There are quite a few competitions leading up to the World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. Here are the scores from the 39th Annual Salamunov Memorial World Cup Competition in Maribor, Slovenia. It was held from Friday to Sunday, September 29 - October 1. Highlights are: -8 countries won gold medals -Stefani Bisbikou from Greece won 3 medals -4 women won 2 medals -Croatia won two[ Read More... ]

Ya, it would help her even on her scoring if she worked on her presentation. Compare her to someone like Dominique Moceanu, or Nadia Comaneci, who have been crowd favorites....what a big difference. Or Mary Lou Retton! Having Mary Lou Retton at her gym won't make such a big difference to the audience appeal, maybe a bit to the judges.

This is probably just written as a "fluff" piece to promote this college team.....but yes, it does say something and could feed into the glorification of ignoring pain that shouldn't be there - kind of like the Keri Strug controversy.

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