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McClain is on the national team, so she needs to attend camps in order to retain her national team stipend for training. If she were to retire from elite now, she would have to give up the funding.She’s scheduled to attend the next camp (Pan Ams/National Team selection), so I guess she’s not done done yet.
We know McClain isn’t giving up gymnastics, but what is unclear/vague is her motivations and goals moving forward this season. Is she serious about elite or winding down elite an moving to NCAA sooner than we expected?
Even if she didn’t make the World team, there is also the Pan American Games following Worlds.
Worlds are September 30-October 8, with Pan Am Games starting October 20.
While it is possible for gymnasts to do both, I wonder if the close proximity of the events will mean two separate teams like in 2011 and 2015.
In 2019, gymnasts had opportunity to do both because Pan Ams started July 27 for gymnastics and Worlds started October 4, so there was plenty of turn around time.