Were just trying to get her back on track. Those three, along with McClain, Jones, DiCello and Skye Blakely appear to be the top contenders to make the five-woman team that will head to Liverpool for the world championships in late October. I just tried to make it to this competition because coming here was a really hard road for me. People are going to hate me Because I wasnt even acting like myself.. McClain was expected to be a part of the 2020 Olympic team, but a rough season combined with injuries led her to abruptly switch coacheswhich is a decision not normally made during an Olympic . This is your anonymous test thread reply now and try it out! Menu. b) she was upset about it being her last competition with Revolution (because her parents are pushing a move to WOGA with the intention of furthering her Tokyo chances). She gets a 12.400. Well, I'm not going to say no to that, Susan shared, laughing. It was more, Wow. Why is it a big deal? The night she got home from Classic, she cleared everything out of her locker, which is commemorated in a TikTok, obviously. When McClain arrived, Anna Liukin remembers finding a teenager nursing ankle injuries and her confidence level completely down. I just loved going along with it because they started it, she said. The transformation that began when she switched gyms in a rush last spring ended with the 17-year-old atop the podium, a gold medal around her neck and her self-belief restored. I felt forced going into the gym. So, I'm feeling really good about the next competitions and camps in the future.. Konnor's sister Olivia just posted and retweeted many things on Twitter which seem to relate to Konnor's abusive former coaches at Revolution Gymnastics doing some terrible things, including badmouthing Konnor and her family on Reddit in their moment of grief. After the fall, the routine is solid. The reason Susan has been able to coach Konnor through her gymnastics career is that its such a small program, unlike some larger more acclaimed gyms. She loved my dad. Her sister was doing some backbend kick overs, and Konnor started doing backbend kick overs at 20 months oldthat's a little freaky for 20 months old and we have videos of it because I was like, no one will ever believe us, Lorinda shared. Konnor McClain Wins 2022 U.S. Gymnastics Championships As Black - MSN Most gymnasts change coaches frequently as they move through levels until they start working with their elite coach, but Susan Brown has coached Konnor since she was three years old. Takahashi switched to ice dance after his singles farewell at the December 2019 Japanese Championships. That made McClain the highest-ranked, first-year U.S. senior woman in 2021. She has some wobbles and doesnt do her real dismount. Last years national championships were held in Fort Worth, Texas, not far from McClains new gym, which is known as WOGA. In gut-wrenching social media posts, she questioned if she even wanted to continue in the sport. I was like, I don't want to be in the house any longer. Most gymnasts dont suddenly find out theyre eligible for the Olympics a year before Trials, something else that keeps Konnor off the traditional gymnastics path. Beamon heeded the advice and advanced. "She was like, 'Yes, you can.' She was like, 'I felt the same way, too, at one point,'" McClain told Olympics.com of her conversations with the Olympic champion. After a while, MyKayla grew to enjoy the sport, but it was taxing on their family. Instead, she performed wearing a patch with his initials on it, dedicating her performance to her biggest supporter. Konnor is really technically a beautiful gymnast on all the events. She just really has that attention to detail, and she's had it since she was a kid from the toes all the way to the fingertips..