Mary-Anne Monckton doing her aerial layout series on beam. Photo by Nadia Boyce.
The 20 year-old is a student of the sport, should probably be a in the next episode of The Hard Way To Success, she still loves gymnastics despite seven surgeries, she gym nerded-out because she made a beam final with Catalina Ponor, is inspired by the number of women (20 and older) who held their own in the all-around final in Nanning -- she is Australia's Mary-Anne Monckton! Emma and Jessica discuss the following gymnerdery with Miss Mez:
- Why she hated gymnastics at first and being chosen like Nadia at age 7.
- Surviving seven surgeries with her love for gymnastics intact!
- Trying not to freak out while competing in beam finals with her gymnastics idol, Catalina Ponor.
- Thinking the wrong score was posted when she placed second to Larissa Iordache on beam in Doha.
- Her description of the beloved post-beam finals celebration with Ellie at the Commonwealth Games.
- Tales from Nanning, food report, her favorite competitors there and her opinion on the tie-breaking procedures for finals.
- Being coached by the infamous, Ju-Ping Tian.
- Explaining her desire to do American NCAA gymnastics to her Australian mother.
- Why she became a student of the sport (AKA super gym nerd), not just an athlete.
- Jet lag tips everyone can use.
- Her thoughts on Australian Gymnastics Jail and how the team Glasgow Commonwealth Games were chosen.
- She tells the most endearing Peggy Liddick story you will ever hear and shares Peggy's sage advice.
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