So, I'm back with Saturday stories. Hope y'all had a fantastic week! Just so you know, I'm really tired today because I just got back from a harsh soccer game. It was full on just aggressive, it was raining, people got injured, (yes pray for them), not to mention the other team was shoving us a lot so yeah. But we still came out on top so that's good. So this might not be my best writing i've ever done on this blog. So yeah that's all I have to say hope you enjoy!!
Gymnastics News of the Week
Gymnasts of the week!
So we have to give some shout outs to some gymnasts. So first we have, Olympic Gold Medalist and 3 time world silver, it's Jade Carey! Jade is just flat out amazingness! I mean listen to her achievements, olympic GOLD medalist on floor exercise, 3-time world silver medalist (vault twice, floor once) and a world gold medalist (team) she's competed in two world championships Montreal 2017 (two silvers, floor and vault) and Stuttgart 2019 (1 silver on vault and 1gold in the team final) and the most recent olympics in Tokyo and came out golden on floor! This girl is also a gold medalist from the Paris world cup on vault and a silver on beam. Jade is also doing NCAA gymnastics for Oregon State, (go beavers), and has multiple perfect 10s on bars and floor.
Next we have world silver medalist, Elsabeth (Ellie) Black! Now you might be thinking, who's that? Only the most successful Canadian gymnast of all time! 3 time olympian and world silver medalist! I love this girl OMG! She's the 2017 world all around silver medalist! (Yes behind Morgan Hurd) So yeah I know I mentioned her last week when she finally got her first eponymous skill in the code. It's an uneven bars release, it consists of a clear hip circle with counter pike over the high bar with a half turn to hang in mixed L grip (sorry I got the info wrong last week). It was given a G (0.700) rating which is one of the highest ratings on the uneven bars. Yay Ellie!!
Skill spotlight
One my favorite skills in the code used to carry the name of former american gymnast and olympic gold medalist, Nastia Liukin. It consists of a front aerial to swing of the leg backwards to arabesque. The arabesque must be held for at least 2 seconds, or else you will get around a 0.100 deduction. Nastia always did it fantastically but now a days, unfortunately, nobody's doing things with arabesques anymore which is sad.
Saturday Stories
Chapter 30: WE MADE IT!!!
"Ozzy, Ozzy!" said Nikki. Finally, they had landed. After 12 hours on a plane, they were back in Minnesota. "What huh? we're here?" she replied with a yawn. "Yep" said Nikki. "I'm to tired to go," said Ozzy, still yawning. "Sorry about your luck but we have to" replied Nikki. "ugh fine" said Ozzy, groaning. "Girls, you alive up there?" said Nikki to Jenny and Lay. "yep" "we're good" they said. Finally they exited the plane and ran towards Steph's Mom's van waving with excitement.
Shout outs
Once again Ellie Black @ellieblack Jade Carey @jadecarey Nastia Luikin @nastialuikin Morgan Hurd @morgihurd my amazing editor/Mom @groovypq (she's very groovy) and me @sophiesketchesnstretches. Again PLEASE follow me on instagram. So long, fare well! Peace!
