The Men’s Artistic Olympic trial #1 is just starting. (Is that Carly Patterson singing the National Anthem?)
I just rushed in from Rhythmic day 1 competition.
I spoke to former great Mary Sanders, judging this competition. Mary told me the level had improved considerably since 2007. And that more athletes were invited to Championships this year.
The venue was better than the past 2 years too, I thought. Especially the spacious warm-up gym:
Results are not yet posted online. But Lisa Wang was dominating. I saw two of her routines. Rope was particularly gorgeous.
Sadly, Lisa did not qualify to the Olympics. In fact, this may be her final competition.
One more thing … A Mom told me their total cost for 1 year for a Junior gymnast approached $50,000. And she has 2 daughters in Rhythmic.
There are no College scholarships for Rhythmic. (Mary Sanders went to Cirque du Soleil.)
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