OlympicTalk: Who are you looking forward to seeing compete at Jesolo for the first time this season?
Karolyi: It’s important that we take the girls who potentially will be in the World Championships (in Glasgow, Scotland, in October) and use that as a team bonding competition …
OlympicTalk: Which first-year senior gymnasts have impressed you this year?
Karolyi: We don’t have so many. I think probably (2013 P&G junior all-around champion) Bailie Key is one of the upcoming girls, and there is another new one, Emily Schild (Key and Schild are the only first-year seniors on the reported Jesolo nominative roster). These are the younger ones who this year will have the age and possibly will be players by the fall when it comes to the selections for World Championships.
Nia Dennis (who trains with Douglas in Columbus, Ohio) is also a strong gymnast, but this year in training camps, unfortunately, always has some small nagging injuries. So she really could not prove herself. Nia won’t go to Italy. …
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