{"id":3190,"date":"2018-05-06T21:25:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T21:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/?p=3190"},"modified":"2018-12-12T15:08:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T15:08:29","slug":"colin-van-wicklen-eyes-u-s-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/colin-van-wicklen-eyes-u-s-qualifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Redeem Tour | Colin Van Wicklen eyes U.S. Qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympic.org\/tokyo-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 Tokyo Olympic Games<\/a> will be here before we know it. Colin Van Wicklen and all the top gymnasts around the world are doing work in the gym learning and refining skill elements in the code. In order to make an Olympic team, you have to hit your routines when it matters the most.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BiNEuiLnETz\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 28.125% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BiNEuiLnETz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inside the life of 12-Time NCAA All-American @colinvanwicklen Training for U.S. Championships at Cypress Academy of Gymnastics. Song by @_lelandk #gymnastics #journey #fitness #voiceofacrobatics #gymcrew #talentmanagement<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gymnasticsville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Gymnasticsville<\/a> (@gymnasticsville) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2018-04-30T18:22:32+00:00\">Apr 30, 2018 at 11:22am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colin Van Wicklen, age 22, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/colinvanwicklen\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is<\/a> a powerful and dynamic gymnast in the mix for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Men\u2019s Gymnastics Team. Six months ago Van Wicklen was at the top of his game. In 2017, as team captain, Van Wicklen help lead the Oklahoma men\u2019s gymnastics team to their third straight national championship title. Then he went lights out at the 2017 U.S. Championships, made the senior national team, and was named as an alternate to the 2017 World Team. After his senior year competing for OU, Van Wicklen moved to Houston to train at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cypressacademy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cypress Academy<\/a> his junior Olympic club gym. Reunited with Cypress head coach Tom Meadows, Van Wicklen started off the year on fire by capturing the All-Around title at the<a href=\"https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/colin-van-wicklen-interview-2017-valeri-liukin-invitational\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Valeri Liukin<\/a> Invitational. A few months later at the Houston National Invitational, he help lead his team to a title by overtaking the U.S. Olympic Training Center resident athletes. That momentum came to a halt when days prior to Winter Cup Challenge, he injured his right ankle during a floor routine. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3198\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3198\" src=\"https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/colin-german-giantforweb-300x197.png\" alt=\"Colin Van Wicklen Highbar Training\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/colin-german-giantforweb-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/colin-german-giantforweb-696x456.png 696w, https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/colin-german-giantforweb-640x420.png 640w, https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/colin-german-giantforweb.png 741w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colin Van Wicklen Highbar Training at Cypress Academy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFriday the week before we left for Winter Cup, I took a pretty bad crash on floor, a freak accident, I was on crutches and in a boot for the days leading up to Winter Cup, so we get out there and Tom and I decide that we are going to try to push through and I go warm up a handspring double front, half out on vault, I nearly stuck the landing but we heard a pop, and that\u2019s just not my ankles cracking, it\u2019s something that happened in my (ankle)\u201d Says Van Wicklen, \u201cWe were a little worried, but we decided to push through. I did a great vault, did a great pbar routine, got through highbar, by the time I got to floor, I was barely able to walk. It was hard to get any punch or explosiveness and it didn&#8217;t work out\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The rigours of the sport on his injured ankle was too much and he was unable to finish the competition. The results left Van Wicklen off the Senior National Team. Determined to not let this setback get in the way of his Olympic team dream, once he landed back in Houston, he got to work and began the ankle rehab process. He is now more motivated than ever to come back even stronger. Van Wicklen\u2019s healing is on schedule and has been cleared by doctors to resume tumbling. Last month Van Wicklen, a 12-time NCAA All-American, signed with talent manager Kerry Adderly from GymCrew Talent Management and is preparing to debut a new skill on high bar at the U.S. Qualifier in June.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3200 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Colin-pbarspullupforweb-300x197.png\" alt=\"Colin Van Wicklen Pbar Pull ups\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Colin-pbarspullupforweb-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Colin-pbarspullupforweb-696x456.png 696w, https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Colin-pbarspullupforweb-640x420.png 640w, https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Colin-pbarspullupforweb.png 741w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m back to square one, looking to be that underdog. That\u2019s going to get back on the national team. The coolest part about this is that I can get back to basics. I can get that hunger and work to get back on the team. For all those people that don&#8217;t believe in me, I wear this bracelet that says prove them wrong, and I look down and see it. There are alot of people that say I\u2019m a specialist or I\u2019m just good at floor and vault. I\u2019m an all-arounder and I\u2019m ready to prove it to everybody. I cannot wait for U.S. Championships in August. I\u2019m counting down the days, I think we are going to surprise a lot of people there.\u201d Says Van Wicklen.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HiEPYZgPJYc?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will be here before we know it. Colin Van Wicklen and all the top gymnasts around the world are doing work in the gym learning and refining skill elements in the code. In order to make an Olympic team, you have to hit your routines when it matters the most. 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