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After Madison won the Silver medal at the Jesolo competition she told USA Gymnastics that she planned to compete at Visa Championships, hoped to place in the Top 3 and receive an international assignment in the fall.
After Classics, coach Valeri Liukin claimed he was still hopeful that she'd be attending Championships, but according to insiders, it was already apparent that Madison wouldn't be attending. There was no falling out or major injury; Madison was just tired. At that time she was listed on WOGA's website as a Level 10. While she never stopped training, she took the season to decide whether or not she and her family wanted to continue down the elite path.
As of today, both her official website and the WOGA site list Madison as an Elite Gymnast.
Hopefully there will be more of that beautiful artistry for years to come.
Edit: Although WOGA & her official website state that Madison has gone back to elite, I was told the following by an ongoing source I have-
"Madison dropped to level 10, but all WOGA staff trying to hide the fact she did and making it look like she is changing her mind and going back, all politics, which makes WOGA look bad."
Edit: Although WOGA & her official website state that Madison has gone back to elite, I was told the following by an ongoing source I have-
"Madison dropped to level 10, but all WOGA staff trying to hide the fact she did and making it look like she is changing her mind and going back, all politics, which makes WOGA look bad."
She was such a young junior when she was doing so well and she's still only 14!! As a 1997 baby I don't see any point in her burning out. She's not eligible for 2012 & 2016 is still ages away so if she's tired have a break! Given that she doesn't need to hit her peak for 3-4 years, staying in training without the pressure and drama of competition makes sense. Plus, as spectators, we never really know what's going on in a gymnast's personal life.
ReplyDeleteLevel 10, Elite, what's the difference? The Jr Elites pretty much only compete about 2 elite meets all season and then fill the rest of their schedule with Lvl 10 meets. And at WOGA, Level 10s have the same training schedule as the Elites, so I don't know why this girl would have drama about this. She's very talented, has been improving a lot... No reason not to do the couple of elite season meets. By the way, she's not coached by Valeri.. She's coached by Laurent!
ReplyDeleteAlso, why bother doing all that training and then not getting the reward of getting to compete... It seems like there is more to this story than we know. If healthy and training regularly, I think she would have been at Nationals!
ReplyDeleteI'm just telling you what I was told. And Valeri is apparently on edge after Lizzy & McKenzie left, so now he's trying to keep things hush-hush.
ReplyDeleteAgain, this is just what I've been told.
Oh, my comments were nothing against your blog entry at all.. I'm just wondering what Madison and her family are thinking on this one.
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