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June 2018 to January 2021 Obstacles, Milestones and Memories

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  Elijah's Gymnastics Journey June 2018 to January 2021 This 'Mom's Overcoming Memories' post picks up where the January to May 2018 Competition Season elijahgym blog post leaves off.  Elijah GymBlog January to May 2018 All four of our teen/young adult children, Kaisha, Josh, Jasmine and Elijah, are overcomers and triumphantly so. This post describes Elijah's gymnastics journey for the year after his first National Championships in 4 years, highlighted in the post above. Looking back over the year June 2018 to July 2019 is such a great reminder of all the overcoming Elijah has excelled at and how current struggles are no different than those encountered and overcome in the past.  Following a successful Nationals in Waterloo, Elijah immediately spent 4 weeks in a left wrist brace to heal the Salter Fracture 1 (stress fracture of the growth plate) in his radius. June 19th, 2018, the CT Scan revealed it had healed and he was relieved from the brace. During the month of...
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CELEBRATE!

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  CELEBRATE!!   Elijah Thompson Elite Senior Men’s Artistic Gymnast November 2007 - November 2021     14 years in competitive gymnastics:   7 National Championships: 2011 (7th All Around Argo A) 2012 (1st All Around Argo A and B; 4th All Around Argo C) 2013 (1st All Around Argo Champion, Silver Rings and Floor, Bronze Vault, 4th High Bar, Parallel Bars and Pommel Horse); Kyle Shewfelt Award for High Performance Argo All Round Gymnast (2014 Westerns as no Nationals for under 14's that year, AA Gold) 2016 (2nd Flexibility and Strength, Novice Division) 2018 (Bronze Vault, 5th High Bar, 16-17yr Junior Division) 2019 (1st Year Senior, competed +4.4 difficulty on 4 events) 2021 (Competed 3 events as a Next Gen Senior: Vault, Floor and High Bar)   2 Western Championships (2010 as Argo A and 2014: AA Gold, no Nationals that year for under 14's)   1 Canada Winter Games (2019 Highest ranking Albertan, qualified for AA,...
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   Elijah's Media 2011 - 2021 2021 Media: Canada Winter Games Memories CGC Provincials 2019 Flashback CGC 2020 Instagram: Team CGC Spotlight June 20 2020 September 2020 MAG Spotlight High Bar October 25 2020 Birthday November 3 2020 November 4 2020 MAG highlight reel December 11 2020 pre Wrist Surgery Highlights @ejt.gymfail: July 2020 Post left wrist surgery July 20 2020 post left wrist surgery ft pike @ejt.gym: Tribute to Gaius Thompson for support post surgery YouTube: Gymnastics Channel CBC Interview 2019: Canada Winter Games 2019 Interview CBC Elijah Canada Winter Games 2019 Media: Elijah Standing CWG CWG Opening Ceremonies Red Deer Observer Photography CWG Red Deer Welcomes Team AB Team Alberta Artistic Gymnastics Album Professional Gymnastics Photos 2019 Canada Winter Games 2019 Opening Ceremonies Video CWG 2019 Opening Ceremonies TSN CWG Floor Qualification YouTube CWG P Bars Qualification YouTube CWG Rings Qualification YouTube CWG Vault Final YouTube Canada Winter Ga...
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