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Just in time for Christmas the second book in a three-part series by Lauren Hopkins is available in digital formats.
A year ago, 15-year-old Amalia Blanchard failed to qualify to nationals, but now with less than two months until the 2016 Olympic Games, she’s the United States beam champion on her way to fight for a spot on the Olympic team. Gymnastics is Amalia’s life and she’s sacrificed everything to get this far, but she still has to prove she has what it takes …
His first rodeo. 🙂
… I was standing in a cavernous gym outside of Baltimore, watching my kid compete in her first official gymnastics meet. This was a long time coming for the girl. She had to practice for years to make the team, and she had to practice for months after that just to get to this first meet. And now it was all over. …
I remember when I would lose as a kid (happened a lot), and my parents would try to make it better by consoling me, but somehow everything they said just pissed me off. Now it was my turn to be the awkward sports parent. …
So I shut up and took her to Wendy’s instead. Everyone fails in life. It’s an important part of the learning process. But that doesn’t mean it sucks any less when it happens to you, or to someone you love. …
But we drove home and, bit by bit, she calmed down and laughed and smiled and started to resemble herself again. She started doing cartwheels and handstands in the living room and driving me nuts, just like she did before the meet …
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Better than Kenzo?
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We STICK the landing. 🙂
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Beam
1-Mai Murakami JPN – 14.566
2-Angelina Melnikova RUS – 13.933
3-Emily Little AUS – 13.433
Floor
1-Mai Murakami JPN – 14.933
2-Angelina Melnikova RUS – 14.266
3-Aiko Sugihara JPN – 14.266
Vault
1-Kenzo Shirai JPN – 15.162
2-Thanh Tung Le VIE – 15.137
3-Tuan Dat Nguyen VIE – 14.575
P Bars
1-Koji Yamamuro JPN – 15.600
2-Lukas Dauser GER – 15.550
3-Yusuke Tanaka JPN – 15.425
H Bar
1-Nikita Ignatyev RUS – 15.450
2-Yusuke Tanaka JPN – 15.300
3-Yuya Kamoto JPN – 15.250
According to FloGymnastics:
1) Eastern Michigan
2) Missouri
3) Iowa
4) Washington
5) George Washington
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