Welcome to Sunnydale

by Lexi1981

This fan fiction takes place during season one of the show and there is two slayer in Sunnydale Catalina (I made up) and Buffy Summers. when it start Catalina has been a slayer for a year and four months and Buffy was active after Catalina code when have her tonsils out, but the doctor did CPR and brought her back, which active Buffy in May 1996. all the characters from season one.

11. Chapter Eleven: Italy

Author note like the last chapter I use Google translates for the conversion happening in Italian and English is in (), if any of my readers speak and write Italian and notice any spell errors or grammar errors sent me a private message to let me know the correct spelling and grammar and I will change the errors.

Chapter Eleven: Italy

The USA gymnasts, head coach Gina Ionescu, individual gymnast coaches, Rupert Giles and Jenny Calendar have been in Italy since the evening of January 2. Rupert Giles talked the Italy watcher, Kendra and Sam Zabuto into waiting too after the USA VS Italy gymnast Competition to take down Dracula and Kakistos. Kendra and Sam Zabuto has been doing reconnaissance every night, so that have an idea of how many vampires that they might face entering the castle that Dracula and Kakistos are using. It is 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 4, 1997 in Roma Italy, which is 3:30 a.m. in Sunnydale, California. Inside the Palazzetto dello Sport area the stands are starting to fill with people coming to watch the gymnastics competition. The elite gymnasts from the countries of the USA and Italy are walking toward the raise platform on which the spring floor is set up on. The twelve gymnasts walk up the steps to the pale red platform. Then run onto the spring floor, which is light blue with white edges that mark out of bound area. In addition, the spring floor has been set up in front of the stands that are at the south end of the area. Also, the uneven bars are set up on a platform in front of the north stands and across from the spring floor. The long platform for the vault runway and vault horse are set in front of the east stands. The landing mat for the vault horse is in front the northeast section of the stands. In addition the balance beam is set up on a long platform that is in front of the west section of stands. The twelve gymnasts start stretching to warming up for the competition, as the gymnast's warm up they see gymnasts from the local training center taking seats in the stands. Catalina Victoria Reducan is still unwell and is clearing her throat as warming up and has very rosy checks. She still has a wet cough, sore throat and lung congested. On the bright side the nasal congested is gone, so she can breathe freely through her nose. However, she is still running fevers on and off and chest hurts if she takes a deep breath. The six members of team USA are wearing GK long sleeved leotards that are white. In addition the leotards have large red star on left shoulder, blue star in the center and a gold on right side of leotards. All of the USA gymnasts have their hair pulled into hair ponytails and have their finger nails and toe nails polish in white opal with red and blue glitter. For earrings the USA gymnasts chose what they wearing, most of them are wearing studs with butterfly backs that are opal, rubies or blue sapphire. However, Catalina is wearing the huggie hoop that Xander gave her in her bottom lobe holes. The rest of the ear piercing that she had at the 1996 Olympic games has white gold hugging hoops in them. In addition in the new piercing that were done on October 27, 1996 Catalina still has the flat backs in the conch and cartilage and helixes. The conch flat back top is a flower that has six petals. Also, the petals are form of long oval shape that are 3mm opal with .2mm diamonds at the end of each petal. Also, have 4mm diamond is in the center of the flower. The rest of the ear piercing is flat back labret with diamonds. The gymnasts form Italy have their hair in French braids and most of them have one set of diamond stud earrings. The Italy gymnasts are wearing are royal blue long sleeved leotards with green and red diagonal strips on the sides. Catalina looks up at the west section of the stands. She sees Jenny and Mr. Giles in the front row and the two of them are sitting in the two center seats. Mr. Giles is wearing a pair of black tweed suit pants, a long sleeves white shirt and charcoal sweater. Jenny is wearing a pair of black dress pants and flowing silver blouse with long bell sleeves.

At one o'clock the Italy gymnasts are walking over to the vault and the USA gymnasts are lining up in front of the floor exercise judges. The judges are on the side of the platform facing the stands and are on a large square platform at the center of the sport area floor. In addition the platform that the judge's tables are set up on, are connecting to all the platforms that the events are set up on. The Italy gymnasts walk up the steps of the platform and then line up in front of the vault judges. The group of judges for the uneven bars and judges for the balance beam have turned they seat, so they can watch the vault and floor routines. Vault and floor are the events happening in the first two rotations. The head judge for the vault horse and floor nods their heads. Then the gymnast's walks over to the spring floor or end of vault runway to start the touch warm up. The Italy gymnasts take turns running toward the vault runway and then doing timers off the vault horse. Simultaneously the USA gymnasts take turns doing roundoff into a series of three back hand springs and then do a layout for the touch warm up on the floor. A minute and half later five of the gymnasts walk off the vault platform and floor platform. A voice comes over the loud speak and is talking in Italian. On large flat screens that are hanging from the ceiling in the middle of the sport area, what the commentator is say is translating into English for the family that come to watch USA gymnasts.

"Benvenuti alla competizione USA VS Italia. Questa è una competizione solo a squadre senza eventi a tutto tondo o finali di eventi. In questa rotazione l'Italia è al volteggio e gli USA al piano. Inoltre, sei ginnaste saliranno in ogni evento e solo i primi cinque punteggi contano per il totale della squadra. Una ginnasta degli Stati Uniti andrà sul pavimento e poi una ginnasta del paese ospitante, l'Italia, andrà al volteggio. La prima ginnasta statunitense è Larissa White e la prima ginnasta italiana è Gianna Lilliana Teza. (Welcome to the USA VS Italy competition. This is a team only competition with no all round event or event finals. In this rotation Italy is on vault and USA is on the floor. In addition six gymnasts will go up on each event and only the top five scores count toward the team total. A gymnast from USA will go on the floor and then a gymnast from the host country of Italy will go on the vault. The first USA gymnast is Larissa White and the first Italy gymnast is Gianna Lilliana Teza.)

Simultaneously Jenny and Mr. Giles look over at the Italy gymnast that standing on the right side of the vault runway. She has a light brown skin tone, drak brown hair, dark brown eyes and round ears. Gianna has a small snub nose shape, full lips, square face shape and lean column body. Jenny and Mr. Giles then look over at Larissa White, who standing beside the right side of the floor. The two of them notice she is four feet eight inches tall with light brown straight hair that passes her shoulder in the high ponytail. She has light brown eyes with round almond shape, fair caucasian skin tone, heart shape face, round ears, small hero shape nose and a lean column body. Larissa steps in front of the right corner of the spring floor because the judge rise the start flag. She salutes the judges and then steps onto the spring floor. Larissa walks into the right-hand corner and goes onto the point of her toes, with her left leg bent behind her and held upward with both hands. When the instrumental version of matchbox twenty Real world starts to play Larissa does a full turn. With her left leg bent behind her and held upward with both hands and then goes into a double turn. Then she goes right into a triple turn with left leg bent behind her and hold upward with both hands. She then does a quadruple turn with left leg bent behind her and hold upward with both hands. Then she runs forward a few paces and does a roundoff into a whip back. Larissa then does a second whip back and goes right into a layout salto backwards with triple twists and sticks the landing. She runs away from the corner a few pace into a roundoff into a whip full and goes right into a second whip full. Then does double salto backward piked with a full twist. However, she take s tiny step on the landing and then does a straddle jump with a full turn that supposed to be connecting to the double salto backward piked with a full twist. Larissa does a spilt leap with a full turn. Then goes into a split leap into a leap with 1/4 turn toward her right and goes right into a straddle jump. Larissa is facing the corner to her right. In addition Larissa back is to the corner that she leaps out off. Then Larissa does a switch split ring leap with a half turn into the corner and her back is to the corner of the spring floor. She runs forward and does a front handspring into another front handspring. Then does a layout salto forward with full twist and goes right into a double salto forward tucked with a half twist. Larissa sticks the landing with her back to the corner of the spring floor. She runs forward a few pace and then does a roundoff. Then goes into a whip back and goes right into another whip back. Then does a layout double salto backward and sticks the landing to end the routine. Larissa salutes the floor judges and then walks off the spring floor. She is walking over to the steps of the platform when a 9.88 flashes onto the scoreboard.

Over at the vault horse, Gianna is salute the vault judges and then steps onto the light-blue vault runway. She starts running down the runway and jumps off the springboard. Then goes into a front handspring onto the vault horse. She pushes off the vault horse. Then does a layout salto with one and twists off and sticks the landing of the vault facing the vault horse. Gianna salutes the vault judges and walks to the start of the vault runway, for her second vault. The score of 9.8 come onto the scoreboard for her first vault, the score for the first and second vaults are average together. The end judges raise the start flag and Gianna salutes the judges again. She steps onto the vault runway and then starts running down the runway. As she gets near the springboard Gianna does a roundoff onto the springboard into a back handspring onto the vault horse. She pushes off the vault horse and does a layout Yurchenko with double twists off the vault house and lands facing the vault horse. However, she has to take a step forward on the landing. Gianna salutes the judges and then walks over to the steps of the platform, as a 9,4 flash on the scoreboard for her second vault. Then a 9.6 for the average of both vaults flashes onto the scoreboard. Gianna passes her teammate Viviana Venette Valentino on the way down the steps. Viviana has a heart shape face, eyes that are round almond shape and dark brown and round ears. In her ears are three lobes piercing and a helix piercing in the left ear and the piercing each have diamond stud earrings in them. In addition she has small hero shape nose, medium brown hair and Inverted triangle body shape. Gianna stops walking and looks up at Viviana and sees her teammate that turn nineteen year old yesterday, is holding the lower half of her right hand and wrist and it looks like Vivian in pain. Also, Gianna notices the right hand and wrist are swelling, which is causing the tan wrist support to be tight.

"Come ti senti la mano e il polso, perché sembra che tu stia soffrendo? (How is your hand and wrist feeling, because it looks like you are in pain?)"

"La mia mano e il mio polso sono un po' così, ma sto bene per gareggiare oggi. (My hand and wrist are a little so, but I am fine to compete today.)"

Viviana walks onto the platform and Gianna walks the rest of the way down the steps. The nineteen-year-old walks over to the chalk bin. She grabs a handful of chalk and puts some onto both feet. Then start putting chalks onto her hands. As putting chalk onto her hands she is looking over at the spring floor.

Over at the spring floor, Stacy Wilson is standing at the edge of the spring floor. The twenty-year-old is waiting for the judge to raise the flag. She has fair brown skin tone and has brown eyes with wide roundish almond shape. In addition she has medium brown hair that just passes the shoulder in length when in a high ponytail. In addition she has full lips, a button shape nose and a lean column body shape. The judge on the right end of the table rise the starts flag and Stacy salutes the judges. She then steps onto the spring floor and walks to the center of the floor. Stacy then lowers down on a bent right leg and puts her left leg out in the split position, so she in a tuckstand. She looks down at the floor sadly and waits for the music to start playing. A few moments later an instrumental version of the 1992 song this used to be my playground start to play. Stacy does a full turn in tuckstand into a double turn. Then goes right into a triple turn still in the tuckstand position. Then rise onto her toes with her arm cross over heart, as turning to face the corner on her left. She does a switch split leap with a full turn into a split leap with a full turn into a ring. Then goes right into a split leap with one and half turns into the corner of the spring floor. She starts running and after a few pace does a roundoff into a whip full. Then does a second whip full into a layout salto backward with triple twist and sticks the landing. Stacy then runs a few pace into a roundoff and goes right into a whip back. Then does another whip back into a layout salto backwards with three and half twist and sticks the landing facing the corner of the spring floor. Then she goes right into a split jumps with one and half turns. Her back is now to the corner of the spring floor. Stacy puts her hand up to her face and eyes and pretends to wipe tears from her face as rise onto pointed toes. Then sways her hips as side steps into the center of the side edge of the spring floor. Then start to run until she is just past the center of the spring floor. Then start to sways her hips as turning to facing the corner on her right. Then does a switch split leap with a half turn into the corner of the spring floor. Stacy then runs forward a few pace into a front handspring and goes right into another front handspring. Then goes into a double twisting layout salto forward into a double salto forward tucked with half twists. She sticks the landing with her back to the corner of the spring floor. She starts running again and after a few pace does a roundoff. Stacy then does a whip full and goes right into another whip full. She goes right into a double salto backwards tucked with double twists and has a small wobble on the landing of her last tumbling pass. Stacy brings her left leg up into split position against her chest. Then turn her head to look behind her with a sad look on her face, for the ending pose. She salutes the judges and then walks off the spring floor, as she reaches the steps of the platform, a 9.98 comes onto the scoreboard. Stacy walks up to the top step of the steps and Catalina starts walking up the steps, when the two gymnasts reach the center step they stop walking.

"I love your new floor routine Stacy."

"Thanks, I hope going third in the line on this event does not effect your scores, since you have always been a closer."

"Ahem I am not worry."

The two gymnasts start walking again and Catalina walks onto the platform. She starts to put chalk on her feet, as looking toward the vault horse. Stacy is on the sidelines now and is drinking some water from a bottle of water. In addition Stacy and the rest of team USA are looking toward the vault horse.

At the start of the vault runway Viviana is salute the vault judges. She then steps onto the start of the vault runway. Viviana takes a deep breath and then start to run down the vault runway. She reaches the springboard and jump off the springboard and goes into a front handspring onto the vault horse. Viviana push off the vault house and get a shooting pain through her right hand and wrist. She does layout salto with double twist off the vault horse. She sticks the landing of the vault with her back to the vault horse. Viviana salutes the judges and then walks off the landing mat. She starts walking toward the start of the vault runway and loose the wrist support on her right wrist. She is rechalking her hands when a score of 1o.00 comes up on the scoreboard for her first vault. Viviana turns toward the judges and sees the flag is up, she salutes the judges and then steps onto the vault runway and is fighting back tears. She takes several deep breaths and then start running down the runway. When she nears the springboard, she does a roundoff onto the springboard into a half turn in preflight to the vault horse. She does a front handspring onto the vault horse and then pushes off the vault horse, as feeling and hearing a snapping sound coming from her right hand and wrist. Somehow she manages to go into the layout salto. Viviana does one and half twists off the vault horse, but has weak form in the air. She lands facing the vault horse and take several large steps toward the vault horse on the landing. She salutes the judges, as tears start to fill her eyes. After she finished the vault she salute the judges. As pulling off the wrist support walks over to the step of the platform with right hand and wrist rises above her heart, because the throbbing is less then when hold downward. The Italy head coach Antonio D'Angelo walks up to Viviana, as she steps off the bottom step of the platform. He looks at her right hand and wrist that are swelling very fast. Simultaneously a 9.0 flash onto the scoreboard and then a 9.5 flash onto the scoreboard. Italy gymnast Mia Clementina Ferrari walks by her teammate and coach. Then starts walking up the step of the platform. The rest of the Italy team is looking at the floor and Antonio D'Angelo lead Viviana over to the medical trainer.

