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Being head coach would also significantly impact the time Brooks has to coach Josc as an elite

Well, no one called that!

4's the closest to mine, but I rest the pen on the first knuckle of the middle finger and don't really use the pointer at all. A little for guidance? Seems to work for me--I write quickly and get many compliments on my handwriting

It honestly sounds like she released that because the news broke elsewhere. Doesn't seem like she tried to get ahead of it (she may have been hoping it would resolve faster)

And managed 8th (with a fall) and 6th place finishes. She's not a weak AAer.

1. Algeria: 151.862 2. South Africa: 146.896 3. Egypt: 141.428

Algeria qualifies for Rotterdam with a 151.862

It made me go look up her (Alexeeva)'s career. Reading she had 90 bone chips removed from her hip made me physical cringe away from the monitor.

Last pass is just a double pike. I wonder if she can add a punch front step out to that pass if necessary

I can't find anything on this. The book was published in 2000 and looks like it was probably completed mid-1999 at latest; so if it was after that, it wouldn't be included.

I want to check in here. I'm about 1/3 of the way through the book. Section 1 was basically the retelling of Lilia's gymnastics and post-Olympic journey, and it's taken us up to the publication date of the book. Part II looks like it's a bit more of a deep dive into who Lilia, Dubova, and...

Chapter 27: Emptiness Before Atlanta, everything was cohesive, but everything collapsed after the Olympiad, leaving an emptiness Lilia: Due to the leg injury I had to stop competing. Today, I am unable to train a full-scale program or perform the most complicated elements because the pain in...

Chapter 24. The Dark Side of the Olympic Medal Both Ukrainian and American doctors evaluated Lilia's injury Losinskaya: We had a choice on where we wanted the operation done, Kyiv or the US. We chose the US. Dr. Fisher operated on Lilia in Feb 1998 in Minneapolis. We stayed with distant...

Does anyone know if there's any surviving footage of the Dark Eyes routine? I couldn't find it, but I haven't had the time to do a deep dive looking for it

Chapter 20. Declaration of Love People applauded Lilia in many cities and she had too many fans to count. She heard declarations of love many times. One Mexican boy wrote her a poem and translated it from Spanish to English, but unfortunately couldn't find a Russian translator. The Americans...