Pictured: Erika Fasana

Here are some of the international gymnasts you should definitely be watching for at the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy. Gymnastike will be on site to bring you exclusive videos from training and competition.

 

Elsabeth Black - Canada

 

Reigning Canadian National Champion Ellie Black is a veteran for Canada with immense international experience. She competed at the 2012 London Olympics in her first year as a senior and helped Canada to finish fifth as a team. She’s continued to compete and improve since then. She competed at the 2013 World Championships where she finished 13th all-around and eighth on floor. At the 2014 World Championships, she placed ninth in all-around finals, the highest ever placement in a World of Olympic all-around final by a Canadian. She also qualified for beam finals but she had a fall and placed seventh. Black made her 2015 debut at the AT&T American Cup where she finished fifth all-around.

 

Black is a powerful gymnast and is naturally strong at vault and floor. She also uses her power on beam where she performs difficult elements for an impressive 6.2 difficulty score. She has two flight series - back handspring tuck full and back handspring layout to two feet. She also performs a double turn and a 2 1/2 twisting dismount. On floor she does a unique back 2 1/2 twist stepping out into a double tuck. Watch her floor routine from American Cup below:

 

 

 

Rose-Kaying Woo - Canada

 

Rose-Kaying Woo is the reigning Canadian junior national champion in all-around, bars, and floor. She’s been an elite gymnast since 2009, will be a senior next year, and has been dominating Canada’s junior field this past year. At the 2015 Elite Canada she won all-around then went on to win the all-around, beam, and floor at the International Gymnix.

 

Woo is a gorgeous gymnast to watch and is very expressive. She competes a big arabian double front and triple twist on floor. While she may not have the highest difficulty on the other events, she performs her skills with ease and has time to steadily increase her difficulty and add skills. Watch a profile video on Woo by Gymnastics Canada here.

 

Erika Fasana - Italy

 

Erika Fasana was another member of Italy’s 2012 London Olympic team. At the Olympics she competed all-around in qualifications and helped Italy place seventh as a team. She started 2014 at the City of Jesolo Trophy but was sidelined for the rest of the year with an elbow injury, missing out on the World Championships. This year, she competed at the AT&T American Cup where she placed third all-around. 

 

Fasana is a stylish and expressive gymnast who also displays impressive power. She shines on floor where she competes a double layout and a tuck full in and has a 5.8 difficulty score. She also has an impressive beam routine finishing with a double pike. Watch her floor routine from the American Cup below.
 

 

 

Emily Little - Australia

 

Emily Little represented Australia at the 2012 Olympics where she placed 15th all-around. She also competed at the 2010 and 2011 World Championships, qualifying for all-around finals at both. She took a break from gymnastics in 2013 and returned in 2014 where she was named the non-traveling alternate for World Championships. She made her international return in December at the Mexico Open where she won silver all-around.

Little competed at the American Cup earlier this month where she placed seventh all-around. She is an extremely powerful gymnast and shines on vault and floor. She has a 5.4 difficulty score on floor and competes a piked full in which displays enough power that looks like she could easily do a layout full in. Watch her floor routine from the American Cup here.

 

 

Louise Vanhille - France

Louise Vanhille is a second year senior international elite. She suffered an elbow injury last season that sidelined her for much of the year. She opened 2015 at the French National Championships where she won bars, placed second in all-around and on floor. In all-around she was second to teammate Loan His who will also be at Jesolo and one to watch for. Vanhille has beautiful form and execution. Although lean and elegant, she is also very powerful and gets great amplitude on her skills like her piked full in on floor and even some of her acro skills on beam. Bars looks to come easy for her and she swings with ease. 

Pictured: Isabela Onyshko

Isabela Onyshko - Canada

 

Second year senior Isabela Onyshko is definitely one to watch for. She is the reigning Canadian National beam champion and represented Canada at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2014 World Championships. She competed at the WOGA Classic this year where she placed fifth all-around and on floor. She then continued to the International Gymnix where she placed first all-around and on beam, and second on bars. 

 

Onyshko shines on bars and beam and performs with an elegant grace. On beam she performs a back handspring step out, back handspring to two feet, to layout too feet. She also does a front aerial to front aerial to illusion which is gorgeous when it is all connected. On floor she opens with a tuck full in, continues with a 1 1/2 to dbl tuck, and finishes with a double pike. While is able to complete all of her passes but needs to work on cleaning up her form in her tumbling as well as increasing amplitude. Watch Onyshko's floor from the 2015 WOGA Classic here.

 

 

Enus Mariani - Italy

 

Enus Mariani is one of Italy’s up and coming gymnast who displays great promise. She was injured for much of 2014 and didn’t participate in any of the major competitions. In 2012, she won the junior all-around at the European Championships. In 2013, she competed at the Jesolo Trophy here she helped Italy win gold as a team and she earned silver in all-around, second to Bailie Key. Mariani is known for her style and expression as well as her form and technique. Watch her floor routine on YouTube here.

 

 

Shallon Olsen - Canada

 

Shallon Olsen gained a large following at an early age after videos of her gymnastics were posted on YouTube. With titles like “Incredible 11 year old gymnast,” videos of Olsen gained thousands of views and she was projected to be a future star. Now she is 14 (she will be a senior next year), and he gymnastics is maturing and increasing in difficulty. She competed in the senior division of Elite Canada this January where she won vault, placed third on floor, and placed sixth in all-around. She continued on to the International Gymnix earlier this month where she won vault and placed eighth all-around.

 

Olsen is a stylish and very powerful gymnast. She competes a big double twisting Yuchenko and is able to controlling the landing well. On floor she opens with a pike full in and also performs a 1 1/2 step out to double back and a triple twist. Watch her floor routine from 2015 Elite Canada below.