Over at the spring floor Catalina sees Viviana being lead to the door that leads to the locker rooms and medical room. She does not have time to worry about Viviana through because the judge has raised the start flag. Catalina takes several small breath and then salute the floor judges. She walks onto the spring floor and into the corner on her right. Catalina rises onto points of her toes, as cross her arm over her head with her fingers outstretch. The instrumental version of she like the wind start to play Catalina does a double turns with left leg hold in spilt position. Then goes into a split leap with a full turn, she then starts to run forward a few steps. Then Catalina does a roundoff into a whip back and goes right into another whip back. She then does a layout salto backwards and stick the landing, she goes right into a straddle jump with a full turn that is prefect. Catalina then does a full turn with her left leg horizontal below. Then run forward a few steps into a roundoff and goes right into a back handspring. She then does a whip half and goes right into a double salto forward picked and sticks the landing facing the corner. Catalina goes right into a wolf jump with a half turn, so back is to the corner of the spring floor. Then cross her arm in front of face with outstretch fingers, as rise onto points of her toes. Catalina then does a pirouette a'la second into the corner on her left-hand side. She runs a few steps into a roundoff then goes right into a whip back. Then does another whip back into a layout salto backwards with three and half twists and stick the landing of the third tumbling facing the corner of the spring floor. She goes right into a switch split leap with half turn, so her back is now to the corner of the spring floor. Catalina then does a high kick, right into a full illusion turn. Then does a double illusion turn into a triple illusion turn. She runs forward few steps then does roundoff into a back handspring. Then does a second back handspring into a double salto backwards tucked with double twists and sticks the landing of last tumbling passes. She then jumps forward doing a split leaps with a full turn and lands in sit splits on the spring floor to end the routine. Catalina stands up and salutes the judges. She then walks off the spring floor, as try to catch her breath. Catalina teammate and follower elite gymnast at Sunnydale Gymnastic club and follower 1996 Olympic team member Amy David (pronounced dah-veed) is walking up the platform steps. She is sixteen years old and Amy sees Catalina standing beside the spring floor. Catalina is bent over with her hands on her knees and is coughing into her right elbow. Catalina sees a worry look in Amy brown eyes, which have a round almond shape. In addition Amy has black hair that comes to the center of her back, the hair is in a high ponytail and has a medium olive sink tone.

"I am fine Amy. I just coughing need to catch my breath, coughing."

"You do not sound fine. I set a box of tissues beside your gym bag."

"Thanks, coughing."

Catalina stands up and walks over to the platform steps still coughing into her right elbow. Amy walks over to the chalk bin beside the right corner of the spring floor and start to put chalk on her feet. Simultaneously a 10.00 flash onto the scoreboard for Catalina floor routine. Catalina walks over to the chairs and takes a seat. Then looks toward the vault runway and at Mia that has dark brown hair, round almond shape eyes that are light brown and fair caucasian skin tone.

A minute and half later Mia salute the vault judges and then steps onto the vault runway. She starts run down the runway and jumps of the springboard. Mia does a front handspring onto the vault horse and push off the vault doing a layout salto with a full twist. She sticks the landing facing the vault horse. She salutes the judges and then walks to the start of the runway to do her second vault. The score of 9.4 flashes onto the scoreboard for her first vault. She reaches the start of the vault runway and the end judge rise the start flag. Mia salute the vault judges for the third time and then steps onto the start of the vault runway. She runs down the runway and when near the springboard does a roundoff onto the springboard. Then does a back handspring onto the vault horse, Mia pushes off the vault horse and goes into a layout Yurchenko with double twists off. She sticks the landing of the vault facing the vault horse. She salutes the vault judges and walks over to the step of the platform, as her team Anna Bella Mazza start walking up the step of the platform. Anna has curly dirty blonde hair, blue eyes with roundish almond shape and heart shape face. In addition she has round ears, small defined nose shape, thin lips and inverted triangle body shape. Anna also has a black t scope elbow brace on her right elbow, because she just started training and competing again after dislocate her elbow. Simultaneously a 9.5 come onto the scoreboard for Mia second vaults, then a 9,45 for vault average.

Over at the spring floor, Amy David has just finish salute the floor judges. She walks onto the spring floor and walks into the center of the floor. Then turns so facing the corner on her left-hand side and kneels down onto the center of the spring floor. Amy brings her hands over her eyes as arching her back, when an instrumental version of just a girl from the album tragic kingdom start to play she moves her hand away from face. Then jump backwards from a kneeling position into a back flip and Amy lands on her feet. Amy goes right into a split leap with a full turn into a split leap with one and half turns into the corner of the spring floor. Then Amy runs a few steps then goes right into roundoff. Into a whip back and then goes into another whip back into a layout salto backwards with three and half twists. She is facing the corner of the spring floor, she goes right into a straddle jump with one and half turns. Amy puts her hands over her head and jumps up and down twice. She runs forward a few steps and goes right into a front handspring. She does another handspring and goes right into a third front handspring. She goes right into a double salto forward tucked with a half twist and stick the tumbling pass with her back to the corner of the spring floor. Then does a full illusion turn on her left leg and foot and goes right into a double illusion turn. Into a switch split leap with 1/4 turn to the left into a straddle jump. Then does a switch split ring leap into a side split leap with a full turn. She steps back into the corner of the spring floor with her hand rise over her head. Amy then runs forward a few steps into a roundoff and goes right into a back handspring. She goes right into a whip back into a double salto backward tucked. She runs forward several steps then goes right into a roundoff into a whip back. Then Amy does a layout double salto backward with a full twist and goes into a layout salto backward with triple twists. Then goes right into switch split leap with a full turn into a straddle jump with a full turn. Then she goes into front support on the floor. Amy arch her back and bring both feet toward her head, so toes are touching her head for the ending pose to end a prefect floor routine. Amy stands up and salutes the floor judges and then walks off the spring floor, as her teammate Kate Lee walks up to the platform steps. Kate lee has black hair that to shoulders in length when in a high ponytail. In addition Kate Lee is Chinese American and is four feet two and half inches tall. In addition she trains at Sunnydale Gymnastics Club. A score of 10.00 flash on the scoreboard for Amy David floor routine.

At the vault horse, Anna Bella Mazza is salute the vault judges, because the flag has been rise. Anna steps onto the vault runway and start to run down the runway. She jumps of the springboard and does a front handspring onto the vault horse. She pushes off and does a layout with double twist off and sticks the landing with her back to the vault horse. Anna salutes the judges and then walks to the start of the vault runway. She puts more chalk onto her hands as waiting for her first vault score. Several moments later a 9.4 flash onto the scoreboard. The end judge raises the start flag and Anna salute the judges. She then steps onto the vault runway. Anna runs down the vault runway and when near springboard does a roundoff onto the springboard. Then does a back handspring onto the vault horse and push off the vault horse doing a tucked Yurchenko with two and half twist off. Anna sticks the landing with her back to the vault horse. Then Anna salutes the vault judges and walks over to the steps of the platform, as her teammate Rosetta Victoria Moretti walks onto the platform. She has light brown hair, diamond shape face, down turn lips, round ears, a small defined nose, light brown eyes with roundish almond shape and fair olive skin tone. A score of 9,4 flash on the scoreboard for Anna second vault and then a 9,4 for the average of the two vaults.

Over at the spring floor Kate Lee that turned seventeen on the first of January is waiting for the start flag to be rises by the end judge. The judge raises the start flag and Kate salutes the floor judges. Then she walks onto the spring floor and walks to the center of the floor. Kate then lay down on her back and bent her right knee, as bring leg up against her chest. Simultaneously Kate raises her left leg into split position and brings it against her chest too. Kate brings her head to her knees as the instrumental version of no one said it would be easy start playing. The song no one said it would be easy is from the 1993 album called Tuesday Night Music Club. Kate then does a double turn in kip position into a forward roll to feet. She then does a switch split ring leap into a split leap with one and half turns into the corner on her right. She runs several steps across the spring floor and then does a roundoff. Kate then goes right into a whip back and then does another whip back into a layout double salto backwards. She sticks the landing of the first of four tumbling passes. Kate then runs forward into front handspring and goes right into another front handspring. She then does a double salto forward piked and goes right into a double salto forward tucked. Then goes right into a split jump with one and half and now her back is to the corner of the spring floor. Kate looks down at the spring floor with a worry expression on her face, as side stepping to her right. Then does a half turn to face the corner that was on her left at the start of the routine. She then does a switch split leap with a full turn into a split leap with one and half turns into the corner. She looks down at the floor with worry expression on her face, as she steps back into the corner. Then she runs forward several steps into a roundoff. Then goes right into a back handspring into a whip back. Then Kate goes right into a layout salto with three and half twists. Then goes right into a tuck jump with one and half turns. Now her back is to the corner of the spring floor. Kate runs forward several steps then does a roundoff into a whip full and goes right into another whip full. Then goes right into a double layout with a full twist in the second salto. Then does a quadruple turn with right leg below into a split with a full turn to land in sit split on the spring floor to end a prefect routine. She stands up and salutes the floor judges and then walks over to the platform steps, as the Mary Ann Smith walks up the steps of the platform. She has hazel eyes that are roundish almond shape and curly red hair. The seventeen-year-old that turns eighteen in three walks over to the chalk bin, as a score of 10.00 flash on the scoreboard for Kate Lee.

At the vault horse Rosetta Victoria Moretti is standing beside the vault runway, as her teammate Viviana walks back into the sport area section. Viviana walks over to the chairs for the vault horse and she is wearing the team red warm up jacket and wind breaker pants on. In addition Viviana's right hand and wrist has a white splint and brown medical warp over them. The judge raises the start flag and Rosetta Victoria Moretti salutes the vault judges, then steps onto the runway. Rosetta runs down the vault runway and jumps off the springboard. She does a front handspring onto the vault horse. Then push off the vault doing a pike salto with one and half twist off and sticks the landing facing the vault. She salutes the vault judges and then walks to the start of the vault runway. A score of 9.5 flashes onto the scoreboard for Rosetta first vault. She puts some more chalk onto her hands and feet. The judge raises the start flag and the gymnast salutes the vault judges. Rosetta steps onto the vault runway and then runs down the runway. She does a roundoff onto the springboard and does a back handspring onto the vault. Rosetta push off the vault horse and does a double layout Yurchenko off the vault and stick the landing facing the vault. She salutes the vault judges and walks toward the platform steps as the last vault Maddalina Romy Rossi steps onto the platform. The nineteen that turns twenty on February ninth has a round shape face and round ears. In addition she has dirty blonde hair, light brown eyes that are round, small defined nose and lean column body shape. A score of 9.5 flash on the scoreboard for Rosetta second vaults and then an average of 9.5 flashes on the scoreboard for the two vaults.

Mary Ann Smith is standing beside the right side of the spring floor and she is waiting for the judge to raise the start floor. The judge raises the start flag and Mary salutes the floor judges. Mary Anna Smith walks onto the spring floor and then lay down on the floor beside the right-hand edge. In addition her legs are bents and Mary Ann Smith has crosses her right leg over her left knee. Mary Ann's cross her arms over her chest and closes her eyes. The instrumental version of the song one headlights by the wallflowers starts to play Mary Ann rise arms that are still cross. Then place her hands onto the floor as arched up into a bridge then goes right into a back walkover. Mary Ann goes right into a split leap into a switch split leap. Then goes into a switch split leap with a half turn into the corner and back is to the judges. Mary Ann is now bringing her left leg up behind back and bent the leg. Mary Ann holds the leg backwards and upward as doing double turn. Then she switches leg position and ow she is holding the left leg in front. In addition the leg is in the split position. She then does a second double turn. She runs forward several pace into a front handspring and goes right into a double salto forward pike. Then goes right into an aerial roundoff and her back is now to the corner that she is tumbling towards. She goes right into a double salto backward tucked with a full twist and sticks the landing. Then run forward a few pace into a roundoff and goes right into a whip back. Then goes into another whip back and right into a layout salto backwards with three and half twists. Mary Ann looks down at the spring floor as wrapping her arms around her chest, as turning so back is to the corner in which she is standing. Then Mary Ann walks forward as crossing legs, when she reaches the center of the spring floor she rises onto the point of toes. Then turns to face the corner on her left and that is on the other side of the spring floor. Mary Ann does a split leap with a full turn and goes right into a split leap with a full turn into a ring into the corner. Then Mary Ann goes right into a straddle jump with one and half turns and back is now to the corner. She runs a few steps into a front handspring into another front handspring. Mary Ann then does a third front handspring into a double salto forward tucked with half twists into a layout step-out, but take a small step forward. Mary Ann runs forward into a roundoff and goes right into a whip full into another whip full. She goes right into a double salto backward tucked with double twists into a switch split ring leap with half turns, so facing the corner of the spring floor. Then goes right into a straddle jump with front support on the floor. Then roll onto her back, then bent knees and cross right leg over the left knee. Simultaneously cross arms over her chest and closes eyes for the ending pose. Mary Ann stands up and salutes the judges, then walks off the spring floor. She walks over to the steps and walks off the platform as a 9.9 flash onto the scoreboard for her floor and then a total of 49.88 for team USA at the end of the first rotation. Mary Ann takes a seat in the chair area to watch the last Italy gymnast on the vault.

