The Retired Girls- The Trailblazers

When we think about the retired athletes in gymnastics, girls that come to mind are Cheng Fei, Alicia Sacramone, Catalina Ponor (Although she may have a comeback in the works), Elizabeth Tweddle, and so many more. Here are some of the retired girls I most adore, along with some short Stats.

Alicia Sacramone

Country: USA

Years As Elite: 2003-2012 

Biggest Accomplishments: 2008 Olympic Medalist (Silver in team ), 2010 World Team Silver medalist, and vault champion.

Best Event: Vault. She can also put good scores in on floor, and can do a good beam set

Weak Event: Bars. We never really saw Alicia compete bars

Year Retired: 2012, right after Trials

Quick Notes: Alicia didn't have the best Olympics, she fell on beam and floor in team finals, and did not get gold on vault, this forced her into retirement, but she realized that wasn't helping anything, and that she wanted to end her career on a high note, so she came back, won the vault title in 2010, and she carried on to 2012, where she made it to the Trials Process but did not make the actual team 

Reason Of Retirement: Alicia realized that she ended her career on a high note, and she was sad that she did not make the London Team,but she loved that she had a Vault Title, and she wanted to leave it at that.

Her Legacy: Alicia is most known for the way she came back after her disappointing Olympics, and came back successfully! Alicia inspired many gymnasts to come back, like Shawn Johnson, Chellsie Memmel, and Nastia Liukin. She also inspired many young gymnasts out there, telling the

Cheng Fei

Country: China

Years As Elite: 2004-2012

Biggest Accomplishments: 2004 and 2008 Olympic Team Member, Gold with the 2008 Olympic Team, multiple word-stage vault gold medals, and a bronze in 2008). She got a vault named after her (Round-off half on, 1 1/2 twists off)

Best Event: Vault, can also do a great floor routine

Worst Event: Even though it isn't known, based on performance history, it seems like bars would  be Cheng's Worst Event

Year Retired: 2012, she sustained an injury, and was not able to make the team, she quit soon afterwards 

Quick Notes:  Fei has a vault named after her. She is considered one of the best Vaulters in history. Even though Cheng never had a gold medal at the Games, she has multiple World-Stage medals.

Reason of Retirement: Cheng sustained an injury to her Achille's Tendon in 2012, making it so that she couldn't contend for China's team, and she knew she could not hold out another cycle, so she retired, taking her many gold medals and her Olympic bronze with her. 

Her Legacy: Cheng proved that China can be powerful, and inspired many young Chinese gymnasts to try and be powerful.

Beth Tweddle

Country: Great Britain

Years As Elite: 2001-2012

Biggest Accomplishment: 2004, 2008, and 2012 Olympian, she won the bronze on bars in front of a home crowd In London 2012, as well as winning a plethora of golds on bars and floor over the span of her career.

Best Event: Bars, and she's also good at floor

Worst Event: We've only really seen Beth compete on the bars and the floor, we've really never seen Beth All-Around

Year Retired:  2012, right after the Games

Quick Notes: Beth was one of the best British gymnasts, and one of the best bar workers on all time. She has many daring releases in her routine that makes her deserving of all the golds she won.

Reason of Retirement: Beth knew that she couldn't continue in gymnastics forever. The only reason why she kept going after Beijing was so that she could compete in front of a home crowd. She did so, and won a bronze! Beth wanted to end her career on a high note, and she definitely did so.

Her Legacy: I think that Beth started a line of great British bar workers, being followed in that line by gymnasts like Ruby Harrold and Becky Downie.

Daiane Dos Santos: 

Country:  Brazil

Years as Elite: 2004-2012

Biggest Accomplishment: She has gotten two moves named after her on floor, and has scooped up many gold medals in various competitions on the event. She won the World Title in 2003

Best Event: Floor

Worst Event: We've really only seen her on floor, and sometimes on vault. She is not an all-around athlete, but judging by the power she has, the worst event would be bars. But thats just guessing on the power. Power and bars often don't mix, with the exception of Beth Tweddle.

Year Retired: Right after the Games in 2012

Quick Notes: Daiane has two moves named after her on the floor exercised, the double arabian fronts in both pike and layout. It is also to be noted that she won the 2003 World Title on Floor, and in doing so, became the first Brazillian World Champion, and became their best female gymnast.

Reason of Retirement: It was unclear, Dos Santos instantly dropped off the map. It is a little weird because she had a great shot for making the Rio Team, she was pretty much a lock. But If I were to guess, it would be that she just decided she was done. 

