NEW CHALLENGE FOR EDWARDS

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She's following the yellow brick road to success.  Local gymnast Annaleigh Edwards is hoping to make an impact when she competes at the Excalibur Cup this weekend in the US...  Edwards is one of 12 athletes that left these shores to take part in the event which is a key competition for the athlete in her build up towards the Olympics...

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00:00Meet Annalie Edwards, she's got style and confidence

00:29and she'll be hoping to bring that at the Excalibur Cup in the United States on the

00:33weekend.

00:34She's confident about her chances and thanked her support structure including her coach

00:38Dale Alley at Olympia Wolfpack Gymnastics.

00:40Well I'd like to thank my coach, my coaches, being able to train as a team, a Trinidad

00:47and Tobago team, for this competition and I'd like to thank my parents for helping

00:52me through this and I'd like to thank God for contributing to what has happened during

00:59the past following weeks and months.

01:03It's been a battling journey for the athlete who overcame injury in 2024 to once again

01:08suit up for 2025.

01:10It's another chance for Edwards to make an impact after joining the sport.

01:14Well it started when I was, I would say about four years old.

01:21My cousin was doing gymnastics and I really looked up to her.

01:25So I started to follow in her footsteps and then I started to watch gymnastics on TV and

01:30I found out that I really liked the sport and I ended up joining the same club that

01:35she was in.

01:36Like most athletes, her dream is to go to the Olympics but she expects a tough time

01:41pursuing the sport while studying.

01:43My major goal is to go to college gymnastics but I also want to do Olympics as well before

01:51I go off to college.

01:52Olympic qualification, how old do you want to be attempting to qualify for the Olympics?

01:59Well the next Olympics, the next four years, I will be 17 so I hope to be 17 qualifying

02:06for the Olympics.

02:08You see yourself specialising in any of the disciplines?

02:13Bars, beams?

02:16Vault.

02:17Vault.

02:18Not floor?

02:19No.

02:20Why?

02:21Because I think vault comes very natural to me.

02:26Like I have a mature run up, once I have my run up on vault, everything just comes naturally

02:33once you have a good run up.

02:37Wooo!

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