Maddie competed bars & beam only, she did warm up floor which was her first event but she is still too sore and we decided against it. Mads had some trouble with Bars warm up, it was freezing cold (it was below zero) and even though the gym was heated it was still so cold - I could even feel the bars being frozen !! anyway she did a crap warm up struggling to get a grip of the bars and even hit the side post in one of her giants since the bars are different to ours. She didn't get to warm up her double or giant 1/1 but steeled herself for competition and did a good (not great) bar routine with double but over-rotated slightly and took a fall. She placed 6th on bars. she did a pretty good beam routine but had to drop a dismount requirement from her routine to protect her ankle - i think her placing was 7/8th. She then managed to pick up 5 medals ..., go figure as they still presented her with medals for floor vault and all around !!!! (here everyone gets the same medal 1st - 10th )
Isis's back had started to feel much better but she hurt her achilles on wednesday doing double backs on floor. It has been getting better but she was still hurting at competition. She competed an average floor routine with a fall on her layout front 1/1, punch front. Her back layout 3/2 was great. Her vault was poor as she struggled to get any speed at all. On bars she did a reasonable routine and saved her best for last competing an excellent beam routine. Generally her start values were a little low as we had decided against over-modifying routines for the competition - she ended up 9th AA for the under 13 competition. Throughout the competition Isis appeared flat and promptly spent the afternoon throwing up. She stayed with her mum last night and was still quite sick but we are hopeful its just a passing virus.
After the competition Ross, Linden & Maddie went in to Downtown Dallas whilst Isis spent the afternoon with her mum & dad. In Dallas we visited the exact spot on the road where President John F Kennedy was assasinated in 1963 - we got a photo on the X which was a bit tricky dodging the traffic to get it. We then went through a museum, visited the grassy knoll and the book depository where Lee Harvey Oswald apparently fired the shot from.
We then went back to the gym to watch the Elite Competition in the evening. This was a fantastic competition with so many great gymnasts. The young WOGA girls were sensational and made us realise how much work we all have to do !!
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