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Olympic Stadium: Gymnastics Championships

olympic stadium: It turns out that St-Pierre, who is preparing for a return to the octagon after a three-year hiatus, is a big supporter of gymnastics and has practised it in the past."I love gymnastics," the 35-year-old said. "To make a parallel with martial arts, it not a sport, it a discipline of life."Whatever you do — you roll over, or your cat is in a tree and you have to climb up — it gymnastics, according to Brandon Sun. It is everything that has to do with movement. The two athletes were announced on Wednesday as ambassadors for the 2017 world artistic gymnastics championships, to be staged in October, 2017 at Olympic Stadium. And when you do it at a young age, it helps build the foundation that can translate to any other sport. To have him support the championships and gymnastics in Canada is super cool."The world championships, which coincides with the city 375th anniversary celebrations, is to be held in a 10,000-seat "theatre" arrangement inside the 55,000-seat Olympic Stadium. That why I think it so important."Canadian Olympic gymnast Scott Morgan of North Vancouver, B.C., said St-Pierre is no stranger to the sport."We've been here for a few training camps over the years and he popped in a couple of times and chatted with us," said Morgan. "He wanted to meet us."He a great guy, really humble and a huge advocate for the sport. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.