Gymnastics is the greatest sport in the world, and one of the hardest, but we have to watch out for domineering male figures who try to belittle and scream at young girls.
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There's so much denial in gymnastics. It's a beautiful sport but the other part is numbing. You become machinelike. They'll refute this, but I've been around it. I know.
People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.
It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability than we do celebrating female strength.
What's endlessly complicated in thinking about women's gymnastics is the way that vulnerability and power are threaded through the sport.
I know gymnastics. It's always been a subjective appreciation.
I have always been a huge fan of gymnastics.
Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.
Gymnastics is just one part of my life, and I'm having as much fun with it as possible.
People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.
Gymnastics demands so much of our time. We train all week and travel and compete on weekends. The people you're surrounded by really become your second family, your best friends, your sisters. My coach was like a second mother for me.
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