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TRIAD FOR THE USA GYMNASTICS
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
WXII'S LANIE POPE IS THERE FOR
THE FIRST FULL DAY OF
COMPETITION.
YOU HAVE SOME RHYTHM GOING ON
THERE.
LANIE: WE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE
KICKOFF FESTIVAL.
LATER ON THAT YOU WILL SEE A
LOT, THERE WILL BE TRAMPOLINING
AND TUMBLING AND SOMETHING YOU
HAVE NOT SEEN WHICH IS RHYTHMIC
GYMNASTICS.
WITH ME IS A SIX-TIME U.S.
NATIONALS CHAMPION IN RHYTHMIC
GYMNASTICS SO WHAT BETTER PERSON
TO LEARN MORE?
THIS IS REBECCA.
SHE IS RETIRED AT 19.
THAT IS THE JOB WE ALL WANT.
TELL US ABOUT IT.
IN GYMNASTICS THERE ARE FIVE
EVENTS.
ROPE, BALL CLUB, AND
RIBBON.
YOU ALTERNATE WHAT EVENTS YOU
PLAY.
I DID RIBBON AND
BALL, AND THEY
HAVE DIFFERENT DIFFICULTY
LEVELS.
THE RIBBON IS REALLY LONG AND IT
CAN NEVER TOUCH THE FLOOR.
LANIE: SHOW ME THAT.
WE WILL START WITH THE
BASICS.
LANIE: SHE IS GOOD AT BEST.
-- AT THIS.
WE GO UP AND DOWN.
LANIE: ALL RIGHT.
RUNAROUND.
NOT BAD.
SNAKE.
UP AND DOWN.
SEE?
LANIE: IT TOUCHED THE GROUND, I
HAVE POINTS DEDUCTED.
SHOW ME SOMETHING WITH THE BALL
QUITE.
-- QUICK.
SIMPLE ROLES THAT GET MORE
COMPLICATED AS YOU GO.
--
ROLLS THAT GET MORE OBLIGATED
AS YOU GO.
LANIE: YOU HAVE QUITE THE
ADVANTAGE OVER ME.
SHOW ME SOMETHING FANCY.
LANIE: LOOK AT THAT, THAT IS
TALENTED.