdanova
1995	(Not Held)
1994		Mary-Beth Arnold		Monica Flammer		Joana Juarez
1993		Antonina Nakorneyeva		Anna Shakhoval		Claudia Presecan
1992		Anna Shakhoval & Antonina Nakorneyeva (tie)				Silvia Santiago

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