At the vault horse Maddalina Romy Rossi is saluting the vault judges and is thinking i want to hit my two vaults in front of my hometown. She steps onto the vault runway and start to run down the runway. She jumps off the springboard into a front handspring onto the vault horse. Then she pushes off the vault horse and does a layout salto with one and twists off and sticks the landing facing the vault horse. Maddalina salutes the judges and then walks to the start of the runway. A 9.5 flashes on the scoreboard for her first vault. The judge raises the start flag and Maddalina salutes the judges. She steps onto the vault runway and then runs down the runway. When near the springboard she does a roundoff onto the springboard. Then does a back handspring onto the vault horse. She pushes off the vault and does layout Yurchenko with double twist and sticks the landing facing the vault horse. Maddalina salutes the vault judges and then walks over to the platform steps. She has just start walking down the steps when a 9.5 flashes on the scoreboard for her second vault. Then a 9.5 flash on the scoreboard for the average of the two vaults. A 47.9 comes onto the scoreboard for Italy team score after the first rotation.

The gymnasts from both teams pick up their gym bags and start to walk around the platforms. The Italy gymnasts and head coach walk over to the floor. Simultaneously the USA gymnasts and head coach are walking over to the vault horse. The two teams pass each other and smiles at each other. Both team gymnasts set their gym bags down by the chair areas and then walk up onto the platform. Six USA gymnast lines up in front of the vault judges. However, only five Italy gymnast lines up in front of the floor judges. Viviana Venette Valentine has to sit out the rest of the competition because of a possible breaking right hand and wrist. The judges give the ok to begin touch warm up on the floor and the vault horse. Catalina does one timer off the vault horse and walks down the long platform. Then Catalina grabs her water bottle from beside the platform steps. Catalina walks to the start of the runway and stand to the side, as her teammates take turns warming up. Gina Ionescu looks over at Catalina, as she waits for the next gymnast to run toward the vault. The head coach sees the star of team USA looks feverish and that she has fast breathed. In addition Catalina is working hard to breathe and is rubbing her arms. Catalina walks up beside her coach and Gina can hearing the wheezing sounds coming from Catalina's lungs. Gina Ionescu puts her left hand onto Catalina's forehead, which is clammy and is very warm to the touch.

"Your fever has gone up, are you feeling well enough to take part in the second, third and fourth rotations?"

"Yes, I feel well enough to take part in the second, third and fourth rotations."

Catalina walks to the end of the vault runway, because the touch warm up is coming to an end. In addition she is the first gymnast up on the vault for the USA. The rest of USA gymnasts walk over to the steps and so do four of the five Italy gymnast. Mia Ferrari is standing beside the spring floor. The touch warm up is now over and the score from the first rotation are put onto the scoreboard.

Just like the first rotation the USA team is the first to go. Catalina is standing beside the vault runway and breathing through her nose, as waiting for the start flag to be rises. The judge raises the start flag and Catalina salutes the vault judges. Then steps onto the runway and take a several deep breaths to get oxygen into her lungs, which hurts her chest and lungs. Catalina push the pain out of her mind and runs down the vault runway. She jumps of the springboard and does a front handspring onto the vault horse. She pushes off the vault horse and does double front tucked salto off the vault. Then she sticks the landing of the vault with her back to the vault, for a prefect first vault. Catalina salutes the vault judges and then walks to the start of the vault runway. In addition she is fighting the urge to cough, she suppresses the urge to cough and a 10.00 flash onto the scoreboard for her first vault. The judges raise the start flag and Catalina salutes the vault judge again. She then steps onto the vault runway. Catalina start running down the vault runway and the running is making her lungs feel very tight. When near the springboard does a roundoff onto the springboard and does a back handspring onto the vault horse. Catalina push off the vault horse and does a layout Yurchenko with two and half twists off the vault horse. In addition Catalina sticks the landing with her back to the vault horse. She salutes the judges and then turns her back to the judges. She starts coughing into her right elbow, as walking off the landing mat. Catalina then walks toward the steps still coughing into her right elbow. Kate Lee walks onto to the platform and hand Catalina a handful of tissues. Catalina takes the tissues from her teammate and covers her mouth with the handful of tissue. Simultaneously Catalina starts to cough up mucus, wish that she could get rid of the cough and mucus because she is tired of being sick. A 10. 00 flash onto the scoreboard for the second vault and then a 10.00 flashes onto the scoreboard for the average of the two vaults. Catalina slowly walks down the steps of the platform and then walks over to the chair area. She takes a seat in the end chair and is sitting away from the rest of her team. In addition she is still coughing into the tissues in her hands. Gina Ionescu walks over to fifteen years old Catalina and has a bottle of grape Powerade, which is purple color. The coach stops in front of Catalina and kneels down in front of her, as hold the grape Powerade toward Catalina. Simultaneously Catalina stops coughing and looks at team USA and her personal coach.

"Cat I want you to drink this Powerade, before you drink any more water."

"Ok, coughing."

Catalina covers her mouth with a tissue and Gina Ionescu set the bottle of Powerade on the empty chair on Catalina left. Gina Ionescu then stands up from the kneeling position and then walks away from Catalina. Gina Ionescu then walks toward the platform that the vault house is on.

Over at the spring floor Mia Ferrari is saluting the judges. She steps onto the spring floor and walks to the center of the floor. She has a sad look on her face and raises her arms over her head with the palms downward. In addition she looks up at her hand with a sad look still on her face, brings her right leg behind her back with the knee bend. As the instrumental version of Hands that was original from 1995 album sprit starts to the play she does a double turn in back attitude. Mia then does a triple turn with right leg below horizontal into a switch split leap with a full turn. Right into a leap with 1/4 turn to the right and goes right into a straddle jump. That is connecting to a split leap with one and half turns into the corner of the spring floor. She runs forward several steps into a front handspring. Then goes right into another front handspring and then goes into a layout salto forward with two and half twists. She then goes into a layout double salto backwards and sticks the landing of the first tumbling pass. Mia runs forward several steps then does a roundoff into a whip back. Then goes right into a second whip back into a double salto backwards tucked with double twist, but she steps backwards on the landing. She does a tuck jump with double turn into front support, but does not get the connecting points for connecting the tumbling pass to the jump. Mia rise onto her knees and looks at her hands. Then does a forward walkover from kneeling position. Then Mia sways her hips as swirling to the center of the spring floor. Mia then looks at her hands again, as turning to face the corner to her left. She does a switch split ring leap into a switch split ring leap with a half turn into the corner. Mia run forward several steps and goes right into a roundoff into a whip back. Then does a layout double salto backward with a full twist into a layout double salto with a full twist in the second salto and sticks the landing. Mia runs forward several steps and then does a roundoff into a whip back. She goes right into a second whip back into a triple salto backward tucked with triple twist sticking the landing of her last tumbling pass. Mia drops to her knees and bring her hands up into the prayer position for ending poses. She stands up from the spring floor and salutes the floor judges. Mia walks off the spring floor, as her teammate Gianna start walking up the steps of the platform. A 9.75 comes up on the scoreboard for Mia floor routine.

Back over at the vault horse Kate Lee is waiting for the judge to raise the start flag. Kate Lee sees that Catalina has final stop coughing and is drinking the bottle of Powerade. The judge raises the start flag and Kate Lee salutes the vault judges. She steps onto the vault runway and runs down the runway. She does a roundoff onto the springboard into a back handspring onto the vault horse. Then push off the vault horse and does a layout with two and half twists off the vault. Kate sticks the landing with her back to the vault. Kate salutes the vault judges and then start walking to the start of the vault runway and a 10.00 flashes onto the scoreboard. Kate reaches the end of the vault runway and turns so facing the vault. The judge raises the start flag. Kate Lee salutes the vault judges and then step back onto the vault runway. She runs down the runway and jumps off the springboard into a front handspring onto the vault horse. Kate pushes off the vault horse and does a double front salto tucked off the vault and sticks the landing of her second vault. She salutes the vault judges and then runs toward the platform steps as Amy David walks up the platform steps. Simultaneously a 10.00 flash onto the scoreboard for Kate Lee second vaults and then a 1o.00 flash onto the scoreboard for the average of Kate Lee two vaults.

Gianna is standing in front of the spring floor and waiting for the judges to raise the start flag. The judges raise the flag and Gianna salutes the judges. She then steps into the right-hand corner of the spring floor. She puts her arms and hands behind her head. Then place the palms of her head against the back of her head, as bent her left leg and crosses the left leg in front of the right. Simultaneously close her eyes. The instrumental version of Dream weaver starts to play and Gianna does a split jump with a full turn into a ring jump. She starts to runs across the floor and after a few steps' Gianna does a front handspring. Then does another front handspring and goes right into a double salto forward tucked with a half twist. She sticks the landing of the tumbling. Then run forward and then does a roundoff into a whip back into another whip back. Then does a layout double salto backwards that is almost perfect. Gianna starts to sway her hips, as turning to face the corner on her left-hand side. Then does a split leap with a full turn into a split leap with one and half turns to near the corner. Gianna then does a triple turn with left leg below horizontal and goes right into a quadruple turn with left leg below horizontal. Then start to sway her hips as step back into the corner. She runs forward a few steps and then does a roundoff into a whip full. She does another whip full and then does layout salto backwards with three and half twists. She goes right into a split jump with one and half turns that are prefects. Gianna runs forward and then does a roundoff into a back handspring. She then does a whip back into double salto backward tucked with a double twist. She sticks the landing and goes into her end pose, which is her left leg bent and cross over the right leg. In addition she is looking up at the ceiling with her eyes wide open. Gianna salutes the judges and then walks off the spring floor, as her teammate Anna Bella Mazza walks up to the platform steps.

On the side of the sport area that the vault is on, Catalina is standing beside the platform and she is running in place to stay warm. Amy David is standing at the start of the vault runway. She is waiting for the Gianna Teza floor score to be put on the scoreboard and for the start flag to be rises for her to go. A score of 9.98 flash onto the scoreboard for Gianna Teza floor score. Amy puts some more chalk on her hands as waiting for the start flag to be rise. Then end judges raise the start flag. Amy steps away from the chalk bin and up beside the runway. She salutes the vault judges and then steps onto the vault runway. Amy starts running down the vault. She reaches the springboard and jump onto it and then jump up into a front handspring. She mounts the vault in the front handspring and then pushes off the vault horse. Amy does a layout salto with a double twist and she has prefects from in the air, she lands the vault and rolls her right ankle. Amy winces in pain and takes several small steps forward. She raises her arms and salutes the vault judge, then careful and gentle steps off the light-blue landing mat. She limps down the platform and toward the start of the vault runway. Amy reaches the start of the vault runway and limps over to the chalk bin. Then Amy grabs a handful of chalk and puts some chalk onto bottom of both of her feet. As chalks up her hands a score of 9.4 flashes onto the scoreboard for her first vault. Amy turns and looks at the judges, a few moments later the end judges raise the start flag. She salutes the vault judges and then turns to look at the vault. Then steps onto the light-blue vault runway, Amy runs down the vault runway and when near the springboard does a roundoff onto the springboard. She goes into a half turn in preflight to the vault horse, landing onto the vault horse in a front handspring. She pushes off the vault horse and does a layout front salto with one and a half twist off and sticks the landing of the vault facing the vault horse. She salutes the vault judges and then walks off the landing mat and is still limping. Gina Ionescu and Larissa white walks up to the steps of the platform, Larissa walks up the steps and Gina Ionescu waits in front of the steps for Amy David. Amy reaches the steps of the platform and limps down the steps and over to the team head coach and her personal coach. Gina Ionescu looks down at Amy's right ankle, which has swell up some.

"Let the medical trainer look at your right ankle. So we know if the injury is minor or if the injury is a major injury that needs to be take care of right away?

"I just rolled the right ankle and can finish the competition."

"You have a pain level that is high then most adult, but I saw you wince in pain after you rolled the ankle. In addition you are still limping and the ankle is swell. Just go have the ankle look at."

"I just need the ankle wrap and I am fine to finish the competition."

"I believe you, but I still want the medical train to look at the ankle to be on the safe side. If he clears you then you can finish the competition."

"Fine."

Amy limps away from Gina Ionescu and over to the medical trainer, who is a tall and thin middle age male with light brown hair and hazel eyes. He has Amy take a seat on the center chair and kneels down in front of her. Amy puts her right ankle and foot onto the trainer knees and he starts to look at the ankle. Simultaneously a score of 9.5 flash onto the scoreboard for Amy David second vaults. Then a score of 9.45 comes onto the scoreboard for the averages for Amy David two vaults. Gina Ionescu walks up behind the medical trainer. Amy looks up at her coach that is wearing red windbreaker pants and white tee shirts. The tee shirt has an image of the USA flag on the front and on the back of the tee in red says team USA. The medical trainer starts to talk.

"Amy flexes your right ankle a few times for me?

Gina is watching Amy face as she flexing the right ankle and the medical trainer is watching Amy and the ankle. In addition he has one hand over the top of the injury ankle. His other hand is on the back of the ankle to feel the muscles and ankle joint, as she flexes the ankle.

"I do not think the ankle is fracture, but will not know for sure until she has an x-ray and MRI image done. However, from watching Amy walking away from the landing mat after preforming the first vault, see her doing the second vault and then watchers her flex the ankle. I think it is just a sprained ankle. If Amy thinks that she can continue to compete in the competition I will tape up the ankle and she can preform on Balance beam and then uneven bars."

"Tape the ankle up because I want to finish the competition. I just rolled the ankle and I had far worse injuries that I compete through."

