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This is kind of cool to see. I wish there was a way to include T&T and rhythmic so that it could be more like the figure skating team event.

Is this what it's going to look like in the Olympics or will it be different?

He's had elites on the national team for 30 years and he has the reputation for breaking athletes. He's part of the old guard imo.

Is he under any safe sport investigations? If anything this should serve as a cautionary tale to the old guard of the sport who feel they're above these newer regulations.

This is actually insane to me because, no shade, but she's never been in any sort of position to be making any kind of team. They would have lost nothing sitting her out for a few months or a season as a JUNIOR to let her heal. Who knows the potential she could've had as a senior had she not...

Whoa. Asked to leave?

I would be open to volunteering depending on the requirements. I live a couple of hours away but the idea of the traffic getting in and out of the city is unnerving.

Whatever gym bios you can get your hands on will be fine with me. These recaps have become such a fun part of my day the last few months; I truly appreciate your efforts!

Thank you! I really love detailed breakdowns of routines, especially controversially scored routines.

I saw back in the thread someone wondered what some of the gymnasts in the book thought of her. Angie’s quick response around Jen is here. LOL! Around 20:30 mark. Also, this series was excellent! Joyce Wilburn is also in this interview, and she trained at Parkettes around that time (I don’t...

Right? It was honestly disgusting. I remember the way she compared Angie Denkins’ body to a horse in the book. A fucking horse! Angie was also apparently lazy as could be, yet she’s able to keep her legs straight in her acro and show grace in her movement (something Jen couldn’t do). Ridiculous.

Thank you so much for posting these recaps! I tried to watch a scene with her and Kody in their mission and… I would absolutely never be able to watch this show lol. But I thoroughly enjoy reading these recaps!

Would love that, thank you! Either or both

How many other good memoirs are out there? I feel like Aly’s was solid and had a good amount of substance. I’m actually about to revisit Dominique’s. It was really heavy to read back in 2012 because so much of the abuse seemed unimaginable at the time!

I don’t mean to derail the thread, but reading Quietcolours’ recaps took me to back to the CNN documentary on the Parkettes that came out around 2002, about 15 years following Sey’s time with them. Most of the coaches she mentions are shown here, and their methods of training only validate her...