Her Legacy: Daiane inspired many Brazillian gymnasts, and left her mark on the gymnastics world as a whole.

Dasha Joura

Country: Australia

Years As Elite: 2001-2012

Biggest Accomplishment: Making the Beijing Team, winning floor at a World Cup

Best Event: She is a good all-arounder but excells at floor

Worst Event: Vault

Year Retired: 2012

Quick Notes: Dasha is known for her bubbly personality and style

Reason of Retirement: It was pretty unclear, but it may be that she had an injury and could not go to London, and decided to retire afterwards.

Her Legacy: Dasha was one of the best Australian Gymnasts in history.

Deng LinLin

Country: China

Years As Elite: 2008-2012

Biggest Accomplishment: 2008 and 2012 Olympian, in 2008 she helped China win their first evver Team title, and in 2012, she won the beam gold medal. She was also the captain of the 2012 Olympic Team.

Best Event: Beam

Worst Event: We really only know Deng as a beam specialist. Her Beam makes you say "Dang Deng!"

Year Retired: 2012

Quick Notes: Deng has been promising on the balance beam since we first saw her in competition in 2004. She was the captain of the 2012 Team because of her experience

Reason of Retirement: Deng ended her stellar career on a high note: She was the Team Captain of Team China, and indivdually, she won beam. That's a great way to wrap up a career!

Her Legacy: Deng continued the line of great beam workers, and regained China's dominance on the event at the Olympics, proving that they are still, beam queens. 

Nastia Liukin

Country: USA

Years As Elite: 2005-2012

Biggest Accomplishment: 2005 Uneven and Balance Beam World Champion 2007 Balance Beam world champion, and of course 2008 Olympic Champion.

Best Event: Bars, she is also good on beam

Worst Event: Vault

Year Retired: 2012 after Trials

Quick Notes: Nastia is known for her exquiste form and style, especially on the uneven bars. She has move named after her on the beam, and in 2010, before her comeback, Nastia got a competition, called the Nastia Liukin Cup, A meet for level 10s. Even though Nastia did not make the 2012 Team, she cannot be disappointed in her career as a gymnast. She has had mass success and can call herself the Queen Of Gymnastics.

Reason Of Retirement: Nastia had a disappointing performance at Classics, face planting on her release move. She knew it was time to retire and go onto other things. But like I said, she can not be disappointed. She has World and Olympic Medals! She has a huge fan base, and is one of the most loved/appreciated gymnasts in history. 

Her Legacy: The legacy that Nastia left was pretty big. So big that I can't even describe it. Nastia inspired so many young gymnasts out there, its incredible. Nastia proved that you don't have to be a World AA Champ to be an Olympic AA. After Shawn came onto the scene, Nastia was pushed into silver, all the time, but she finally did it, she finally won.

These are some of the gymnasts who have left legacies in the sport, in my opinion, as I think of more, they will be added to the list

About Me: Triplewhip

So I have been writing for a year on this blog. And I have got to say, I have loved the whole experience. Its been fun being able to write about gymnastics and having you, the viewers, read about it, read my pieces. Anyway, I figured, I'll tell you a few things about me

1. I fell in love with the sport in 2006, the year Vanny won the AA gold, making history for Italy

2. When I discovered gymnastics, my parents tried to watch it with me but bailed in between 2006 and 2008.

3. In my gym, the coaches suspended flags from the ceiling of all the different countries, I can name a gymnast from almost every one of them

4. I like the color pink

5. I hate bland leotards. The ones with no style like the ones in the olden days just give me nausea.

6. I am a huge fan of Grey's Anatomy, Jane the Virgin, Child Genius. Dance Moms, DWTS, Castle, and Open Heart

7. I'm just a teenager, a normal teenager, who takes tumbling classes.

8. I love leotards. Even though I'm not an actual competitive gymnast, I have a whole drawer of leotards (Coming up on two drawers)

9. My Favorite gymnast is Aly Raisman

10. I want to have a career in a gymnastics related thing. Maybe judging, commentating, or writing for magazines like International Gymnast.

