Jessica Dowling wins Open Division at Elite Massilia

Newly recognized as a Canadian again by the International Gymnastics Federation, Jessica Dowling captured the all-around in the Open division as Elite Massilia got underway Friday in Marseille, France. 

Dowling, who competed for the Netherlands for a brief period earlier this year, scored 54.1 to best Australia's Georgia Rose Brown (53.65) and fellow Canadian Kaitlyn Hofland (53.3). She is the second Canadian to win the Open division at Massilia in as many years; junior Brianna Clark of Gymnix won the division in 2010. 

A Canadian mixed team composed of Sarah Flett, Jessica Dowling, Tara Mauchel and Ellie Black topped the team standings in spite of an elbow injury sustained by Black on floor exercise, according to information from GymNet, the French Gymnastics message board.

The Canadian mixed team scored 155.25, with a second Canadian team from Futures Gymnastics in second place with 154.070. Australia (Brown, Georgia Wheeler and Nicola Cheung) finished third, with 154.45, edging out the host team, Pole France Marseille (152.09), who nonetheless beat a French Junior National team that finished sixth (151.04). 

Elite Massilia consists of three days of competition. International elites, including Viktoria Komova, Anastasia Grishina, Victoria Moors, Sabrina Gill, Doriane Thobie and Anne Kuhm will perform Saturday at 3 p.m. Marseille time, with event finals being held Sunday.

Here are the results, according to GymNet:

Open Massilia All-Around:

• 1. Jessica Dowling, CAN, 54.1 
• 2. Georgia Rose Brown, AUS, 53.650 
• 3. Kaitlyn Hofland, CAN, 53.3 
• 4. Cormoreche, 52.650 
• 5. Nicola Chung, AUS, 52.300 
• 6. Claire Martin 51.950 
• 7. Maegan Chant, CAN
• 8. G. Douglas 
• 9. J. Cano 
• 10. Johanna Dujardin, BEL