While all of the sporting attention in the North was glued to the Arctic Winter Games in Alaska last month, there was one event which largely flew under the radar.

And itSA国际影视传媒檚 one that saw a Yellowknife gymnast stand atop the podium not once, but twice.

Zefer Jordison scored himself two individual titles at the inaugural Inspire Cup meet in Victoria, B.C., in March. The 18-year-old managed to secure wins on the floor with a winning score of 13.300 and the vault with a score of 12.000. Both of his winning scores were personal bests on each apparatus.

Jordison said he was quite happy with his performance overall.

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His score in the floor is the highest heSA国际影视传媒檚 ever received in any competition, he said, recalling 13.100 at territorials last year as his previous best.

In the vault, the rules are different for male and female competitors. Female gymnasts get two tries at the vault, while the males only get one.

JordisonSA国际影视传媒檚 vault involved a Tsukahara layout, which consists of a half-turn off the springboard onto the vault table, then a push backwards and into a layout before the landing. Each vault has a degree of difficulty attached to it, which goes toward the final score. JordisonSA国际影视传媒檚 vault was the highest of them all at a 3.2 degree of difficulty.

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Coach John Tram said the gap between Jordison and the second-place finisher, Logan Velisek of Vancouver, was quite large in terms of gymnastics scoring: six-tenths of a point.

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Going into Victoria, Jordison wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 thinking about two podium finishes and two personal bests and he didnSA国际影视传媒檛 even know how well he had performed until the results were made final.

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With his gold medals firmly tucked away, JordisonSA国际影视传媒檚 focus now turns to the Western Canadian Championships and it will be a return to B.C. for him as thatSA国际影视传媒檚 happening in Langley starting on April 18. HeSA国际影视传媒檒l be joined by fellow Yellowknife Gymnastics Club members Shea Escalante and Jack Fox.

Jordison said the Victoria meet acted as a bit of a benchmark for the Westerns.

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His success in Victoria also saw him qualify for the Canadian Gymnastics Championships in Gatineau, Que., in June. HeSA国际影视传媒檒l be the first male gymnast from the NWT to hit the mats nationally since Zach Sullivan did it in 2011.

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