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  • 11 months ago
17 year-old Tessica Laurence is hoping to flip her way to broader success in the near future.

Laurence has already started making a name for herself after medaling at the CARIFTA Championships.

However the young gymnast wants to take things one step further this year and grow her status on the regional and international stage.
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00:00Tessica Lawrence is the daughter of journalist Kwame Lawrence. You've already
00:04met her brother, the cyclist Devante Lawrence, another powerful prospect in
00:09the sport. Tessica is showing signs of finesse in gymnastics and she's
00:13comfortable in front of the camera. No question she has journalism in her
00:17ancestry. She speaks well, is well mannered and has good composure. Do you
00:22have any intentions of being a reporter? No. What do you think about the coverage of
00:28gymnastics on a whole in Trinidad and Tobago by the media? I feel like there's not much
00:32like spotlight put on gymnastics so that could definitely be worked on but I
00:39think Express is doing a good job. And how can the media improve coverage of
00:47gymnastics? What are your suggestions? Maybe like ask more questions, like look
00:54closer into the sport because they probably don't cover it enough because
00:59they don't know what's going on so just if they were to delve more into our
01:04world. She attends Bishop Anstey High School, Port of Spain and sees her career
01:09going down a different pathway. I think I'll definitely like pursue a career
01:14outside of sports but I'll continue with sports as long as I could. She first
01:19traveled with the national team at the Carifta Championships where she won
01:23silver in the vault, bronze on the beam and she came third overall based on her
01:28scores. She too is hoping to make her parents happy. He was very proud you can
01:34see it in his face and well he said congrats you know he's very happy for me
01:38you know I worked hard. So you support your brother in cycling? Yes I do, I go to
01:45every competition. So how come you're not a cyclist? Gymnastics is more fun. Okay so
01:55what do you enjoy most about gymnastics and do you encourage him to do
01:58gymnastics as well? I don't think I would encourage him to do gymnastics but I
02:03enjoy the fact that there's so much you can do like it's not like any regular
02:10sport where it's just one thing all the time there's always a new skill you can
02:14try and there are four apparatus. Tessica is 17 years old and it pays
02:21close attention to the dynamics involved in gymnastics. She knows it's important
02:26as she progresses in the sport. So what do you hope the competition is for? Maybe more
02:34international competitions perhaps bigger than Carifta Games. For now though
02:41Tessica is applying focus to the vault while balancing life and school as she
02:46too believes in the gymnastics proverb which states dream big because dreams do
02:51happen. Sergio Dufort TV6 Sport
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