11. Gymnastics is my life, school is just a hobby.

12. I first came up with the idea of starting a blog in 2012, when my parents stopped listening to me about gymnastics, and I needed to vent it out somehow

13. I already have my Team For Rio mapped out.

14. During the summer I swim, hang out with friends, and of course watch gymnastics

15. After starting the gymnastics blog, I had to find ways to keep venting my gymnastics energy, so I signed up for my tumbling class, with girls who know gymnastics, I started an Instagram, username is @doubletwistingdoublelayout. I have a Tumblr @doublelayouthalftwist, and I have a Twitter @themosalto16. And I comment on YouTube Gymnastics Videos. Any other forms would be great, just reccomend them below. 

 So now there are 15 facts about me that you know!

Gymnast of the Day: USA's Chellsie Memmel

When we think about gymnasts getting their start in gymnastics, we typically think of parents putting them in classes because they are always bouncing around the house, climbing on counters, and the parents put them in classes because they dont want them to get hurt. But Chellsie's parents were actually coaches, so she spent time in the gym, with the encouragement of her parents. While Chellsie was bouncing around the gym, Chellsie's parents taught her basic gymnastics. When they saw the promise in Chellsie, they realized that they lacked expertise, and enrolled her in classes with Jim Chudy at Salto Gymnastics at the age of 8. 

Chellsie began competing elite in the year of 2000. In 2003, Chellsie became a senior elite gymnast. She placed in bronze medal position at hte National Podium meet and American Classic. She was then invited to compete at the Pacific Challenge with Canada and Australia. At the Pacific Challenge, she won the all-around, with teammate Carly Patterson right behind her in the silver medal position. 

   At the 2003 Nationals, Chellsie had just conquered a hamstring injury, which, like any injury, had messed with her training time. She made mistakes in her floor routine, causing her to place in tenth in the all-around competition. At the 2003 Worlds Selection Camp, Chellsie made the Pan-Am Team, but not the Worlds Team.  When Worlds came around, many girls on the Team were injured or sick, so Chellsie was chosen to compete on the team. Chellsie was the only girl to compete on all four events in the team finals, and she led her team to their first ever Worlds Gold Medal. Individually, Chellsie won the uneven bars gold medal, but she tied with teammate Hollie Vise. 

  In 2004, Chellsie competed at the American Cup, placing third behind teammates Carly Patterson and Courtney McCool. During the Training Camp in April, Chellsie broke a bone in her foot, and was unable to compete at the 2004 Nationals, or the 2004 Olympic Trials, thusly, not making the Athens Team. She petitioned to the Olympic Selection Camp, but did not perform to the best of her abilities. Marta advised her not to compete on vault and floor, but to focus on bars and beam, her best events. After the sadness of not making the Olympic Team, Chellsie was able to go to the World Cup and win the UB Finals. So there were ups and downs to Chellsie's 2004 season. 

In 2005, Memmel started out her season competing at the American Cup. But she did win uneven bars and placed in 3rd on beam. By the U.S Classic, Chellsie was competing in the all-around again, but placed 4th. She then proceeded to place 2nd at Nationals behind Nastia Liukin. She did qualify to the 2005 Pan-Ams, there, she won the all-around title, and the uneven bars and beam competitions. She was then named to the Worlds Team along with Jana Bieger, Nastia Liukin, and Alicia Sacramone. She won the All-Around Title by just 0.001 over Nastia Liukin. She also took silver medals on bars and beam, both behind teammate Nastia Liukin. The success at the 2005 Worlds inspired Chellsie to go pro, and she gave up her NCAA scholarship eligibility.

    In 2006, Memmel started the year by competing at the Pacific Alliance championships, where she tied for first in AA with Nastia Liukin. Memmel then injured her shoulder while training an overshoot at the Pacific Alliancce Championships. She decided not to compete at the U.S Classic in 2006 so she can recover. Two weeks later, she competed watered down routines at the Nationals, where she placed 4th in the all-around, and she was named to the 2006 World Team. At Worlds, Memmel was still dealing with her shoulder injury, the U.S did well in qualifying, Memmel qualfied first for the all-around finals, and also qualified to the UB and FX finals. In the all-around finals, Chellsie fell off on a Hindroff release in the second rotation. On beam, Chellsie was able to save herself when she landed a front tuck, with one foot off the beam. Unfortunately, the bars fall re-injured her shoulder, tearing it, and withdrew from the floor rotation, as well as the individual event finals. 

   In 2007, Memmel's injury was still haunting her. She competed on floor on day one of the 2007 Nationals. After USA's success at the 2007 Worlds, Memmel was inspired to make her AA comeback. She would make it in the "Good Luck Beijing" Meet. It was considered a test meet for Beijing. The girls would compete on the same apparatus that they would in Beijing the following year. 

