My Little Gymnast
This weekend was another busy weekend for us... nothing new there. But we did something totally new! It was the first time any of us has gone to see a gymnastic meet, let alone be in one. Rachel has been taking recreational gymnastics class since February of last year, and has been part of the competitive team since January of this year at Pozsar's Gymnastics. However I was quite surprised to hear that she was ready for competition. Our attempt at keeping our little one busy and burn up her energy has turned into quite a bit more. Well, she's competed in her FIRST gymnastic meet today and has done quite well. She competed at a local gym in Sacramento, in "Disco-Tech Invitational". Approximately 40 teams competed, some teams with over 20 gymnasts. Our gym sent only four girls in level 4 to compete. She's the smallest/youngest in level 4. I have attached a video clip of Rachel's floor routine. Video clip was taken with our old camcorder (with videotape) by our son, so excuse the quality. Also keep in mind that this is level 4, nowhere near the Olympic gymnastics you are used to watching... they are Elite gymnasts, that's beyond level 10! Now enjoy!
With team training set on
With teammate at the meet... awaiting results
With Coach Svetlana & teammates
Rachel after the meet
She won 3 medals...6th on Floor Exercise
6th on the Beam
and 11th All Around
5 comments:
way to go rachel!!!
I would have loved to have seen the event =(... did you take video of it? post it!
show us some pictures of her on one of her routines... congratulations rachel!!
OK! you guys win! I posted a video clip. It's a rough video (taken by a teenager on my aged camcorder), but you can see her little routine. Enjoy!
what a cute little gymnast! i childhood dream. ;) GO RACHEL!!!
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