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FLICKA GYMNAST Aparna Ray is setting her sights on the high
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Just ask 17-year-old Aparna Ray.

After 14 years with the North Vancouver-
based Flicka Gymnastics Club, Ray says she
has only this season and next beiare sne 1s
too geriatric (by the sports definition) to
compete for Canada.

“Tim near the end.” she says. adding that
Canada has no national-level gymnasts in
their 26s.

But Ray. who has consistently garnered
top meet finishes this season. has clearly
identified two goais she wants to accomplish
before she moves on to university
gymnastics.

First. she'd like to compete at the nigh
performance level next season; then she'd
like to compete at the 1992 Olympics.

This year Ray failed to qualify for high per-
forinance after finishing 25th at the Elite
Canada meet December in Toronto. The top
24 gymnasts qualified for high performance.

Ray. wha has been in high performance
for two years, says she'll be back to have
another and her last crack at high perfor-
mance next year

Meanwhile, she is also setting her sights
on the {992 Olympics to be held in
arcelona.

She aims to be one of seven gymnasts
on ihe Canadian team. But if she misses,
Ray, who was born in England, is also look-
ing at the pessibility of competing for
{ngland if she doesn’t make the Canadian
squad. The Olympic trials are to be held at
the end of this year.

Built fike a small powerhouse, Ray says
her favorite events are beam and vault. She
claims she’s never been good at bars and
isn’t very flexible for a gymnast.

“Llike the power parts of gymnastics the
best.’ she says.

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