The Couch Gymnast magazine posted an exclusive with Dutch National Champion Marlies Rijken. She’s in the media spotlight as her nation will be hosting World Championships in October.
What does a normal day involve for you?
My day begins at 6:30, I wake up eat something and make myself ready for the first training which begins at 7:30. The training takes two and a half hour, ending at 10. Then I make myself ready for school. The other children in my class on school have already begun. Mostly I follow my lessons from 10:30 and school normally finishes at 15:00. The second training begins at 15:30 till 19:00.
Congratulations on your success at Nationals. Did you expect to do so well?
Thank you very much! I actually didn’t think I would be first on beam and floor… My friend Mayra Kroonen is really good so I thought she was going to win, and actually on beam it really happened because we tied for first!
read more – Rising Dutch Star- Marlies Rijken
Marlies trains at ProPatria Zoetermeer with Frank and Patrick Kiens. Her younger brother trains at TAG / R & D Zwijndrecht.
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