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I'm decent but definitely not fluent in French, so I will happily let someone who can do a better job with that one take it. I've got Kerri's book right now, and I've penciled in Sey's book for after that based on what people were saying in the book thread!

I'm so surprised there trying for the vault medal, but thrilled for Deng!

Chapter Nineteen: A Dream in Doubt (Part 2) Shannon did events with Make-A-Wish and the Pediatric AIDS benefit even with her tight schedule USAG usually holds meetings for gymnasts and coaches on the day after Championships; Steve thought Shannon could miss it because she had attended so many...

Sorry, I'm at a work conference and it's been a little crazy! Chapter Nineteen: 1996: A Dream in Doubt (Part 1) On the way home from vacation, Shannon told her mother Steve had made an appointment for her to see Dr. Holden, the physician who had treated her elbow in 1992. Dr. Holden didn't...

Chapter Eighteen: Refusal to Sideline Championships Claudia received a phone call from Shannon while at work. Shannon's legs hurt and felt weak from the long workouts. She had taken a bad fall off beam and landed on her head, dazing her enough to worry Steve. He had ended beam and taken her...

I can't imagine leaving my kid with an adult who was in such an unpredictable rage I physically didn't feel safe

Chapter Seventeen: Charity begins at Home Shannon was planning to concentrate on school and graduation for a while She was not planning on doing prom; she had dated a boy in her English class who was also a gymnast At first it was nice to have a boyfriend Had similar training schedules...

Just the glossed over comment. Either she didn't remember, didn't think it mattered, or figured it was their business. There are a few places with veiled references like that (a bit later on talking about eating disorders, she comments that the only gymnasts at Dynamo that may have had potential...

Chapter Sixteen: Argentina Adventure Did another exhibition at the Dynamo Classic in January Won the Dial Award–awarded by the soap company to an outstanding female and male high school senior based on athletics, academics, and citizenship February was Peachtree in Atlanta, as a warmup to...

If she had stayed, how likely do think it would have been that she would have ended up competing multiple more routines, between USAG pushing and Nunno's tendency to have her try just one more event?

And I know part of the issue is the number of judges scoring each routine, but watching the '92 American Cup makes me want to shake the NCAA judges and point to how judges USED to be able to differentiate between routines in the 10.0 system and it still made for an exciting competition

I'm a little ahead in my reading, and it feels like everything was downhill after 1993 in terms of how Steve managed Shannon and her injuries (with a helping of delayed and refused medical intervention not helping). All her later accomplishments seem to be heavy testimonies of how well Shannon...

Fluff piece from the 1992 American Cup has a few lines about of Steve studied under Bela at one point. He says that what he learned from Bela was how to motivate gymnasts. Steve: I believe that he [Bela] is probably the best coach in the world. I think he could take a basketball team and coach...

Chapter Fifteen: Competition Controversy Shannon was still mentally and physically tired; Steve had offered a competition break and she was looking forward to it even though it meant missing Worlds Since she was injured, she could miss World Trials, and her Championship scores still qualified...

Honestly, between the sheer number of competitions relayed and the fact it was written when looking up old score sheets wasn't as easy, I'm surprised there aren't more errors