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Post by Admin on Aug 7, 2017 19:45:48 GMT
Ragan Smith - Interview - 2017 U.S. Classic
Had a great time tonight! Thank you to everyone who came to watch. #texasprimemeet
I had such a fun time with all of y'all tonight! I could not have done it without you guys! Especially without Kim and Chris. Love y'all!
Thank you Christy Ann Linder for all of the amazing pictures!
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Post by Admin on Aug 11, 2017 20:02:38 GMT
Ragan Smith – Balance Beam – 2017 U.S. Classic – Senior Competition
Score: 15.350 (6.2, 9.150)
July 29, 2017 - Sears Centre Arena - Hoffman Estates, Ill.
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Post by Admin on Aug 20, 2017 19:47:43 GMT
Ragan Smith - Vault - 2017 P&G Championships -
Ragan Smith knows the timeline well, about how the national championships in a post-Olympic year can reveal a star of the future.
If being a favorite at this weekend’s P&G Gymnastics Championships in Southern California has added any pressure, Smith is resolute in not giving in to it.
Ragan Smith - Floor - 2017 P&G Championships - Podium Training
“Um yeah, probably there is (pressure), but I try not to think about that,” Smith said this week just before a senior women’s training session. “I just try to block that out and do the gymnastics I know how to do.”
It was four years ago, at the post-Olympic national championships in Hartford, Conn., when none other than Simone Biles emerged as a new gymnastics force. In Rio last summer, Biles walked away with five medals, including gold for team, all-around, vault and floor exercise.
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Post by Admin on Aug 21, 2017 20:11:40 GMT
Ragan Smith - Floor - 2017 P&G Championships - Podium Training
Smith will work on distancing herself from the pack with a revamped dismount on the balance beam (Arabian double front) and an improved double-twisting Yurchenko vault. As her gymnastics ability grows, so does her fame. A solid showing in Anaheim will only increase the attention.
“I’m starting to get more recognized in different places,” Smith said. “People at home recognize me in the grocery store and stuff like that. It’s a little different but that’s really cool. I like the attention.”
Ragan Smith - Balance Beam - 2017 P&G Championships - Senior Women - Day 2
With U.S. women’s gymnastics at such an elite level historically right now, Smith knows there is no getting around the recognition.
“This has been really exciting just to be there and compete for USA Gymnastics,” Smith said. “It’s been amazing. To wear ‘USA,’ you feel like you’re standing there in the sparkling, shining light of like a rainbow. It’s been wonderful.”
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Post by Admin on Aug 23, 2017 19:47:33 GMT
Ragan Smith - Interview - 2017 P&G Championships - Senior Women - Day 2 Ragan Smith and her coach now have the same title. On the 25th anniversary of Kim Zmeskal Burdette's third national championship, Smith won her first Sunday night at the P&G Championships. Next year, when the video montage of past national champions airs before the competition, they'll have double reason to watch.  "It hit me today: I want her on that screen. I want to see her in that video next year," Zmeskal Burdette said. Next up: Seeing if Smith can win the all-around title at the world championships, just as Zmeskal Burdette did in 1991. Worlds are Oct. 2-8 in Montreal, and the four-woman team will be announced after a selection camp next month. Smith finished with 115.250 points, more than three in front of Jordan Chiles. In a sport that's usually decided by tenths and hundredths of a point, that qualifies as a rout.  |
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