The trainer gets the pre wrap and sport tape out that are tan. He also get a pair of scissors out of the medical bag. He then gets to work on taping Amy's right ankle. The judges, USA gymnasts and the Italy gymnast and head coach has been watching the team USA medical trainer examine Amy David right Ankle. Anna Bella Mazza puts some more chalk on her hands because floor judges have now turns back around. In addition the floor judges have stopped watching Amy David being check out at by the medical trainer. The end judge puts the start flag into the air and then Anna rise her arms and salutes the floor judges. Anna walks onto the spring floor and to the center of the floor. She spreads her legs apart and bents her knees. In addition Anna lean forward, as cross her arm int front and place palms of her hands against the spring floor. The instrumental version of eye of the tiger start to play, she jumps upwards and into salto backwards tucked. Right out of the salto backward tucked Anna goes into a layout step-out toward the edge of the spring floor that near the judges. She then goes right into a straddle jump with a full turn and then starts to sway her hips to the music, as side stepping to corner on her right side. Once in the corner, she continues to sway hips and is turning head side to side as she turns around, so her back is to the corner. Then does a free aerial roundoff and goes right into a whip back. Then she does whip half and is now looking at the corner she is tumbling toward. Anna goes right into a double salto forward tucked with a half twist and sticks the landing of her first tumbling pass. She runs forward a few steps and then does a front handspring. She then goes right into a layout salto forward with two and half twists. Right into a whip back into a double salto backwards tucked with two and half twist and sticks the landing facing the corner of the spring floor. She goes right into a split jump with one and half turns and now her back is to the corner that she is in. Then does a split jump with a full turn and lands in split sit on the spring floor. She rises into a tuckstand with left leg in the split position and then she does a full turn in tuckstand into a double turn in tuckstand. She goes right into a triple turn in tuckstand. Then does a forward walkover from tuckstand position to land on her feet and goes right into a switch split ring leap. Then does a split leap with 2 1/4 turns to her left and almost into the corner. She is now on the side of the floor furthest from the judges and across from the corner that she did the first tumbling passes from. Anna does a split leap with a full turn into a split leap with two and half turns into the corner and now Anna's back is to the corner. She does a free aerial round off into a whip back and then does another whip back right into a double salto backwards tucked with a full twist. She does a free aerial roundoff into a whip back and then does a layout salto backwards. She goes right into a layout double salto backwards with a full twist in the second salto. Anna sticks the landing of the fourth tumbling pass, she rises onto point toes, as reaches up with both arms and hands toward the ceiling for the ending pose. The crowd gets to their feet and starts clapping for Anna. Anna salutes the judges and then walks off the floor waving at the crowd in the stands. Rosetta starts walking up the steps of the platform and the commentator voice comes over the loudspeaker. What he is say is writing in English onto the flat screen hang from the center of the ceiling.

"Quella era una routine perfetta di Anna Beth Mazza e Anna che ha ottenuto un punteggio di dieci per quella routine del piano. La prossima ginnasta che andrà in pista per l'Italia è Rosetta Victoria Moretti e oggi compie sedici anni. Lascia che tutti le diano lo stesso amore che dai ad Anna Beth Mazza alla fine della routine di Rosetta. (That was a prefect routine from Anna Beth Mazza and Anna geta a score of ten for that floor routine. The next gymnast that will go for Italy on the floor is Rosetta Victoria Moretti and today is here sixteen birthday. Let all give her the same love that you give Anna Beth Mazza at the end of Rosetta floor routine.)"

The crowd in the stands has starts clapping their hands again and simultaneously Rosetta start putting chalk onto both of her feet. Over at the vault Larissa White is putting chalk on her hands. It takes the crowd several minutes to stop clapping and yelling Happy Birthday Rosetta in Italian and English. The vault judges are waiting for the crowd to calm down before they will raise the start flag for Larissa White to do the vault. It takes four and half minutes for everyone in the stands to calm down and for all of them to take their seats.

The end vault judges raise the start flag into the air and Larissa salutes the vault judges. Larissa steps onto the vault runway and then start to run down the runway. She runs up to the springboard and jumps off the springboard. Then does a front handspring onto the vault horse. Larissa push off the vault horse and does a layout salto with a full twist off and sticks the landing with her back to the vault. She salutes the vault judges and start walking to the start end of the vault runway. A 9.0 come up on the scoreboard, which is the highest score the vault can receive. Gina walks up the platform step and then walks over to Larissa quickly to talk with her before the next vault.

"Larissa I know you were training a front handspring into one and half twists off when you were training at Sunnydale Gymnastics Club and almost had the ready for competitions, why did you stop training the new vault?"

"My new coach in New Jersey does not think I am ready for that vault or for the layout Yurchenko with a double twists. My coach said that I have to keep the front handspring to a layout with a full twist off the vault and the Yurchenko with one and half twists off in training and in competitions until he thinks I am ready to start training harder vaults."

"I am sure that he has your safety in mind and does not want you to get hurt, so for now do what he wants. However, I am going to talk to your coach because the vault he having you do will not help the USA team. I will not be able to use you on the vault during major international meets after today. I am only using you today because the rules of this competition allows six gymnasts to go and the lowest score can be drop, so it does not count against the team."

"Yes Coach Gina Ionescu, I wish my father had let me stay at Sunnydale Gymnastics Club. I miss my friends and old teammates and I am the only elite gymnast at my new club. I keep asks him to let me come back to Sunnydale Gymnastics Club and live with a host family. But he keeps tell me I need to give the new gymnastics club and school more time. However, I am not happy at either."

"You had many change in your life since this summer with you formal coach passes away, your mother passes away and the move to New Jersey. Please give the new club, coach and school some more time, if you still unhappy at the end of the school year I will talk to your father."

"I can do that."

Gina Ionescu walks off the platform and the end judge rise the start flag. Larissa salutes the vault judges and then steps onto the vault runway. She starts running down the runway and when near the springboard does a roundoff onto the springboard into a back handspring onto the vault horse. She pushes off the vault horse and does a layout salto with one and half twists off. In addition Larissa sticks the landing with her back to the vault. Larissa salutes the vault judges and runs over to the platform steps and Stacy Wilson walks onto the platform. A 9.0 comes up on the scoreboard for Larissa second vaults and then a 9.o comes up on the scoreboard for the average of the two vaults.

Over at the spring floor Rosetta Victoria Moretti has just salutes the floor judges. She steps onto the spring floor and walks to the center of the floor. Then lies down on her left side facing the judges with her right leg cross over the left leg and bend at the knee. In addition her right arm is up at her side and point her index finger at her head. Her left elbow is resting on the spring floor and her head is resting in the palm of her left hand. The instrumental version of if I only had a brain that was original on the 1939 wizard of oz soundtrack starts to play. She rolls away from the judges and onto her stomach, then does a press to a handstand. Then lowers onto her knees and then hops up and pointing to her head with her right index finger as swirling to the center of the spring floor. After the fourth swirl does a stag jump in quadruple stag jumps, then swirl toward the corner on her right side. Once in the corner and facing the judges, she does a double illusion turn. Then does a full illusion turn. Rosetta runs a few steps and then does a front handspring. She does another handspring, then goes right into a layout salto forward with two and half twists. She goes right into a double salto backwards tucked with a full twist and sticks the landing. Then run forward a few steps and then does a roundoff into a whip back. Then does another whip back and goes right into a layout salto backwards with three and half twists. Then goes right into a straddle jump with one and half turns and back is now to the corner. Rosetta does a split leap with 1 1/4 turns to her right and is now looking at the corner across from the corner that she is standing in. She dose a switch split ring leap into a split leap with one and half turns into the corner. She runs forward and then does a roundoff into a whip full. She does another whip full and goes right into a layout double salto backwards. Then goes right into a layout salto forward with a step -out into a straddle jump with a full turn. She does a roundoff into back handspring and then does a whip full. She goes into a double salto backward tucked with double twist into a split leap with a full turn and lands in a sit split on the spring floor. Rosetta pointed at her head with both index fingers and bent her front leg, so the knee is slightly bent for the ending pose to end a prefect floor routine. Then Rosetta stands up and salutes the floor judges. Then she walks over to the platform steps . At the same time the last gymnast that is preforming on floor for Italy is Maddalina Romy Rossi walk up to the platform steps.

Stacy Wilson is standing beside the vault runway and waiting for the start flag to be rise into the air. The end judge raises the start flag and Stacy salutes the vault judges. She steps onto the vault runway and then runs up to the springboard. She jumps off the springboard and goes into a front handspring. Stacy Wilson hands hit the vault horse and she in a front handspring. She pushes off the vault horse and does a layout with one and half twists off, sticking the landing facing the vault horse. Stacy salutes the vault judges and walks away from the landing mat. Then she walks toward the chalk bin, as she reaches the chalk bin a score of 9.5 flashes onto the scoreboard for the first vault. She puts some chalk onto her hands and a minute later, the start flag is rise into the air. Stacy salutes the vault judges and then steps onto the runway. She runs down the runway and when near the springboard does a roundoff onto the springboard. Then goes right into a back handspring onto the vault horse. Stacy push off the vault horse and then dose a layout Yurchenko with a double twist off the vault horse. She sticks the landing facing the vault horse and salutes the vault judges. Then she starts walking over to the steps of the platform and Mary Ann Smith walks onto the platform. A 10.00 come onto the scoreboard for Stacy second vault score and then a 9.75 come onto the scoreboard for the average of the two vaults.

Back at the spring floor Maddalina Romy Rossi is salute the floor judges. She steps onto the spring floor and walks to the center of the floor. She is facing the judges and bent her right leg and places the palm of right hand on the spring floor. Simultaneously bring left leg behind her back and the leg is rise into the split position above her head with her foot flex. The instrumental version of Journey I'll be alright without you start to play she swings her left leg around to the front and center in front of her face. Then hops up onto pointed toes of her right foot, then sways right to left as looking side to side. Then hop sideways toward her right as criss crosses her legs, when she reaches the edges of the spring floor and then sway forward and backwards. Then does a switch split ring leap into a switch split leap with a full turn into the corner of the spring floor. She then does a split jump with one and half turns, so back is to the corner of the spring floor. She runs forward and then does a roundoff into a whip back. Then does a layout salto backward with three and half twists and is facing the corner, she goes right into a double salto forward tucked with a half twist. She sticks the landing with her back to the corner. Maddalina then does a full illusion turn into a double illusion turn. Then she does a triple illusion turn and then reaches out with her right hand like she is trying to touch someone. Simultaneously is tapping her chest over her heart with her left hand. Then she runs forward a few pace into a roundoff into a whip full. Then she does a double layout with a full twist in the second salto into a double salto backwards tucked with double twists and sticks the landing. Maddalina sways her hips as walking forward four steps. Then does a split leap with a full turn into a leap with 1/4 turn to her left into a straddle jump. Then rise onto heels and turns so facing the edge of the spring floor from which she leaped away. Maddalina then does a switch split leap with 1/4 turn to her left into a straddle jump so facing the corner on her left. Then Maddalina does a split leap with one and half turns into the corner. Then run forward a few steps into a front handspring and then does another front handspring. She goes right into a layout forward with a triple twists into a split jump with a half turn and now her back is to the corner. She goes right into a double stag jump, then runs forward several steps. She then does a roundoff into a whip back. Then does another whip back into a layout double salto backwards with double twists and sticks the landing. She rises onto pointed toes of her right foot, as bent left leg. In addition Maddalina is putting the left leg in front of her right leg. She is also putting her arms behind her back and is looking at the judges with a longing looking on her face for the ending pose. Maddalina salutes the floor judges and then walks off the spring floor. She walks off the platform and over to the chairs and joins her teammates in putting on their uneven bar grips. A 10.00 come onto the scoreboard for Maddalina floor routine. Then the team floor score come up which is 49.64 and then the total score for the first and second rotation come onto the scoreboard that is 97.54.

Mary Ann Smith sees the end vault judge put the start flag into the air, so Mary Anna Smith raises her arms into the air and salutes the vault judges. Then Mary steps onto the vault runway and start to run down the runway. She jumps off the springboard and does a front handspring onto the vault horse. Mary push off the vault horse and does a layout salto with one and half twists. She sticks the landing facing the vault horse. Mary salutes the vault judges and then walks to the start of the vault runway. A few moments later a 9.5 comes onto the scoreboard for Mary Ann Smith first vaults. The judge raises the start flag and Mary salutes the judges. Then she steps onto the vault runway. She starts running down the runway and when near the springboard does a roundoff onto the springboard. Then does a back handspring onto the vault horse. Then she pushes off the vault and does a layout Yurchenko with double twist off the vault and sticks the landing of the vault facing the vaulting horse. Mary Ann Smith salutes the vault judges and then walks over to the platform steps. Mary walks down the steps and walks over to her gym bag. The USA gymnasts and Italy gymnasts are walking away from the vault and floor when the score of 9.5 come up on the scoreboard of Mary Ann Smith second vaults. Then 9.5 for the average of the two vaults and then a score of 48.7 come up for the total the USA earned on the vault. Next the total of the first and second rotation comes up that is 98.58, which keeps the USA in the lead.

The USA gymnasts line up in front of the balance beam judges, as the Italy gymnast lining up in front of the uneven bars judges. A short time later the Italy gymnasts are taking turns doing touch warms up on the uneven bars and the USA gymnasts are taking turns on the balance beam. Anna Beth Mazza and Catalina are going last in the warm up because the two of them are up first on the balance beam and the uneven bars. Anna Beth Mazza readjusted the four straps of her t scope elbow brace, as she waits for her turn to warm up on the uneven bars. She had not been planning to do uneven bars at this competition. However with Viviana out of the competition the coach has put her into the line up for uneven bars, after only training uneven bars fully for three and half weeks. Catalina hops up onto the balance beam, as Anna Beth Mazza grabs the low bar of the uneven bar. Catalina does a few split leaps and then hops off the balance beam and then she walks over to the chalk bin. The chalk bin is on the left end of the balance beam, if standing on the sport area floor with your back to chairs and look at the balance beam. In addition Catalina is clearing her throat, trying to prevent a coughing fit and can see Mr. Giles and Jenny watching her with worried looks on their faces. However, clearing her throat does not work and she starts coughing into her left elbow. Gina Ionescu walks over to Catalina and hands her a handful off tissues. She takes the tissues and covers her mouth and nose. Thankful after only a few moments of cough into the tissues, the coughing fit end without coughing up mucus and Catalina is thankful for that. Catalina tosses the used tissues into a plastic bag that her coach is hold and then puts some chalk onto her feet. Gina Ionescu is looking at Catalina and has never seen Catalina look so pale or feverish before. Catalina start shivering and she start jumping up and down to try to warm up, which works a little. However, she is still cold and her lungs have started making a loud wheezing sound. Also, her lungs and chest are hurting even when not coughing, which is not a good sign.

A minute and half later the touch warms are over. The balance beam judge on the left end has raised the start flag for Catalina to start her balance beam routine. Catalina raises her arms into the air and salutes the balance beam judge. She then runs toward the springboard and when near it does a roundoff onto the springboard. Then goes right into an Arabian salto with a half twist onto the beam and sticks the mount. Catalina's back is to the end of the balance beam from which she mounted. She goes right into a free aerial walkover, as the coach moves the springboard away from the end of the balance beam. Then goes right into a layout back salto with a full twist into a back handspring with full twist swing down into cross sit on the balance beam. Catalina clears her throat, as doing a back extension and then goes right into a handstand. She lowers right leg first and this brings her to the end of the balance beam. Then Catalina does an Arabian salto with half twists and is facing the end of the beams at which she is standing. She goes right into a salto sideway with a tucked take off and goes right into a back handspring for side position with a full twist into a hip circle. Catalina then does a sideways tucked roll. Catalina rises onto pointed toes with her right arm above head and left arm out at side with fingers outstretch on both hands. She turns so back is to end of the balance beam. Then does full illusion turn into a triple turn with left leg bent and foot at knee height. Catalina jumps forward with a half twist into a back salto pike, she goes right into a wolf jumps with a full turn. So for the balance beam routine has been prefect. She goes right into a split leap with a full turn that is prefect and then runs to the end of the balance beam. Catalina pushes off doing a double front salto dismount and sticks the landing with her back to the end of the balance beam. Catalina salutes the balance beam judges and then start walking toward the platform steps. Coach Gina Ionescu and Amy David are walking onto the platform. Amy hands Catalina a handful of tissues, so she has some. A 10.00 comes onto the scoreboard for Catalina Raducan balance beam routine. Catalina looks at the scoreboard and then start walking down the platform steps. Simultaneously Catalina covers her mouth with the handful of tissues and start coughing. This time she starts to cough up mucus.

Simultaneously over at the uneven bars Anna Beth Mazza is standing in front of the high bar. She is facing the low bar and the people in the stand nearest to the uneven bars. In addition she is saluting the uneven bar's judges. She runs up to the springboard and then jump off the springboard. She grabs onto the high bar and goes right into a kip. Then does a hip circle, when near the top of the high bar release the bar and does a straddled Tkatchev with a half turn over the high bar. Anna recatches the high bar with her back to the low bar. She swings forward and then release the bar doing a counter salto forward straddled over the high bar. Anna recatches the high bar and right away Anna's puts her legs between her arms doing stoop through. Once between the high and low bar, she releases the high bar. Doing a flight backwards down to the low bar and grabs the low bar in a handstand. Simultaneously the Italy head coach moves the springboard away from the high bar. She goes right into a pike stalder into a handstand then release the low bar doing a counter movement up to the high bar with weak form throughout the skill. She catches the high bar and goes into a piked stalder into a handstand with a half turn. However, she has weak form during the skill and when go into the reverse grip. Anna is now facing the low bar. Then she does a clear hip circle into a handstand with a full turn into L-grip. Then from L-grip swing backward then release the high bar doing a straddled Jaeger over the high bar and recatches the high bar in a regular grip. Then does a jam (skill with going around the bar with legs between arms) into a handstand with a half turn, now her back is to the low bar. Anna goes right into a stalder backwards into a handstand with a full turn. However, her knees are bent during the handstand, which is a form deduction. She goes right into a stalder forward into a handstand with a double turn. However, her elbows bends during the second turn, which is the third deduction for this uneven bar routine. Anna does a forward giant in a regular grip and goes right into a clear hip circle hecht. Then release the high bar doing a full turn into backward salto dismount and land with her back to the bars. However, on the landing of the dismount take several steps forward. She salutes the uneven bar judges and then walks away from the uneven bars. Her teammate Gianna walks onto the platform and up to the chalk bin that on the left side of the uneven bars. A score of 9.3 comes onto the scoreboard for Anna Bella Mazza uneven bar routine.

Over at the balance beam Amy David is waiting for the start flag to be rise, so she can start her balance beam routine. The judge that is sitting at the left end of the judge table rise the starts flag into the air, Amy David salutes the balance beam judges. Then start run toward the springboard. She jumps off the springboard and goes into a front pike salto and sticks the mount with her back to the end of the beam. Amy goes right into a free aerial walkover forward onto her left foot. Right into a free aerial roundoff and is facing the end of beam from which she mounted. Then she goes right into a layout back salto with a full twist and then goes right into a tucked Arabian salto with half twists. Now her back is to the end she mounted from and she is at the other end of beam. Amy does a back handspring with full twist swing down into a cross sit on the balance beam. Then rise onto bent left leg and turns so in a side stance position on the beam and facing the stands closes to the balance beam. She then does double turn in tuckstand into a triple turn in tuckstand. She rises on pointed toes with hands on her hips and turns so her back to the end of the beam. Then does a tucked back salto with full twists into a split leap with a fill turn. She goes right into a switch split ring leap and then jumps forward with a half twist into salto backwards tucked. Now Amy is at the end of the balance beam from which she mounted. Amy then does an aerial cartwheel with leg changes and is facing the ends from which she mounted. She goes right into a Gainer back handspring with full twists into a back layout step-out into a back handspring with a full twist before hand support. Then does a front tucked salto with two feet take off into a front handspring and then runs to the end of the balance beam. She pushes off doing a double front salto dismount. Amy David sticks the dismount with her back to the beam to end a prefect routine. Amy salutes the balance beam judges and then puts the springboard into place for Larissa White, who is up next on the balance beam. A 10.00 come onto the scoreboard for Amy David balance beam routine. Team USA head coach Gina Ionescu is kneeling in front of Catalina. Catalina is laying on her right side on the chairs that were for the floor exercise and has her eyes closed. Gina Ionescu puts her left hand onto Catalina's forehead, which feels like it is on fire. Gina takes her hand off Catalina's forehead and then taps Catalina's left shoulder.

"Catalina's it feels like your forehead is on fire and you were gagging on mucus doing your last coughing fit, do I need to pull you from the uneven bars?"

"No, I can do the uneven bars."

"You are as white as your leotard beside for the rosy cheeks."

"I feel well enough to take part in the fourth rotation, coughing."

"You do not look or sound well enough to be competing."

"Coach's I am fine, I just need to rest for a little bite and catch my breath is all."

"Go get some water and then sit. I want you to rest as drinking the water and rest until it is time to go to the uneven bars. I will let you do uneven bars and you are up last on the uneven bars, you will have time to rest after the touch warm up on uneven bars. However, after today you are taking a break from training until you are well."

"Yes coach Ionescu."

Gina Ionescu stands up, as Catalina sits up and then stand up from the chair. The two of them walk back over to the balance beam. Gina Ionescu walks up to the platform on which the balance beam is. Then walks up the steps to talk to Larissa. Amy David walks down the platform steps and over to the chairs. Simultaneously Catalina is opening a bottle of water and is thinking I just need to put how bad I am feeling out of your mind. Then I need push myself through the last event of this competition.

At the uneven bars Gianna Teza is standing in front of the springboard that has been set up in front of the high bar of the uneven bars. The judge puts the start flag into the air and Gianna salutes the uneven bar judges. She runs up to the springboard and jump onto the springboard. Then jumps up and does a front salto and grabs onto the high bar facing the low bar. Gianna puts her legs between her arm and does a circle swing over the top of the high bar. Then take her legs out between her arms and right away releases the high bar doing layout salto down to the low bar. Then catch the low bar with her back to the high bar. She does a stalder backwards then release the low bar and does flight backwards with a half turn up to the high bar. She catches the high bar with her back to the low bar. Gianna goes right into a clear hip circle and then goes into a handstand with a full turn. She then goes into a backwards Giant into a handstand with one and half turns, she is now facing the low bar of the uneven bars and changes her hand grip to an inverted grip. She goes right into a piked stalder into a rear inverted pike support and then release the high bar doing a straddled Jaeger salto over the high bar. She recatches the high bar in a reverse grip. Then does a jam into a handstand from a reverse grip. Gianna then releases the high bar doing a straddle Jaeger salto with a half turn over the high bar. She recatches the bar with her back to the low bar and in a regular grip. Then swings forward release the high bar and does a counter salto forward straddled over the high bar. She recatches the high bar and does a backward giant into a handstand with a double turn. She then goes right into a pike sole circle forward with legs between arms into a handstand with a full turn into a cast. Gianna then releases the high bar and does a salto forward straddled over the high bar. She catches the high bar and then release the bar again doing a half turn right into another half turn into a counter straddle over the high bar and then recatches the high bar. Gianna goes right into a clear hip circle then release the high bar doing a piled Tkatchev over the high bar. She catches the high bar and then does a kip cast into a handstand with a half turn. She goes right into L-grip and is facing the low bar. Gianna swing backward still in L-grip and then release the high bar doing a double salto forward with a half twist out dismounts. She sticks the landing with her back to the bars to end a prefect routine. She salutes the uneven bar judges then walks to the steps of the platform, as Mia walks up to the platform steps. A 10.00 flash on the scoreboard for Gianna uneven bar routine.

Larissa White is standing beside the chalk bin and is waiting for the start flag to be rises. She is going over her new balance beam routine in her head, as she waits for the start flag to be rise into the air. The judge puts the start flag into the air and Larissa step onto the mat, then salutes the balance beam judges. Larissa then runs up to the springboard and jumps onto the springboard. She jumps up and into a front tuck salto and sticks the mount with her back to the end of the beam, she is standing at. Larissa goes right into a free aerial walkover forward onto two feet. She goes right into a free aerial roundoff and is now facing the end of the balance beam from which she mounted. Then does a layout back salto with full twist into a back handspring with a full twisting swing down into a cross sit on the beam. She is at the very end of the balance beam. Larissa does a press to a handstand with a full turn and she lowers her right leg first. Then does a triple turn with left leg bent and her foot at knee height. Then Larissa does a double turn with left leg hold in the split position. She goes right into a split leap with a full turn and then goes into a switch split ring leap. Then goes right into a tucked back salto with a full twist and is near the end of the beam from which she mounted from. Larissa jumps backwards with a half twist into a walkover forward with step-out and her back to the end of the beam from which she mounted. She does a front tuck salto with two foot take off into switch split leap into a pike side salto to the end of the beam. Larissa rise onto the points of her toes, as she turns her back to the end of the beam. Then does a roundoff into a back handspring and then does another back handspring. She then goes right into a double pike back salto with full twist dismount and stick the landing of the dismount facing the end of the beam to end a prefect balance beam routine. Larissa salutes the balance beam judges then runs over to the platform steps as Stacy Wilson walks up the platform steps. A 10.00 comes onto the scoreboard for Larissa balance beam routine and everyone starts clapping for her.

A few moments later Mia Ferrari is saluting the uneven bar judges. She runs forward and after several steps, Mia does a roundoff onto the springboard. The springboard is in front of the low bar and goes right into a handspring onto the low bar. Mia catches the low bar with her back to the high bar. Then she does a stalder and then release the low bar and does a flight backwards up to the high bar and catch the bar. She goes right into a swing forward and then release the high bar and does a layout salto backwards down to the low bar. Mia catches the low bar and goes right into stalder then release the low bar doing a flight backward with a half turn. She catches the high bar with her back to the low bar. Mia does a clear hip circle into a handstand with a full turn into a giant swing backward. She goes right into a handstand with a hop full and goes right into a piked sole circle with feet on bars. Then release the high bar doing layout salto with a half turn over the high bar and recatches the high bar facing the low bar. Then does a stalder to near the top of the high bar, then release the high bar and does a counter piked reverse hecht over the high bar. She recatches the high bar and releases the bar right away doing a piked Tkatchev salto over the high bar. Mia recatches the high bar by the tips of the fingers and cause a break between skill, as she gets a better grip on the high bar. She does a piked stalder with legs between her arms into a handstand with a full turn into L-grip and goes right into a piked stalder. Then goes right into an inverted pike support into a reverse grip and then does a pike sole circle in a reverse grip into a handstand with one and half turns into a regular grip and now her back is to the low bar. Mia swing forward then releases the high bar and does double salto backwards with double twist dismounts. However, takes a small step on the landing and her back to the bars. Mia salutes the uneven bar judges and then walks away from the uneven bars, as Rosetta Moretti walks up to the platform steps. A 9.6 comes onto the shortboard for Mia uneven bars routine.

Stacy Wilson is saluting the balance beam judges and then she runs to the side of the balance beam. She jumps up and goes into a handstand with only her right arm. Then Stacy lowers right leg first and is facing the end of the beam on her left. In addition Stacy is at the end of the beam, she goes right into a back layout step-out salto into a layout salto onto two feet. Then does a back handspring with 3/4 twist into a handstand. Then lower down into a tuckstand and Stacy is in a side stance with left leg out in the splits. She does a full turn in tuckstand into double turn in tuckstand and then does a triple turn in a tuckstand. She rises onto the tips of toes and turns so her back is to the end of the balance beam. Stacy then does a tucked back salto with a full twist into a back handspring with a full twist before hand support. Then she goes right into a free aerial walkover forward onto right foot right. Then goes into a layout back salto with a full twist into a back handspring step-out. She then goes right into a free aerial cartwheel and is facing the end of the beam. She goes right into a tucked Arabian salto with a half twist and now her back is to the end of the beam now. Stacy takes off from her right foot and does a pike salto and goes right into a split leap with a full turn. Then does a switch split ring leap into a tuck back salto. She then runs to the end of the beam and push off doing a double salto dismount. However, on the lands take several steps backwards and step with an inch between her back and the balance beam. Stacy salutes the balance beam judges and then walks toward the platform steps, as Kate Lee walks up the platform steps. Kate Lee start putting chalk onto her feet, as the score comes up onto the scoreboard and everyone sees Stacy Wilson got a 9.5 for her balance beam routine.

Over at the uneven bars Rosetta Moretti has just finished salute the uneven bar judges. She mounts the low bar with a glide kip and goes right into a clear hip circle forward into a handstand. Rosetta goes right into a piked stalder forward into a handstand with a full turn. Rosetta goes right into a pike sole circle forward into a handstand with a half turn and now her back is to the high bar now. She does a clear hip circle to near the top of the low bar. Then release the bar and does a flight backward to the high bar. She catches the high bar facing the low bar and goes right into a piked sole circle into a handstand with a full turn into L-grip. From the l-grip does a forward giant into a handstand with a full turn into an inverted grip. Then goes right into a forward giant in an inverted grip. Then goes into a handstand with one and half turns into a regular grip and her back is now to the low bar. Then does a stoop through, which is a swing with legs between her arms and when between bars release the high bar. Rosetta does a backwards flight down to the low bar and catching the bar facing the high bar. Then Rosetta does a piked stalder then release the low bar and does a counter movement up to the high bar and catch the high bar. She swings forward and then release the high bar doing a counter salto forward over the high bar. Then grab the high bar and puts her feet onto the high bar, she then does an underswing to near the top of the bar. Rosetta let go of the bar doing a counter salto forward straddled with a half turn over the high bar. She recatches the high bar facing the low bar and then does a pike sole circle into a handstand with one and half turns and back is now to the low bar. She does a backwards giant into a handstand with double turn. Then swing forward and release the high bar doing a double salto tucked with double twisting dismount. Rosetta sticks the landing of a prefect routine and her back to the bars of the uneven bar. She salutes the uneven bar judges and then runs over to the platform steps. Simultaneously Maddalina Rossi walks up the platform steps and she will be the last one up on uneven bars for Italy. A 10.00 flashes onto the scoreboard for Rosetta uneven bar routine.

At the balance beam Kate Lee is standing on the left end of the balance beam. Her back is to the crown in the stands nearest to the balance beam. In addition Kate Lee is facing the balance beam judges. The start flag is rise into the air. She salutes the balance beam judges and then runs toward the springboard that on the side of the beam that is across from the judges. She jumps off the springboard goes into a chest stands at the center of the balance beam with her arms bent and under the beam. Right away does a neck roll with one and half turns to her right. Then goes into a cross sit on the balance beams and facing the end of the beam she was standing at before running toward the springboard. Kate Lee goes right into an extended tucked sit on the beam. Then does a walkover backwards from extended tucked sit into a free aerial cartwheel and is now facing the end of the beam that she is closes too. Also, the coach is moving the springboard away from the balance beam. Right away Kate goes into a back handspring with support of only her left arm and then does a free aerial roundoff. Her back is now to the end of the beam at which she is standing. Kate Lee then does a tucked Arabian salto with half twists. She is now facing the end of the beam at which she is standing, from a two-foot take off does a front pike salto. Right away Kate push off the beam and does a second take off from two feet into a front tucked salto and goes right into a free aerial walkover forward. She goes right into front handspring into a tuck back salto with a full twist and is at the end of the beam. So far the balance beam routine has gone perfectly and she hit all the skills and made all of the connecting. Kate does a half illusion turn and now her back is to the end of the beam at which she standing. She goes right into a full illusion turn into a double illusion turn. Then does a straddle jump with a full turn into a switch split leap and goes right into a back handspring with a half twist after the hand support. Kate goes right into a back handspring into a Gainer back layout salto with three and half twisting dismount off the right side of the beam. She sticks the landing of the dismount and back is to the end of the balance beam she is nearest too, which ends a prefect balance beam routine. Kate Lee salutes the balance beam judges and then starts to walk over to the platform steps, as Mary Ann Smith start waking up the steps of the platform. Once on the platform Mary set the springboard at the left end of the beam if facing the judges and back to stands nearest to the balance beam. A 10.00 comes onto the scoreboard for Kate Lee balance beam routine.

Over at the uneven bars Maddalina Rossi is rise her arms into the air to salute the uneven bar judges. She then runs toward the springboard that is set up in front of the low bar of the uneven bars. Maddalina then does a roundoff onto the springboard and goes into a tucked back salto over the top of the low bar. She catches the high bar facing the low bar. She goes right into a swing forward and then release the high bar doing a layout back salto down to the low bar. Maddalina catches the bar with her back to the high bar. Then goes right into a stalder to near the top of the low bar. Then release the low bar doing a flight backward with a half turn up to the high bar. Maddalina catches the high bar with her back to the low bar and then swing forward. She releases the high bar when near the top and does a layout Geinger with a half turn over the high bar. She recatches the high bar facing the low bar. Maddalina then releases the high bar doing a pike Jaeger salto over the high bar. Then recatches the high bar and then put her legs between her arms. She does a piked stalder into a handstand with a half turn and her back is to the low bar now. She goes right into a backward giant into a handstand with double turn. Then put her feet on the high bar and does a pike sole circle into a handstand with one and half turns into a reverse grip. She is now facing the low bar and right away put legs between arms and does a jam into a handstand into an inverted grip. Goes right into a forward inverted giant in an inverted grip and goes into a handstand with one and half turns into a regular grip. Her back is to the low bar. Maddalina goes right into a swing forward to near the top of the high bar. Then release the high bar doing counter salto forward straddle over the high bar. She recatches the high bar and then swing forward, she let go of the high bar. Then does a layout salto with one and half turns over the high bar and recatches the bar facing the low bar. She goes right into a swing backwards then release the high bar doing a salto forward tucked with a half twist over the high bar and recatches the bar with her back to the low bar. Maddalina goes right into a clear hip circle into a handstand with a full turn. Then goes right into a cast into a handstand and goes right into a forward giant in a regular grip. Then does a swing forward and when near the top of the bar release the bar. She then does a double salto backwards tucked with double twisting dismount and sticks the landing of a prefect uneven bars routine with her back to the uneven bars. Maddalina Rossi salutes the uneven bar judges and then walks over to the platform steps. She joins the Italy head coach and teammates to watch the last USA gymnast on the balance beam. Simultaneously a score of 10.00 come onto the scoreboard for Maddalina Rossi. Then the total that Italy earned on the uneven bars flashes onto the scoreboard, which is a score of 48.9 and then the total for the combine score of the first three rotations comes onto the scoreboard. The score is 146.44 and the crowd in the stands starts clapping for the Italy gymnasts.

Over at the balance beam Mary Ann Smith and the judges are waiting for the crowd to quiet down some. Two minutes later, the end balance beam judge raises the start flag into the air and Mary Ann Smith salutes the balance beam judges. Then Mary Ann runs toward the springboard and then does a roundoff onto the springboard. She then does an Arabian walkover onto the balance beam and goes right into a front handspring into a free aerial walkover forward onto two feet. She goes right into front tuck salto with two feet takes off and right into a tuck back salto with a full twist. The tuck back salto with a full twist ends a prefect mount through a prefect acro series of skills to near the end of the beam. In addition she will get full connecting value for all five skills. Mary then does a walkover backward with a right leg stoop through. The right leg goes through arms and then goes into a press to a handstand with a stoop through too. Then goes right into a tucked Arabian salto with a half twist and now facing the end of the beam at which she standing. However, has a small balance cheek on the land of the skill. Mary does a double turn on her right foot with left leg bent and foot at knee height. She goes right into a full illusion turn into a straight jump with one and half turns, now her back is to end of beam at which she is standing. Mary then goes right into a split leap with a full turn into a switch split ring leap and is near the end of the balance beam. She goes right into a Gainer layout back salto with triple twisting dismount off the end of the beam and is facing the end of the beam on the land. However, she over rotation the Gainer layout back salto with triple twisting dismounts, which cause her to take several large steps backwards and almost sits down on the landing. In addition the palms of her hands touch the landing mat, as getting her footing, so able to stay on her feet. Mary salutes the judges and then walks toward the platform step. A score of 9.3 flash onto the scoreboard for Mary Ann Smith's balance beam. Then a score of 94,5 flash on the scoreboard for the balance beam total for team USA. Then a score of 193,08 come up for the total score for the first through third rotation. Meaning the USA still has the lead going into the last rotation.

Gina hands Mary Anna Smith her gym bag and then team USA heads over to the uneven bars. Team Italy is walking over to the balance beam. The gymnasts and coaches of the two teams smile at each other as they pass each other on the way to the last events of the competition. The two teams line up in front of the uneven bars judges and the balance beam judges. A short time later the two teams are warming up. Catalina is the first to do the touch warm up on the uneven bars. She grabs a hold of the low bar, facing the high bar. She does two swings on the low bar and then does a counter movement up to the high bar. Catalina swings around the high bar twice. Then release the bar and does a layout dismount and sticks the landing. Catalina then walks over to the platform steps and walks off the platform. She walks over to the left end chair and grabs the bottle of water off the top of her gym bag. Then Catalina opens the bottle of water and takes a long drink of water. The medical trainer walks up beside Catalina and he puts his right hand onto the gymnast's forehead that is clammy and hot to the touch. He takes his hand off Catalina's forehead and sees that she is breathing fast and is working hard to breathe too. The trainer can also hear the wheezing sounds come from Catalina lungs.

"You need to see a doctor after this competition is over, I think that you have Pneumonia."

"Ahem I cannot shake the flu virus that I caught is all."

"It might have started as the flu Catalina, but it has moved into your lungs."

"I am fine and do not feel that sick."

Catalina walks away from the team medical trainer and is thinking way do I tell him that I am fine and do not feel that sick, because I feel awful. USA team head coach and Catalina's personal coach Gina Ionescu walks away from the judge's table then Gina Ionescu over to Catalina.

"I have switches up the uneven bars line up. You are up first on the uneven bar, so you can get your routine out of the way. Then I want you to put on your team warm up jacket, pants, socks and shoes.

"Thanks."

"You are welcome."

Catalina slowly walks away from her coach and walks over to the platform that the uneven bars are on. She reaches the steps and takes a drink of water, since she still holding her water bottle. As she is drinking, she is thinking I wish my throat do not hurt so badly to drink or eat. She puts the lid on the water bottle and walks up the steps of the platform. She set the water bottle on the platform beside the chalk bin. Then Catalina grabs a handful of chalk. Then Catalina starts to put some chalk onto the bottom of her feet.

A minute and half later the gymnasts have finish the touch warm up on the balance beam and uneven bar. Gianna is first up for Italy on the balance beam, but she does not go until Catalina has done her uneven bars routine. The end judge on the left end of the uneven bar judges tables puts the start flag into the air. Catalina raises her arms into the air and salutes the judges. She then starts to run toward the springboard that in front of the low bar. She then does a roundoff onto the springboard and goes right into an Arabian salto with half turns over the high bar. Catalina catches the high bar with her back to the low bar. Then Catalina goes right into a stalder backward into a handstand with one and half turns and is facing the low bar. She goes right into a forward inverted giant and then goes into a handstand with a full turn into an inverted grip and then swing forward. Catalina then releases the high bar doing a half turn in flight down to the low bar. She catches the low bar in a regular grip and in a handstand. Then does a half turn and now her back is to the high bar. Then goes right into a clear hip and when near top of the low bar, she releases the low bar. She does a flight backwards with a half turn up to the high bar and catch the high bar with her back to the low bar. Catalina then does a cast to the top of the high bar then release the bar doing a salto forward straddled and then recatches the high bar. She swings forward to near the top of the bar. Catalina then releases the high bar and does layout Geinger salto with a half turn over the high bar and recatches the high bar facing the low bar. She goes right into a swing backwards and when near the top of the high bar release the high bar doing a layout Jaeger salto over the high bar. She recatches the high bar, then swing forward toward the low bar doing a stalder. When at the top of the bar release the bar doing a piked reverse hecht over the high bar. Catalina recatches the high bar in a L-grip and then goes into a stalder in L-grip. She goes right into a handstand with one and half turns and now her back is to the low bar. She swings forward to the top of the high bar, then release the high bar doing a double salto backwards with a double twist. She sticks the dismounts, which finish a prefect routine. The crowed in the stands are now on they feet and are clapping for Catalina, as she salutes the uneven bar judges. In addition Catalina is smiling because she has done one of best uneven bar routines despite feeling awful and being exhaustion. Catalina start walking toward the chalk bin to grab her bottle of water and is coughing into her left elbow. Amy David walks up the platform steps and over to Catalina. Amy hands her teammate and handful of tissues. Catalina takes the tissues from Amy with her right hand and cover her mouth and right away she start coughing up thick mucus. Then Amy watches Catalina as she bent down to get her water bottle and is worried about her teammate and friend. Catalina grabs her water bottle with her left hand then stand up. She is still coughing into the tissues, as she starts walking toward the platform steps. Simultaneously a 10.00 come up onto the scoreboard for Catalina uneven bar routine.

At the balance beam Gianna Teza is saluting the balance beam judges. She then runs toward the springboard into a front handspring onto the springboard and goes right into a front walkover onto the balance beam. Right away she goes into a side salto and is now standing in a side stance. Then does a split jump with body arch and head dropped and goes right into a back handspring from a side stance. Then goes right into a back hip circle on the balance beam. She then does a press to a handstand with split legs with 2 1/4 turns, so facing the end of beam from which she mounted. Then does a back layout step-out salto into a layout back salto onto two feet. She goes right into a back handspring with a full twist before hand support and then does a tucked back salto with a full twist. She goes right into a front pike salto from a two-foot take off, which finish the first acro series of the balance beam routine. Gianna then does a double turn on the right foot with left leg bent and foot at knee height and goes right into a triple turn. Then does a split jump with a full turn. Gianna then she jumps up with back arched, head dropped, legs bent upward and her toes almost touch head (sheep jump). She does a roundoff and now her back is now to the end she mounted from and goes right into a back handspring. Then does another back handspring into a layout back salto with triple twist dismounts. She lands the dismount facing the end of beam with only taking a tiny hop, which finish a very strong routine that should get a high score. Gianna salutes the balance beam judges and then walks over to the side of the platform, as Mia walks onto the platform. A score of 9.89 comes onto the scoreboard for Gianna balance beam routine. Simultaneously the commentator voice comes onto the loudspeaker and what he saying appears on the flat screens hanging from the center of the ceiling.

"Per il gusto di farlo ho fatto i conti e ho calcolato il punteggio complessivo di Catalina Raducan e Gianna Teza. Catalina ha ottenuto quaranta punti per tutti e quattro gli eventi e Gianna ha ottenuto trentanove virgola trentotto punti. (For the fun of it I did the math and figure out the all-around score for Catalina Raducan and Gianna Teza. Catalina got forty points for all four events and Gianna got thirty-nine point thirty-eight points.)

Simultaneously on the side line the Italy coach is taking a picture of her team with the six-time 1996 Olympic gold medalist Catalina Raducan. The Italy head coach manage to caught Catalina before she could put on the USA team warm up pants and the jacket and this has made the Italy team happy. The reason for this is that the Italy team wanted to get a picture of Catalina and the whole Italy team gymnasts in their leotards. Most of the Italy team members are standing in front of the steps to the platform the balance beam and Catalina is in the center of the group. However, Mia who is next up on the balance beam is standing on the platform top steps.

At the uneven bars Amy David has saluted the uneven bar judges and is now running toward the springboard. She does a roundoff onto the springboard and goes right into a tucked back salto over the low to catch the high bar facing the low bar. She goes right into a stalder into a rear inverted pike support with legs between arms into a handstand. Right away she starts to swing forward, as putting her legs between her arms again and does a jam into a handstand. She swings forward too between the bars and once between the bars release the high bar doing a layout salto backwards with a full turn down to the low bar. Amy catches the low bar with her back to the high bar. Then she goes right into a stalder to the top of the low bar. Then release the low bar doing a flight backwards with a half turn to the high bar. Amy catches the high bar with her back to the low bar. Then goes right into a swing forward, when near the top release the high bar doing a piked Tkatchev over the high bar. Amy recatches the high bar and then right releases the high bar doing a layout Geinger with a half turn over the high bar. Amy recatches the high bar facing the low bar and then she goes right into a forward inverted giant. She goes right into a handstand with a full turn into an inverted grip. Then goes right into a stalder backwards into a handstand with one and half turns and now her back is to the low bar. Amy goes right into a swing forward and then release the high bar doing counter salto forward straddled over the high bar. Then recatches the high bar and goes into a pike sole circle into a handstand with one and half turns into L-grip. She is facing the low bar now and goes right into a forward giant into a handstand on only her left arm. Then regrabs the bar with both hands, then swing backward and when near top release bar doing a layout Jaeger salto over the high bar. Amy recatches the high bar and right away does a stalder backwards. Then release the high bar doing a half turn into a counter reverse hecht over the high bar and recatches the high bar with her back to the low bar. Amy puts her feet onto the high bar and does a piked sole circle forward into a handstand with a full turn. Then swing forward and when at the top of the high bar release doing a layout double salto backwards with double twisting dismounts. She sticks the landing with her back to the uneven bars. She salutes the judges and walks to the steps of the platform as Kate Lee walks onto the platform. Simultaneously a 10.00 comes up on the scoreboard for Amy David uneven bar routine.

At the balance beam Mia Ferrari is waiting for the start flag to be rise into the air. The start flag is rising and Mia salutes the balance beam. Then she runs toward the springboard and then does a roundoff onto the springboard. Mia jump backward with a half twist into a walkover forward onto the balance beam and her back is to the end of beam from which she mounted. She goes right into a front handspring into an aerial cartwheel with leg change and is facing the end that she mounted from now. Then goes right into a layout back salto onto two feet. Mia then goes right into a back handspring with full twist swing down into a cross straddle sit on the beam and is at the end of the beam too. Then does a press to a handstand and Mia lowers her left leg first. Then goes right into a free aerial walkover forward onto her left foot into a front tucked salto with a take off from two feet. Mia goes right into a tucked back salto with a full twist into a full illusion turn. Then goes right into double turn with right leg horizontal in front. Then does a split jump with a full turn into a switch split ring leap and right into a split leap to near the end of beam. Mia runs to the few steps to the end of beam, then push of and does a double front salto dismount. She sticks the landing with her back to the beam. Mia salutes the balance beam judges then walks toward the platform steps, as Anna Bella Mazza walks onto the platform. Simultaneously a 9.99 comes onto the scoreboard for Mia balance beam routine.

In the chair area for the uneven bars, Amy David is laying on the floor with her legs on a chair and is icing her right ankle. In addition Catalina's is laying on the floor by the chairs on a pile of landing mats that are not being use. The medical trainer walks up beside Catalina and kneels down. He then wipes her forehead, face and neck off with dump cool washcloth. Catalina opens her eyes and sees the medical trainer is now putting a fresh dump cool washcloth onto her forehead.

"Thanks I do not feel so clammy now."

"Do you need anything?"

"No."

The medical trainer stands up and walks away from Catalina. Simultaneously Kate Lee is saluting the uneven bar judges. Kate Lee runs toward the springboard that in front of the low bar and her back to the stands closes to the uneven bars. She does a roundoff onto the springboard into a tucked back salto over the low bar and catches the low bar with her back to the high bar. Then Kate puts her legs between her arms doing a jam into a handstand. She goes right into a clear hip to top of the high bar. Then release the high bar and does a fligh backwards with a half turn up to the high bar and catches the bar with her back to the low bar. She swings backwards and when under the bar release the high bar doing a flight with a half turn down to the low bar. Kate Lee catches the low bar with her back to the high bar and goes right into stalder to top of the low bar. She releases the low bar doing a flight backward with a half turn up to the high bar and catch the high bar with her back to the low bar. Then does a backward giant into a handstand with one and half turns into a L-grip. She is now facing the low bar and goes right into a forward giant in L-grip. She then goes right into a handstand with one and half turns with only her left arm. She regrabs the high bar in a reverse grip with both hands and her back is to the low bar. She swings forward and when near top of the high bar release the high bar doing a piked Geinger salto with a half turn over the high bar. Kate Lee recatches the high bar facing the low bar. Right away swing backwards to near the top of the high bar and then lets go of the high bar doing a piked Jaeger salto over the high bar. Then recatches the high bar and goes right into a piked sole circle backwards then release the high bar doing a counter reverse hecht over the high bar. She recatches the high bar and then swing backwards. Kate Lee then releases the high bar doing a straddle Jaeger with a half turn over the high bar. She recatches the high bar her back is to the low bar. Then she swings forward and when near top of the bar release the high bar doing a counter salto forward straddled over the high bar. She recatches the high bar and then releases the bar right away doing a half turn over the high bar. Then goes right into another half turn into a counter straddle over the high bar. Kate Bell recatches the high bar and release right away. Kate Lee does a layout Geinger with a half turn over the high bar and recatches the high bar facing the low bar. She swings backwards away from the low bar and then release the high bar doing a double salto forward tucked with a half twist into salto backwards tucked dismount. She sticks the dismount with her back to the uneven bars and salutes the judges. Stacy is walking up the platform steps, as Kate Lee walks toward the platform steps. Simultaneously a 10.00 comes up on the scoreboard for Kate Lee uneven bars routine.

Back at the balance beam Anna Bella Mazza is standing on the side of the beam and facing the judges. The start flag is rise into the air and Anna salutes the judges. She then does a free aerial walkover into rear support on the center of the balance beam. She goes right into a side straddle roll to the right with arms under the balance beam. Anna goes right into a press to a handstand with 1/4turn and now Anna back is to end that she was roll toward. Then does a tuck back salto with a full twist and goes right into a layout back salto with a full twist to the end of the balance beam. Then jump backward with a half twist into a walkover forward with step-out and is facing the end of the beam. Anna then does a tucked Arabian salto with a half twist and her back is the end of the balance beam. Then Anna goes right into a front handspring into a free aerial walkover forward onto two feet. She then goes right into front tuck salto from a take of with two feet. Then Anna does a full turn with left leg hold backward and upwards into a straight jump with one and half turns and now her back is to the end of the beam. She does a split ring leap into split leap with a full turn and the goes into a full turn with left leg hold in the splits. Anna does a roundoff into a back handspring and then does a double pike salto with a full twist dismount. She sticks the landing facing the end of the balance beam and then salutes the balance beam judges. Rosetta walks up the steps of the platform, as Anna walks over to the platform steps. A 10.00 comes onto the scoreboard for Anna balance beam routine.

At the uneven bar Stacey Wilson has just finished saluted the judges and is jumping off the springboard. She grabs the high bar facing the low bar. She then does a clear support into a clear hip circle into a handstand with a half turn. Stacey back is now to the low bar and is switching her grip to a L-grip. Then does a stalder forward into a handstand with a full turn. Then does a pike sole circle into a handstand with one and half turns into a reverse grip and is facing the low bar. She then does a forward giant in a reverse grip into a handstand with a full turn on only her right arm. Stacy goes into a stalder backward and then release the high bar doing a counter reverse hecht over the high bar. She recatches the high bar and then swing forward and releases the high bar doing a straddle roll backward down to the low bar. She catches the low bar and goes right into a clear hip. Then release the low bar and does a flight backwards to the high bar. Catches the high bar facing the low bar and then does a piked stalder to top of the high bar. She releases the high bar doing a straddle reverse hecht over the high bar. Right away she releases the high bar and does a straddled Jaeger salto with a half turn over the high bar. She recatches the high bar with her back to the low bar. Stacy then does a backward giant into a handstand with double turn. Then goes into a clear hip circle into a handstand with a full turn. Then Stacey puts her feet onto the bars and goes right into a pike sole circle forward into a handstand with a full turn. She swings forward and then release the high bar doing a salto backwards tucked with a half turn into a salto forward dismount. She lands the dismount facing the uneven bar, but takes a small step forward. Stacy salutes the uneven bar judges and then walks away from the uneven bar. Larissa White walks up the platform steps and Stacy walks toward the platform steps. Simultaneously a 9.9 comes onto the scoreboard for Stacy Wilson uneven bar routine.

Rosetta Moretti is saluting the balance beam judges and is standing at the center of the balance beam facing the judges. Rosetta mounts the beam with a free aerial cartwheel into a front support on the balance beam. Then goes right into a press to handstands with legs is straddler splits and then side steps to the end of the beam on her left. Then rise onto toes, as turning so her back is to the end of the balance beam. She then does a front handspring into a free aerial cartwheel and she is facing the end of beam closes too. She goes right into a layout back salto with a full twist and then goes into a tuck back salto with a full twist. Rosetta's is now at the end of the balance beam. She does a switch split leap into a split leap with a full twist and then goes right into a front pike salto with a take off from two feet. Then goes right into a front tuck salto with a take off from two feet. She goes right into a jump backwards with a half twist into a walkover forward with stepout. Now Rosetta's back is to the end of the beam she nearest too. Then does a double turn on her right foot into a full turn on her right foot with left leg bent and foot at knee height. She goes right into a free aerial walkover forward and right foot into free aerial roundoff into a back handspring. Then does another back handspring into a double back salto with a full twist and lands dismounts facing the end of the balance beam. She salutes the balance beam judges and then walks over to the steps of the platform. Maddalina Rossi start walking up the steps of the platform, as a 9.9 comes onto the scoreboard for Rosetta's.

Larissa White salutes the uneven bars and then steps onto the landing mat and is facing the high bar. She runs toward the high bar and onto the springboard. Then jump up and grabs the high bar. She goes into a kip on the high bar. She goes right into a forward inverted giant into a handstand with a full turn. Larissa puts her legs between her arms and goes into a jam into a handstand. Larissa White goes right into swing backwards and releases the high bar. Then she does a layout Jaeger salto over the high bar and then recatches the high bar. Right away Larissa puts her feet onto the bar and does an underswing. Then release the high bar and does a counter salto forward straddled. Larissa White recatches the high bar and then swing forward. When between the bars she releases the high bar doing a layout salto backward with a full twist down to the low bar. She catches the low bar with her back to the high bar. She goes right into a stalder and then release the low bar doing a flight backward with a half twist. Larissa catches the high bar with her back to the low bar. She swings forward and then release the high bar. Doing a layout salto with one and half turns over the high bar and she recatches the high bar facing the low bar. She switches to reverse grip and then swing backward. Larissa releases the high bar doing salto forward tucked over the high bar and then recatches the high bar in a reverse grip. She goes right into a forward giant into a handstand and does a full turn on only her right arm. Then she regrabs the bar with both hands then does a forward inverted giant into a handstand with one and half turns into L-grip. Now her back is to the low bar. Then she swings forward and then release the high bar doing a counter salto forward straddle. Then recatches the high bar and does a straddle backward into a handstand with one and half turns. She is now facing the low bar. She then does a pike stalder and release the high bar doing a counter pike salto over the high. Then recatches the high bar and puts feet onto the bar doing a pike sole circle backwards then release the high bar. Larissa then does counter straddle reverse hecht with a half turn over the high bar. She recatches the high bar with her back to the low bar. She goes right into a pike stalder into a handstand with a full turn. Then swing forward and release the high bar doing a layout double salto backward with double twist and lands dismount with her back to the bar. However, Larissa takes a small step on the dismount Larissa White salutes the uneven bar judges and starts to walk toward the steps of the platform. Simultaneously Mary Smith start walking up the platform steps, a 9.8 come up on th scoreboard for Larissa White uneven bar routine.

Over at the balance beam Maddalina Rossi is saluting the judges. She then runs toward the springboard. She runs onto the springboard and then jumps up and goes into a front tuck salto onto the balance beam. Her back is to the end of the balance beam. She goes right into a free aerial walkover forward onto two feet. Then she goes right into free aerial roundoff and she is now facing the end of the balance beam from which she mounted. Maddalina goes right into a layout back salto with a full twist into a back handspring with full twist swing down. Then she lands on the balance beam in a cross sit and is at the very end of the balance beam. Then she does a press into a handstand with a full turn. Maddalina lower her right leg and then lower her left leg. She then goes right into a triple turn on her right foot with her left leg bend and foot at knee height. She brings her left leg up in front and hold in the split position as she does a double turn. Maddalina then does a split leap with a full turn into a switch split ring leap. Then goes right into a tuck back salto with a full twist and then jumps backwards with a half twist into a walkover forward with stepout. Her back is now to the end of the beam from which she mounted. She does a front tuck salto with a take off from two feet into a switch split leap. She goes right into a piked side salto and is at the end of the beam now. She rises onto pointed toes then turns so back is to the balance beam. She then does a roundoff into a back handspring. Then does another back handspring into a double pike back salto with a full twist dismount mount. She sticks the landing facing the end of the balance beam. Maddalina salutes the balance beam judges and then runs over to the platform steps. A 10.00 come up onto the scoreboard, as Maddalina is sitting down on a chair to watch the last USA gymnast on the uneven bars. Then a 49.75 comes onto the scoreboard for the Italy beam score and then a score of 196.19 for Italy score for all four rotations.

Mary Smith salutes the uneven bar judges and then runs toward the springboard. She does a roundoff onto the springboard into back handspring with a full twist and catches the low bar in a handstand with her back to the high bar. Mary then puts her toes onto the low bar and does a toe on swing to near the top of the low bar. She then releases the bar into a flight backwards to the high bar. She catches the high bar and is facing the low bar. Mary swing forward and when between the bars release the high bar doing a layout salto backward down to the low bar. She catches the low bar and goes right into a stalder around the low bar. Then release the low bar doing a flight backward with a half turn up to the high bar. She catches the high bar with her back to the low bar. She goes right into a stalder backward into a handstand with a full turn. Then she goes right into a backwards giant into handstands with one and half turns into a reverse grip. She is now facing the low bar and puts her feet onto the high bar. Mary then does a pike sole circle backwards then release the high bar doing a counter straddle reverse hecht over the high bar. She recatches the high bar and then swing backwards. When she is near the top, she releases the bar and does a straddle Jaeger salto with a half turn over the high bar. She recatches the high bar with her back to the low bar. Then put her feet onto the high bar doing a pike stalder into a handstand with one and half. She changes her grip to an inverted grip and is facing the low bar. She goes right into a forward invert giant into a handstand with one and half turns into a regular grip and now her back is to the low bar. Then put her legs between her arms go into a piked stalder into a handstand with a half turn and switch her grip to L-grip. She is now facing the low bar again. She swings forward and when near the top of the bar release doing a straddle Tkatchev with a half turn over the high bar. She recatches the high bar with her back to the low bar and does a piked stalder into a handstand with a full turn. Mary goes right into a stalder backwards into a handstand with one and half turns and is now facing the low bar. She swings backwards and then release the high bar doing a double salto forward tucked with a half twist out. On the landing of the dismount she takes several steps backward and she stops an inch from the low bar. In addition her back is to the uneven bar. She salutes the uneven bar judges and then walks over to the platform steps. A score of 9.7 comes up on the scoreboard for Mary Smith uneven bar routine. Then a 49.7 comes up on the scoreboard for the USA uneven bar score. Next on the scoreboard a total score of 242.78 for total of all four rotations flashes on the scoreboard and this means that the USA wins the competition.

A few moments later the head coaches and the USA and Italy gymnasts walk onto the spring floor. Then the two teams and two head coaches walk to the center of the spring floor. The USA and Italy gymnasts line up alternate USA and Italy gymnasts with the head coaches standing behind them. The photographers start taking pictures of the two teams together. It takes fifteen minutes for photographers to take all of the pictures they want and then the reports start walking toward the gymnasts and coaches. Gina Ionescu walks over to Catalina, who has turned away from everyone and is coughing into a tissue that in her hands.

"Catalina's go get your gym bag and then head out to the van."

'What about me giving interviews to the tv and news reporters?"

"Are you feeling well enough to giving interviews?"

"Coughing, no."

"I will let you out of giving interviews today, just go rest in the van. The rest of the team will be out shortly."

"Ok."

Gina hands the van key to Catalina and Catalina takes the key from her coach. Then Catalina starts to walk over to the platform steps. A blonde hair female reporter starts to walks toward Catalina and Gina Ionescu walks between the report and Catalina. Gina Ionescu starts to talk with the reporter and Catalina slowly walks over to the chair for the uneven bars. A minute later Rupert Giles and Jenny Calendar watches Catalina putting the strap of her blue team USA gym bag onto her left shoulder.

At 4:52 Rupert Giles, Kendra Young and Sam Zabuto are standing outside the rental house that team USA is staying at. The house has twelve bedrooms and two bathrooms on the second and third floors of the house. The 1800 farmhouse is three stories tall and is paint yellow. In addition the house is in the district of Monteverde and between the city and the countryside. Also, the house is in a villa area called Valle Dei Casali. Mr. Giles knocks on the left door of the solid double wooded doors, which is in the center of the house. Then Mr. Giles looks over at Kendra Young who is wearing a dark purple cropped shirt with long sleeves and v-neckline. She is also wearing silk pants with draw string waist and wide legs. Kendra looks at her watcher that is wearing a pair of black pants and a charcoal sweater. Simultaneously Gina Ionescu opens the double wooden doors that open inward. The two watchers and Kendra see a second set of double doors that are open. The doors have seven panels of glass in them and on each side of the doors are windows with twelve glass panels. Gina steps to the left and then Mr. Giles and Sam Zabuto walks into the entryway of the house. Kendra followers the two watchers into the entryway of the house and closes the double doors behind her.

"Catalina is still sleeping Mr. Giles's, because I did not have the heart to walk her up. Catalina is in the first bedroom on the second floor and the bedroom is on the right side of the staircase, if your back is to the staircase."

Mr. Giles walks into the center hallway and sees an open door at the end of the hallway that leads into the eat-in kitchen. He then sees the double door on the left side of the hallway that leads into the living room, where five of the USA gymnasts are. Mr. Giles walks through the single door that is on the right side of the hallway. Once in the sitting room of the house, he turns toward the back of the house. He sees the wooden L-shape staircase is on the left side and to the right side of the staircase are the wooden double doors to the library. He walks to the staircase and then he starts to walks up the steps of the staircase. After walking up nine steps he reaches a landing. Mr. Giles steps onto the first step of the second half of the staircase that is over the door to the library. When he reaches the landing to the second floor, he sees that to his left is the staircase to the third floor. After the staircase is an open door to a bathroom and then a door to a bedroom. Mr. Giles turns to his right and walks over to the first door on the right that is after the staircase. He walks up to the closed door and knocks on the door. Mr. Giles sees a second door on his left, as he knocks on the bedroom door again. In addition three bedrooms are on the side of the hallway that is across from the staircase. He knocks a third time and still does not get answers. He opens the bedroom and sees Catalina asleep in the center of a double bed. Catalina is laying on her back and has three pillows under her head. Rupert Giles walks into his slayer bedroom and over to the bed, which gold cast iron headboard is against the far right-hand wall if standing in the bedroom door. Then he takes a seat on the side of the bed and taps Catalina on her left shoulder. Catalina opens her eyes and she sees Mr. Giles sitting on the side of her bed.

"Catalina's it is time to head to the castle that Dracula and Kakistos are using."

"Can you, the Italy watcher, Kendra and Sam Zabuto do it without me because I feel awful and I am running a high fever again?"

"No, slayers do not get sick days and Kendra does not have enough experience to handle Dracula and Kakistos on her own. In addition the Italy watcher is meeting the four of us, a street away from the castle and he will have a bag of weapons for each of us. "

Catalina sits up in bed and starts coughing. She reaches over to the nightstands and pulls a handful of tissues out of the box of tissues that is on the nightstands. Catalina covers her mouth with the tissues and start to cough up mucus into the tissues. Mr. Giles stands up from the bed and Catalina kicks off the black bedspread. Catalina slides over to the side of the bed and then puts her legs over the side of the bed. Mr. Giles sees that his slayer is wearing black workout pants with boot cut legs and black sweatshirt. She is also wearing white socks on her feet. Then Catalina stands up and then walks over to the end of the bed, which is where her white tennis shoes are.

Ten minutes later Catalina, Rupert Giles, Kendra Young and Sam Zabuto are walking down the streets of Rome and has been joins by the Italy watcher Antonio D'Alberto. The five of them turn left onto a street and then Catalina, Rupert Giles, Kendra Young, Antonio D'Alberto and Sam Zabuto start walking up a tall and steep hill. The five of them can see the gate house and curtain walls of the stone castle. Catalina and Kendra do not see any vampires keeping watch in the four round towers on the front of the castle. Two of the towers are on each end and a round tower is on each side of the gate house. Also, the two slayers have not seen any vampires in the two side towers at the back of the castle. Catalina, Rupert Giles, Kendra Young, Antonio D'Alberto and Sam Zabuto reach the bridge that leads up to the gate house and start walking up the bridge. Kendra walks up to the door and pulls the double heavy wooden doors open. Catalina walks through the door first, then Mr. Giles and Sam Zabuto walk through the doors. Then the Italy watcher and Kendra walk through the door last and leave the door open. Then the five of them walk up to the second set of doors. Catalina pulls the heavy double wooden doors open and then Mr. Giles and Catalina walk into the courtyard. The two of them start walking toward the castle. The castle has four round towers and one tower is at each end of the castle. In addition two round towers are on each side of the gate house. The castle has ten windows that are between the towers on the second floor. On the first floor the double wooden doors are in the center and four windows on each side of the double doors. Also, the windows and double door layout are the same for the back of the castle on the first and second floors of the castle. In addition on the second and third floors of the castle have nine bedroom and three bathrooms each. The bedrooms and the bathrooms are on the right side of the castle if standing outside the castle and looking at the front of the castle. A minute and half later the five of them are standing in the entrance hall. To the left the three watchers and the two slayers see the grand L-shaped staircase to the second floor of the castle. The two slayers look through the first set of double doors on the right, which leads into the Parlour that is empty. Catalina and Kendra walk up to the second set of doors on the right-hand side and look into the music room that is empty too. Kendra walks up to the third set of double doors that leads into the empty dinning room. Mr. Giles has walks through the double doors at the end of the entrance hall. He looks through the door on his right and sees the empty large kitchen. He looks through the door on his left and sees a large room that is the servant room and that has six set of buck beds. Then he sees that the servant room is empty. He walks down the hallway and he stops in front of the double doors that are at the back of the castle. Mr. Giles looks into the room on his left that is an empty bathroom. Rupert Giles walks back into the entrance hall. The two slayers look at the watchers, who point to the double doors in the center of the left-hand wall. In addition the double doors are behind the grand staircase.

The two slayers walk toward the double doors and see the staircase to the basement is under the grand staircase. Then the two slayers walk up to the closed double doors and hear fighting happening inside the room. Kendra and Catalina look at each other and then the two slayers pull the double doors open. Kendra and Catalina see Dracula and Kakistos sitting on large wooden chairs on each side of the large fireplace. The fireplace is across from the double doors of the ballroom. In addition the ballroom goes from the front to the back of the castle and the ballroom ceiling is two stories tall. Dracula is sitting on the left and Kakistos is sitting on the right. Catalina and Kendra see a teenage girl that is around they age and a girl that looks to be ten years old fighting each other. However, the teenage girl that is around Catalina and Kendra's age is not fighting back, she is just letting the younger girl kick and punches her in legs, hips stomach and anywhere else she can reach. The teenager that looks to be Catalina and Kendra's age has dark-brown hair and hair is in a layer cut. In addition the longest length of the hair is just past the shoulders and the short length is at the base of the neck. In addition her hair is wavy and the teenage potential slayer is five foot five inches tall. She also has roundish almond shape eyes that are dark brown, full lips and a small defined nose shape. In addition Catalina and Kendra notice both the potential slayers have tattoos on the center of their right upper arms. In addition Catalina and Kendra notice that the younger potential slayer has long curl red hair. Both the potential slayers are wearing gray workout pants and gray sleeveless shirts. Mr. Giles walks up behind the two slayers and starts to talk.

"That is the mark of Mark of Kakistos. Kakistos put the mark on ladies that he captures and normal turns into vampires that warship him."

"The watcher is right about the tattoos on the potential slayer's arm. I marked the potential slayers I thought would be useful to my army. I think that I might put my mark the two slayers too, because the two slayers would really increase the strength of my army."

The two potential slayers stop fight and look at the two active slayers, then looks at Kakistos. Simultaneously Antonio D'Alberto and Sam Zabuto are running are over to the two female watchers. The two female watchers are laying motionless on the stone floor of the ballroom. The two watchers are near the far left-hand wall, if standing in the double doors of the ball room. Dracula and Kakistos rise from the chairs on which they are sitting, as the two active slayers start walking toward the two vampires. Mr. Giles, Catalina and Kendra notice that the older potential slayer has two black eyes, a fracture right wrist and dislocated right shoulder. In addition the older potential slayer has her left arm wrap around her rib cage. In addition the two active slayer and Mr. Giles have a feeling that the older potential slayer could have fracture ribs. Also, the young potential slayer right eye is swelling close and is black and blue too. Dracula and Kakistos both start to talk and are looking at the two active slayers.

"Why did only two of the active slayers come when there are three active slayers?"

"(Catalina and Kendra) because only two of the active slayers were available. Buffy Summers need to stay and keep a watch on the Sunnydale Hellmouth. However, we brought three watchers with us to help if need. In addition we are here to stop the two of you and then free the potential slayers and watchers."

"(Dracula and Kakistos) that not going to happen."

The two active slayers do not say anything. Catalina runs at Dracula and Kendra runs at Kakistos. Then two slayers reach the vampires and both slayers do roundhouse kicks. Dracula goes flying backward, but Kakistos does not move an inch. Dracula jumps to his feet and then he runs at Catalina, who is coughing into her left elbow. Then Dracula flips over Catalina and grabs her from behind. He throws Catalina and she flies through the air. Catalina goes into a tuck position and does a triple back flips. She lands the flip and runs at Dracula.

"Catalina's I will see you again on my home territory of Romania."

Then Dracula shapeshift into a bat and then he flies toward the windows. Dracula flies out the second window on the far left-hand wall, if standing with your back to the double doors. Simultaneously Kakistos hits Kendra with his right cloven hand and the slayer is lift off her feet. Kendra flies through the air and hits the wall on the left side of the double doors if facing the doors. Kendra hops to her feet and then she and Catalina run over to Kakistos. The two slayers do roundhouse kicks and Kakistos stumbles backwards several feet. Simultaneously Faith Lehane runs over to the fireplace and with her left hand she pulls a plaque with two swords off the wall above the fireplace. Faith then starts to pull one of the swords off the plaque. Kendra and Catalina run toward Kakistos and then jumps up. Then the two slayers do flying roundhouse kicks in mid air and the vampire stumbles backwards a few pace again. A short time later Kakistos has got his footing and then he runs at the two slayers. He hits Kendra with his left cloven hand and simultaneously hits Catalina with his right cloven hand. The two active slayers are lift off they feet and are now flying across the ballroom. