If you’re a gymnast with lofty ambitions, Canada’s national sport organizations (NSOs) are looking for you. RBC Training Ground, a talent identification and athlete-funding program that looks for up-and-coming Olympians, says gymnasts are sought after by many NSOs.
Former gymnast and RBC Training Ground alumni, Marion Thénault won Bronze in the Freestyle Skiing Aerials team event at the 2022 Beijing Games. Photo Credit: RBC.If you’re a gymnast with lofty ambitions, Canada’s national sport organizations are looking for you., a talent identification and athlete-funding program that looks for up-and-coming Olympians, says gymnasts are sought after by many NSOs.
When Guérin attends RBC Training Ground events to scout out new talent, she deliberately stands at the high jump station, watching for athletes who have intense power in their legs and an obvious acrobatic background. Kylar Rathwell, a 16-year-old former gymnast from Carleton Place, Ont., was named an RBC ‘Future Olympian’ in 2021, receiving funding from RBC Training Ground to pursue freestyle skiing – a sport that was unknown to her prior to the competition. She says many skills from gymnastics have carried over. “Definitely the flipping aspect of gymnastics is really important going into freestyle skiing, because it gives you the body awareness when you’re flipping.
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