| MLC Gymnastics Club gymnast
selected into the 12 member Olympic Squad. Lynn
Silcock, an MLC Senior International gymnast and a Kew High School
Year 11 student has earnt a place on the Olympic Squad after ranking
7th All Around (AA) at the National Championships last week in
Sydney.
Lynn renewed her National Squad placement and
is also a National SEP Squad Member who will receive some National
funding to assist with training costs.
Lynn hit eight out of eight routines during the week at Nationals
and was ranked in the top 8 on 2 events in the apparatus finals.
She also won a Gold team medal as a member of the Victorian team
in the team event.
Lynn is the first ever gymnast to be placed on
the Olympic Squad who is not from a State / National Institute
Program. Currently training in Canberra at the AIS with the National
team, Lynn will return home for 3 weeks of training at the end
of the week. The 12 Squad members return to AIS in June for a
final 2 week training Camp before the final 7 team members are
announced on July 5th (6 team members and one reserve).
Lynn’s team-mate, Ashlee Woodward, was
petitioned onto the Olympic Shadow team, but was unable to compete
due to an injury suffered 2 weeks earlier. She narrowly missed
selection for the Squad.
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