MEMMEL Chellsie(USA)

About her performance today:
“Pretty good”. I just want to warm up. Yesterday I made some mistakes but I am satisfied with my performance today. I didn’t do difficult routines today because I haven’t fully recovered from my shoulder injury.”

About the influence of more spectators today:
“There are more people than yesterday. I am always full of energy and was not influenced by the spectators.”

About Cheng Fei and Jiang Yuyuan:
“They are both gold-medal athletes and I hope one day I could compete with them again.”

About the reason for not competing in the 2007 World Championships:
“It’s also because of my serious injury. I just finished my surgery at that time.”

About whether or not she considered quit gymnastics when she goy injured:
“Not ever. I was hurt seriously but I finally go through it.”

About her plan after the competition:
“We plan to go shopping this afternoon and go to Great Wall tomorrow.
This is my first time to China. I like Chinese food and weather here because now in American it’s also cold.”

VACULIK Kristina (CAN)
About her fall from the uneven bars:
“Pretty good. I did fall from the bars because my arm strength is not good.”

About her coach:
“My coach is an Olympic all-around champion (Elena Davydova). She is very experienced. She knows what I need and always pushes me to reach my goal. I don’t feel much pressure being coached by her. She teaches me not to only focus on one apparatus and to be all-around, although I have a special interest on bars.”

About her family’s influence on her:
“My family members all love sports and support me to do gymnastics. MY younger sister trains together with me. Since she is younger than me I often help her.”

About her goal:
About her performance:
“I did better today than yesterday and the scores are also better but I am still not very satisfied.”

About the following competitions for the Good Luck Beijing series:
“This is my first time to be in China.”

About her plans after the competition:
“I want to go to the Great Wall.”

About her expectations for the 2008:
“Since for our team, there is only one person can attend the 2008 Olympics, however, we got three very good gymnasts. So I have to go back to practice more an strive for the opportunity to compete for the 2008 Olympics.”