00:00For 2026, Trinidad and Tobago is expected to feature gymnasts at the Commonwealth Games, World Championships, Pan American Games and Central American Championships.
00:102025 has been good to the athlete. Yandy Stafford made her mark by becoming TNT's first ever gold medalist at the Pan American Junior Artistic Gymnastics Cup in El Salvador.
00:20She has more aspirations in 2026.
00:22I want to be more consistent and beam and handle my nerves better.
00:32Ten-year-old Larissa Nevis, who is hoping to one day go to the Olympics, increased her medal tally from one last year to six this year at Karifta.
00:40I know I was coming back to get some more medals than last year because I got one and so I was really hoping and I was determined to get them.
00:49Shanika Joseph won 11 medals at Karifta and she's hoping to fine-tune her skills.
00:54I've been doing a lot of conditioning because you need to be strong in order to execute your skills.
01:02President of the Trinidad and Tobago Gymnastics Federation, Christopher George, believes that 2026 will be another important year.
01:09Next Karifta, we hope it's going to be in Bahamas, you know, it's going to be exciting and it's another opportunity for these young ladies, hopefully at one point young boys, when we get back up the men's artistic gymnastics program to be able to compete for Trinidad and Tobago.
01:28Searching for Trinidad and Tobago Gymnastics, we hope it's going to be in Bahamas, you know, it's going to be in Bahamas, you know, it's going to be in Bahamas, you know, it's going to be in Bahamas.
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