PLANO — Konnor McClain wanted to quit. Elite-level gymnastics. Sacrificing family time. Everything. “If my dad dies, I die,” she wrote on Snapchat in late...
Sacrificing family time.“If my dad dies, I die,” she wrote on Snapchat in late December. “Like, there’s nothing left inside of me.”
Just putting on a leotard, much less driving to practice or training for her routines, became a struggle.and persevere to contend for the U.S. national all-around title next weekend in Tampa, Fla., and the world championships podium in late October? Then came a potential gymnastics conflict, spreading the family between Nevada, West Virginia and North Texas. The family scrapped the reunion until Christmas.
They knew even a few days off practice for an elite gymnast could drastically alter her fitness and plan, so with her dad and grandma, who’d also tested positive, stable in the hospital a week later, Konnor returned to her Plano training facility.Convinced that years of 30-plus-hour practice weeks and travel for national team training and competitions prevented her from time, photos and more memories with her dad and grandma.
Marc was the one who volunteered to take Konnor to the gym at 5 a.m. for her first live TV interview.Gymnast Konnor McClain is pictured with her father, Marc McClain. Who never knew the correct names of the gymnastics skills he jokingly called a “triple lindy” but made sure Konnor knew how much he believed and valued her Olympic goals.
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