Kayla Williams

A T HLETE FOC US KAYLA ayla Williams, 16, of Hun- tington, W. Va., won the WILLIAMS vault world gold medal at the 2009 World Champion- ships at The O2 Arena in KLondon, Great Britain. Kayla trains at Gym Nest Inc. in Huntington, W.V., and is coached by Bozhidar Russev and Hrabrina Spencer. Although competing in both her first World Championships and international event, Williams looked like a veteran when she took the floor. Her first vault, a Rudi, was followed with a Yurchenko double full. Her vault score, which is an average of the two, was 15.087, and 0.582 ahead of silver- medalist Ariella Kaeslin of Switzerland. We asked Kayla to tell us, now that time has passed, how she feels to have won the world title on vault. She said, “It’s the most amazing feeling in the world! I remember experiencing every emotion possible during vault finals, but now looking back and just knowing that all the hard work paid off and that I went out there and did the best I could is all I can ask for.” In a span of about five months, Photo by John Cheng TICKETS ON SALE NOW Venue Location through participating Gym Clubs and USA Gymnastics welcomes you to pay with your Visa¨ card Group Sales: 508-929-0125 Order by Phone: 800.745.3000 Event Information: 617.423.1204 TysonAmericanCup.com AT HLETE FOC US Williams won the U.S. Junior Olympic all- around, vault and floor exercise titles; moved up to elite status; qualified for the Visa Cham- pionships; won the U.S. vault title; made her first national team; was selected for her first international assignment, the World Cham- pionships; and won the world vault title. The West Virginian is the first U.S. woman to win a world title in the same year she won the Junior Olympics. She said, “For a while after the World Championships there were lots of interviews and phone calls, but after everything settled down I was able to refocus and get ready for this season.” When asked if anything has changed since the World Championships, Kayla said, “I think a little bit of everything in my life has changed. Now I walk around and people are noticing me or want pictures with me, which is weird because before Worlds I never really talked about gymnastics so I didn’t think any- one really knew what was happening.” Photo by John Cheng A-1 Awards is proud to be the official award supplier of USAG A-1 Awards, Inc. $5 75 Customer You’ll Love Our Favorite Valentines Theme! $5 95 Call for your copy of our NEW $1 19 Catalog! Order Desk: 1-800-444-9569 Website: www.a-1awards.com.

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2001 World Championships
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