- Dec 12, 2010
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I already posted my worst cheer moments but I was just thinking about gymnastics and these came to mind:
My level 5 state competition where I was supposed to win bars by a large margin, and I ended up not even placing because I ripped my hand in my first kip and I ripped it even more on the kip to the top bar which caused the rest of the routine was not up to my usual standards. I ended up getting an 8.7 and I bawled like a baby. In the video, you can even see me look at my hand as soon as I salute the judges. But I got top five in vault so it cushioned the blow a little bit.
As a former gymnast, I read that part and thought, "what?!" The awards at my meet's always went a little something like this: "4th place-9.25, 3rd place-9.275, 2nd place-9.2875, 1st place-9.289875" haha, especially in compulsory.
Ahh, gymnastics, the sport where a single toe point means the difference between first and last ...