It was… 199 Chapter 21 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TRAINING camp was held at Parkettes in October… 211 Chapter 22 I ARRIVED HOME FROM MONTREAL in November after staying to… 225 Chapter 23 MY GOAL AT 1986 U.S.

192 Gymnastics is… Chapter 20 I WAS RANKED SEVENTH IN THE United States. The training sessions… 165 Chapter 18 I WAS NEARLY SIXTEEN YEARS OLD and an unknown on… 175 Chapter 19 THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OF TRAINING were merciless.

My first… 134 Chapter 16 “LET’S TRY PARKETTES,” I OFFERED one day on the way… 142 Photographic Insert Part III 157 1985–1989 163 Chapter 17 I LOST WEIGHT RIGHT AWAY AT Parkettes. National… 107 Chapter 13 IN 1982 MY GOAL WAS TO BREAK into the top… 118 Chapter 14 DESPITE MY DISAPPOINTMENT after 1982 championships, I was honored with… 124 Chapter 15 IN 1984, I MISSED THE ENTIRE competition season. THE SUMMER OF 1981, and I was… 93 Chapter 11 ON A GOOD DAY, WHEN INJURIES didn’t rankle, being in… 99 Chapter 12 I WAS OFFICIALLY A MEMBER OF THE 1981 U.S. I alternately daydreamed… 58 Part II 67 1980–1984 71 Chapter 8 I WAS TEN YEARS OLD WHEN I BEGAN to inflict… 73 Chapter 9 THERE WAS AN OLYMPIC BUZZ IN the air. The developing ability to… 39 Chapter 6 MY SUCCESS AT 1979 CLASS ONE REGIONALS couldn’t be solely… 50 Chapter 7 QUALIFYING FOR SECTIONALS WAS A turning point. AND ONE OF the perks of being…30 Chapter 5 I WAS MATURING AS A COMPETITOR.

CHALKED Up Inside Elite Gymnastics’ Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams JENnIFER SEy For my mom Contents Foreword viii Part I 1 1972–1979 5 Chapter 1 I LEARNED TO TURN A CARTWHEEL WHEN I was three… 7 Chapter 2 IN THE FALL OF 1976, AFTER A SUMMER of bicentennial… 17 Chapter 3 AND THEN IT HAPPENED: I WAS INVITED to join the… 21 Chapter 4 I LOVED PERFORMING.

Chalked up by jennifer sey