Vancouver gymnast wins two golds at Canadian championships
MONTREAL — Vancouver’s Scott Morgan won two golds on Sunday during the final day of the Canadian Championships in Artistic Gymnastics in his first competition since the Rio Olympics.
Morgan, from Vancouver, was first in two apparatus finals including rings (14.350) and a tie with Aaron Mah of Vancouver on floor (13.850).
“It felt great to be back out there with the boys,” said Morgan. “There’s some work to be done to clean some things up but it felt great to be back out there. Heading into worlds in the fall I’m going to work on my endurance to help with my routines overall.”
Senior all-around champion Zachary Clay from Chilliwack won gold on vault (14.150) and two silvers on pommel horse (14.400) and rings (13.900). He added a bronze on high bar (13.750).
Thierry Pellerin of Levis, Que., won gold on pommel horse (14.700).
Calgary’s Jackson Payne, the 2016 Canadian all-around champion, struggled during the first half of the apparatus finals before finishing strongly and winning gold medals on parallel bars (14.000) and high bar (14.000).
Felix Dolci of Laval, Que., finished first on floor (13.800), pommel horse (13.450), vault (13.750) and high bar (13.200) in his first year as a junior 14-15 gymnast.
Evgeny Siminiuc, the junior 14-15 all-around champion, won gold on rings (12.950) and parallel bars (13.00) in addition to taking home four silver medals on floor (12.800), pommel horse (13.150), vault (13.050) and high bar (12.850).
Teammate and junior 16-17 allaround champion William Emard added four gold on floor (14.300), rings (13.950), vault (13.850) and high bar (12.250) and bronze on pommel horse (12.450).