On cloud nine since their win, the girls have received congratulations by teenage heart-throb Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and President Barack Obama who also phoned the girls to express his shared pride.
Winners: U. As five young teenaged girls, tucking gold medallions beneath their pillows at night as they so reported, on Wednesday they extended use of their stardom for a side request:. Can we please meet justinbieber?? Olympic teammate Jordyn Wieber, 17, tweeted, while tagging the pop star and the rest of her teammates in the request.
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It is truly a fairy tale story, but that story is not complete. What many may not know is that there was a third teammate - a third friend. Her name is Charlotte Drury. And just like Maroney and Ross, Drury is a world class athlete with Olympic potential. Drury just chose a slightly different path. They competed together, rode carpool together, and spent nights over at each others homes.
Together, they progressed up the competitive levels all the way to level ten. Feeling a lack of passion to pursue elite artistic gymnastics, Drury made the difficult decision to walk away. With a gentle push from her mom, Ann Drury , she quickly made her way into competitive trampoline, a lesser-known form of gymnastics.
Thanks to her strong foundation of artistic gymnastics, Drury won a National Title in her first year of competition. She is officially a USA Olympic hopeful. Their story in indescribably unique. We had the pleasure of speaking with Charlotte about her recent success in trampoline, and what was like growing up alongside Olympic stars Kyla Ross and McKayla Maroney. Below is our interview. Gymnastike: Let's start with the difficult decision to walk away from artistic gymnastics.
For those who don't know how hard the decision is to quit gymnastics, can you expand on the emotions of it - of giving up something you worked for and spent the majority of your time doing?
Charlotte Drury: Yeah. I remember before I quit, my coach and I talked, and she said, 'I can see it. I can see it in you that you're not done yet. I can see you still have a passion for this sport. I didn't want to go. Once I got there [to the gym], normally I was pretty good.
But then it just got so tough and things started to hurt, and mentally it's just like downward spiral from there. It's so hard to get out of it. Really, it's a huge decision to put on a 13 year old. It's like a life decision. It's so hard to convey that feeling to people who really don't know it. But, it's like the equivalent of giving up your whole life. G: And then, how did you eventually find your way to trampoline?
CD: I knew about trampoline when I was in artistic. I had always been bouncing around. I remember when we were little at NGTC, my coach would sometimes schedule us for trampoline, and that was like the highlight of my life! Do we get to do trampoline today? I mean, I'd still be excited if we didn't get to do it, but it was the best thing when we did! So seriously, I quit one day.
I met with my coaches, said, 'I'm done. This is over. G: Wow! So you didn't even get a day off? CD: Yeah, so there was really wasn't much down time. I've never really been out of the sport! Because I was already bouncing off the walls even having just one day off and my sister and I were causing a giant mess, and my mom was like, 'this is not going to fly! G: And of course before all that happened you developed close friendships with your teammates.
Can you tell me about the first time you met Kyla? CD: Actually, I remember the exact time I first met her! She came into the gym and she was wearing this purple velvety leotard, and I remember being super jealous because I didn't have a purple velvety leotard! And, I also remember that when she was little she was little she was super, super strong looking.
She was so buff! And I was the most awkward kid ever! G: What about McKayla? Do you remember the first time you two met? CD: No. McKayla's just always been there! I could list off a thousand memories I have with her, but I don't remember meeting her. She's seriously like my sister; she's just been there! She started out competing in different national competitions like Visa Championships and CoverGirl Classic.
In , she began a journey to get to the Olympic team. She competed at the Secret U. She was selected to be a part of the Olympic team. Soon, she would be a part of one of the most legendary gymnastic groups to ever grace the Olympic stage. Her success as a vaulter helped the team to the gold.
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