In 2008, Memmel made the Olympic Team, but once again, had an injury, so she could only contribute on bars, contributing to the USA team's silver medal finish. Memmel did try to make a comeback for London, but she missed a handstand, putting extreme pressure on her shoulder, ice was applied, and she was out. 

The Fierce Five: Where are they now?

  With only a little over a year until Rio, we look back on the Fierce Five, the five girls representing the USA that won the 2012 Team Gold Medal, being the first to do so since the first ones who did so, the 1996 Team, or, the Magnificent Seven. Anyway, the Fierce Five, consisting of Aly Raisman, Jordyn Wieber, Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, and Kyla Ross. But we need to ask: Where are they now? Are they coming back to the sport that made them famous?

Jordyn Wieber: Tears were shed around the world when 2011 World Champion was eliminated from the all-aroind hunt. Even though she had the extreme honor of being only the second USA team to win gold, but one of the reasons you train for the Games is to win individual gold, which Jordyn did not win. Since she came back from London, she had hinted about making a comeback, but now that we haven't seen her, or have actually heard official news, its time to accept that Jordyn is comfortable with her assistant coaching job at UCLA.

Aly Raisman: Aly left as the most decorated gymnast of Team USA, sweeping the gold medals in the team and floor, and then winning the bronze in the balance beam. Aly took a much-deserved year off, and then came back to Brestyan's, her long time gym, to train for Rio. Aly was supposed to come back at Classics 2014, but as the day loomed closer, Aly's coaches Mihai and Sylvia Brestyan, along with National Team Coordinator Marta Karoyli, decided to push her comeback to 2015. So, now that it is 2015, Aly is slated to compete at the 2015 U.S Classics. Aly has also made the 2015 National Team

Gabby Douglas: Gabby also took a year off after winning team gold, and of course AA Gold. Many did not expect her to win the title, or even break into the all-around, not after the 2011 she had at Nationals, but hse did break into the all-around and she did win the title. Gabby made the 2015 National Team, after a rough few months. Gabby has left the coach that coached her to Olympic Greatness and moved to Buckeye, the gym where the National Champion, on vault and floor, Nia Dennis trains. Gabby also made the 2015 National Team, and like her teammate Aly Raisman, has announced that she will compete at the 2015 Classics. 

Kyla Ross: Kyla was a first year senior in 2012, and she made the Olympic Team. She was chosen for the team for her uneven bars routine, also for her beam.. As happy as Kyla was winning the team gold, she wanted Olympic Individual Success, which fueled her to not quit gymnastics, she didn't even take a year off like Aly or Gabby, she jumped right back into the gym. And in 2013, she won the 2013 U.S Classic,, and at Nationals, she grabbed the silver in the all around, and at Antwerp 2013, she won four silver medals. She then won silver at the U.S Classic in 2014, and Nationals 2014. She took the bronze AA medal at the 2014 Worlds, and then took gold with the team. Kyla has not been herself in 2014, because of a hip injury, and she had to water down her routines even more than she already had.

McKayla Maroney: Like her teammate, Kyla Ross, McKayla Maroney came back in 2013, determined to make the Rio Team because of her fall in  vault finals. McKayla went to Worlds 2013 and won vault gold, defending her World Title from 2011. But unfortunatly, she had to have surgery in 2014, eliminating her from the 2014 season entirely, but Mac is back and she wants vault gold! She is coming back either at the Classics or Nationals. 

  See, 4/5  Fierce Five are back. Which is good, we want to be reminded of their legacy.

A Look Inside Plum Practicewear

  Plum Practicewear......... a leotard brand that has come up and become one of the best. Because of the fact that I actually have a Plum leo, and LOVE IT, I decided to do the first interview of my blog, with them. Plum Practice Wear makes comfortable, cute, tank leotards that make gymnastics practices fun! I have one of my own, the Zany Zebra leotard, and it is TOTALLY my style, and I didn't even have to beg my mom to get me it, because it was so cheap! Finally, it was great not to have an hour long discussion with my mom telling her WHY I need that leotard.

  How Did Plum Get Started? 

We started out as a group of friends with an idea. We wanted to make leos that grabbed your attention... leos that were fun and funky. We also knew from experience that gymnastics is an expensive sport. We thought we could make at least one piece just a bit easier on the parent's pockets. Then we realized that there was something else we wanted to focus on. Some of these gymnasts wear their leotards longer than they wear their street clothes! They train 5 or more hours at a time. Eight hours total per day. We always keep those gymnasts who wear them in mind. I feel personally connected to every gymnast who wears a Plum. Every girl who wears plum is one of "Our Girls".     

