At 2006 Worlds Team competition:
[quote]"I knew exactly that I had really done some damage," Memmel said. "I could have gotten down off the bar and not finished my routine. But I did finish, and then I finished the competition that day (in the team event). The next day I had trouble lifting my arm."[/quote]
She probably wouldn't be in the line-up very easily again if she did stop in the middle of her routine, like that blogger wrote (I think it's posted here under the "Chalk Talk" category) that you get punished for mistakes, messups; this one would probably be viewed like one.
...then surgery for torn labrum and torn rotator cuff
Going for Beijing Olympics:
[quote]She hopes to be able to perform in three events: vault, balance beam and floor exercise.
But she still must decide if she wants to attempt the beam and floor at nationals, and Memmel does not expect to compete on the bars at all this year.
"I don't have to be 100% this meet," Memmel said. "This is part of my training toward next year, and this is where I am.
"Next year is the goal, not this year. It has been my goal for a very long time. In 2004 I tried, and it was one of my main motivations to stay (in the sport) for four years."[/quote]
[quote]Memmel has tried to keep her spirits up during her ordeal by coaching a group of 8- to 12-year-olds at M&M Gymnastics in New Berlin, the academy run by her dad and her mom, Jeanelle. Among that group is her sister, Skyler.
"Now when she lays into them, it's, like, 'Oh, yeah.' It makes her mind more clear on her own skills," Andy Memmel said.
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Hamm twins use their massage chair their dad gave them:
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