The P&G Championships!

The U.S. National Champions are crowned this weekend! How exciting is that? :)

USA Gymnastics is providing livestreams for the competitions and the podium training, which I am watching right now! View the streams here: http://pgchamps.com/live/

Check out my post for Full Twist about P&Gs: http://fulltwist.net/meet-2014-p-g-competitors/

I think Simone Biles will come away with the senior victory, and that Jordan Chiles will win in the junior division--a repeat of what we saw at the recent Secret Classic.

This is going to be quite the national championships!!

Aly Raisman's Comeback

I recently caught up with 2-time Olympic champ Aly Raisman to discuss her training: http://fulltwist.net/catching-aly-raisman/

I love it when gymnasts decide to return to our sport after a break, and I'm certain that Aly can pull off a great comeback. I think she can be the first U.S. woman to compete in back-to-back Olympics since Dominique Dawes and Amy Chow in 2000. Wouldn't that be amazing?

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My Autograph Collection

The autographed picture Katelyn Ohashi sent to me

I have a large gymnastics autograph collection, with over 40 autographs in total. I love writing to gymnasts and getting their responses! It is so nice that these athletes take time out of their busy schedules to answer fan mail!

Here's a list of the gymnasts whose autographs I have:

• Jordyn Wieber
• Aly Raisman
• Kyla Ross
• Alicia Sacramone
• Shawn Johnson
• Dominique Moceanu
• Anna Li
• Victoria Moors
• Sabrina Vega
• Elizabeth Price
• Morgan Hurd
• Erin Macadaeg
• Nadia Cho
• Rebecca Bross
• Madison Kocian
• Simone Biles
• Chellsie Memmel
• Katelyn Ohashi
• Bailie Key
• McKenna Kelley
• Laurie Hernandez
• Amelia Hundley
• Maggie Nichols
• Maile O'Keefe
• Nastasya Generalova
• Rachael Flam
• MyKayla Skinner
• Felicia Hano
• Bailey Ferrer

One of the autographed pictures Aly Raisman sent to me

The 2014 USA World Championships Team

With the Secret Classic over and the P&G Championships approaching, it's time to start thinking about who will make the USA World Championships team going to Nanning, China this fall.

Here's who I think will make the cut, and which events they might compete in the team final:

1. Simone Biles 

(VT, UB, BB, FX)

2. Kyla Ross

(UB, BB)

3. Madison Kocian

(UB)

4. Peyton Ernst

(BB, FX)

5. MyKayla Skinner

(VT, FX)

6. Rachel Gowey

(VT)

Check out some of my recent posts for Full Twist about the Secret Classic:

http://fulltwist.net/quotes-secret-classic-podium-training/

http://fulltwist.net/need-know-secret-us-classic-2014/