How Fun Is It to Work With the Girls at MG Elite and other Gyms? 

Those girls have such a special place in my heart. They are such sweet, kind, humble girls. They are also very funny and FULL of character... which makes them PERFECT Plum Girls. Our photo shoots always require a bit of theatrics and Laurie, Ari, and Jazzy are always ready to bring the perfect amount of comedy and drama to each shoot. They can totally change into whatever character we are wanting them to be... like flipping a switch. It's a gift they have. I'm super blessed to have been welcomed into the MG family. Shooting in their gym is one of my very favorite things to do. They are just astounding athletes. Olivia is still fairly new to Plum.. but fashion is her second passion so the Plum shoots are her "playtime". She has that super girlie, super-cute look, and listens and takes directions really well. When she comes on the set, we are always confident that she can pull off whatever we need. In the gym, she is a FORCE- very intense and focused. She knows what she needs to do, and just does it. 

Let me just say, I am a fan of your Zany Zebra leo (I have one of my own). Do you have anymore of those leos in the works? Leos in general?

Thanks so much!  Fun Fact:  Zany Zebra made it to the 2014 P&Gs.  The MG trio wore it for a workout while they were there. Not for this most recent line, no.  We try to stretch out and do very different things…  You might see a few familiar patterns here and there, but for the most part we love DIFFERENT.  It’s one of the reasons that we do not restock when something sells out.  There are so many fun fabrics out there…  why keep making the same old thing over and over again?  

Can you leak some secrets about your next line of leotards?

Well… the new line comes out this Thursday and we’ve been giving Sneak Peeks since Friday.  There are a few unexpected patterns thrown in (of course!), a few for Valentine’s Day (including what might be my personal favorite) and a couple of show stoppers.  The biggest thing is our 3 Signature Line leos.  These are fabrics that we created out of our icons, logos and trademarked “Chalk It Up” tagline.  We just LOOOOOVE them!!  The rest are just F-U-N!  We have added black training shorts to the mix, which is something that our gymnasts have been asking for. Of course we are already thinking about the next line… and we’ve got some really cool things up our sleeves ;-)

How do you keep such an amazing leotard design company up and running? 

 

It’s a lot of hard work and a lot of communication.  Luckily we are a very high-energy, highly creative bunch.  We keep each other on our toes.  Someone is always coming up with some great new idea and it really revs the rest of us up.  It’s great that it’s not really ever the same person driving the company.

What is the proccess for designing one of your amazing leotards? How long does it generally take?

That’s a really big question.  It all depends.  If we are custom creating a fabric it takes a bit longer.  We work out the graphics and have a test piece made.  If we like it we run with it.  If not, it’s back to the computer and another test piece.  Even with the fabrics that are “ready-to-go” it’s still a process…  One of my favorite parts is deciding on a contrasting trim color.  Many times it’s the trim that can make a leo go from ordinary to WOW!  I would say from concept to photo shoot to web launch it takes about 3 months to push out a new line. Fortunately, all of our products are made locally on the East Coast which helps to speed up the timeline, and minimize our environmental footprint.``

Besides the gymnasts from MG Elite, Do you work with any other elite girls?

We are soooooo very blessed to have begun working with the lovely and amazingly talented Olivia Dunne from ENA Paramus over the past few months.  She is an up and coming new elite… just 12 years old and so much talent.  Her family and coaches Craig and Jenn have been wonderful to work with, just fantastic people.

What's your biggest accomplishment so far?

  This is a really hard question since we have had such an amazing 6 months.  In August, having Plums at the 2014 P&Gs was incredible! MG Elite’s coach, Maggie Haney, decided to have Laurie, Ari and Jazzy wear “Fusion” to the first podium training as well as “Zany Zebra” to a workout session. Shortly after this the brand went “international”. We have products in Holland, Australia, Canada, United Arab Emirates, and the UK to name a few and are in 48 of the 50 states in the US! Also, we love it when orders come in with very high profile names attached to them… and then when those same gymnasts order AGAIN!  This is happening more and more frequently, and it just tells us that we are going in the right direction.  And then those leos start showing up at camp in Texas…WOW!!! But most of all, it’s the every day gymnast that we are trying to give a voice to. These amazing girls send us pics while they are practicing, and we can just see it on their faces how much they love their Plums. In our eyes, every gymnast that purchases our product is a #PlumGirl

How do you make the leotards so comfortable?

