University of Michigan women's gymnastics senior Natalie Wojcik was named the 2022 AAI Award winner as announced this evening (Tuesday, April 12) by American Athletic
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The No. 3-ranked University of Michigan women's gymnastics team (28-2) will travel to Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday (April 14) for the NCAA Semifinals at 5 p.m. CDT
I want you to try something.
Extend your arm out until your elbow is straight, and hold your thumb and index finger about four inches apart. That’s a little wider than a credit card. A little less than half the width of a piece of notebook paper. Got it? Cool.
Now read this.
Now look back at your fingers.
Now imagine building up to his moment for fifteen years. The thousands of practice routines. The injuries. The gigantic bruises. The unimaginably large blisters (referred to quaintly as “rips,” but which, man, you do not want to Google Image Search that) that every bar worker suffers. The frustration of learning new skills, each of which seems physically impossible until it is mastered, at which time your reward is trying to add another half-twist. The pain and heartbreak of the uncountable falls that inevitably accompany a sport seemingly designed by someone unfamiliar with the normal mechanics of the human body.