Triple Twist has entertaining and detailed interviews with the up-and-coming American Jr Elite.
Mom Laura:
… My husband is Chinese so it seemed fitting to adopt from China. We did the paperwork and waited one year, then we received notice that a little girl from Hunan Province had been identified for us.
This little girl was just under a year old and had been in the Changde Orphanage since she was found in a park earlier in the year. It is common for the babies to be left in open public places so that they can be found and taken to an orphanage because the birth mothers cannot directly take the babies there, for fear of their identity being discovered. We flew to China to get Amanda on Christmas of 1997.
Two years later we adopted a second girl from China, Evelyn (Evi), who is now 13 and a Level 9 gymnast …
Triple Twist: You’ve trained at NorthWind Gymnastics your entire life under Elena Piskun. How has she contributed to your gymnastics and what advice does she give you?
Amanda: Elena always says to me- “I will support you in whatever you want to do!” Since Elena was a former Olympic champion she knows what it’s like to compete at a high level. She’s like me (or I’m like her!) since we both pay attention to details. …
read more – The story of Amanda Huang
She’s verbally committed to Alabama for 2015-2016.
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