We keep it simple. We let our bold, fashionable patterns do the talking so that we can minimize our seams.  We also think about the friction points on the leo… all those little spots that are going to rub.  We make sure that our binding (the fabric that goes around the neck and arm holes) is soft and smooth for maximum comfort there as well.

What differienciates you from other leotard companies like GK? 

Our focus is PRACTICEWEAR. We focus on our gymnasts each and every day, so we don’t think about what the competition is doing… we just know that “fun” and “comfort” is what our gymnasts want and “affordability” is the goal for our parents. Our leos have a fun factor, but are specifically designed for comfort.  Something that we hadn’t planned on, but is becoming viral is the team bonding element of the brand.  We’ve had gymnasts write to us and tell us that they honestly feel that Plum has brought their team closer together.  Gymnasts are talking about which Plums they love… which ones they want to get next. They are planning Plum Twin days!  Sometimes they triplet, sometimes quadruplet… we’ve even had quintuplet picssent to us!  Because of the combination of comfort and style gymnasts are wanting to wear Plums to gym.  Because of our great price point, the parents are able to stock up the Plums their girls want!

What's your biggest goal as a leotard company?

We would like to be a presence in every gym in the nation.  We want Plum to be what you WANT to wear to gym.  Of course, we’d also love to expand our international market as well.

Do you think you'll ever extend to competition leotards? Or will it just be tanks?

I don’t like to say NEVER, but this is our thing.  We are about PRACTICEWEAR…  PracticePerfect® is what gets you there. So, Chalk it Up!®

     I would love to thank Plum for this amazing opportunity. I love their leotards. It just makes gym a little bit easier, not having to fumble with my leotard ALL THE TIME. And even though I only have one Plum, I plan on filling my whole leotard drawer with them (All gymnasts have at least one leotard drawer in their closet, at least I do) Anyway, I am so excited to get my hands on more Plum leotards. And it'll be nice not to argue with my mother again about costs. So all those gymnasts out there, if you don't have a Plum Leotard, get one. And to all the parents, they aren't expensive!!!!!!!! Plum is a leotard comapny that mixes style with comfort. I absolutely loved interviewing Plum as my first interview. Good luck Plum! I hope you get your leotards to gyms across the Nation, and when time comes, around the world.

Team Germany: How are they doing?

   As we know, Team Germany has suffered a major loss, at least in my opinion. And that is loss of the legendary Oksana Chusovitina. Oksana is known for her age, and great vaulting. Oksana Chusovitina is trying for Rio, like every age-eligible elite gymnast in the world, but the thing that differentiates her the most? She will be 41 YEARS OLD! 41??!!!! That is considered ancient in the sport of gymnastics. It is a great accomplishment, not to mention that she set many records in the sport: Getting a vault named after her, becoming one of the only gymnasts to come back after child birth,  and of course, still being a gymnast at 40! Anyway, so with Oksana moving back to Uzbekistan and competing for them, this is considered a blow for Team Germany because of the seasoned gymnast that they lost. Oksana left Germany after London, and sadly, this will mean that Team Germany will lose that great gymnast, and role model for the younger ones, but their gymnastics program isn't totally in the toilet because of some promising juniors that are turning senior before or of the year of 2016, making them age eligible for Rio 2016. But they did lose a great athlete.

Team Australia: Their Events

   One of my favorite teams in gymnastics is Team Australia. I always have loved their style of gymnastics, so lets do a "Their Events" on them, shall we?

Vault: Australia is okay on this event, what they dont do in difficulty, they make up for it in great form, and stuck landings. Sure, the Australian girls only do 1 1/2s, but on those one and a halves, they have killer execution.

Bars: Australia is weaker on this event. They struggle with key details, like handstands and pirouettes, and they dont get as much amplitude on their releases.

Beam: This is where Australia is great, especially Luaren Mitchell. Australians have great difficulty on this event, and its always a great event to watch them on, even though they have uncharacteristic mistakes in qualifications, which ultimately x-ed them otu from the team finals, they are usually a force to be wreckoned with when it comes to this event.

Floor: Australia is great here as well. Everyone with the exception of Lauren Mitchell may not have the best difficulty, but they nail their passes with a jump-out, and they also have great dance and turns and leaps.

   So there are Australia's key events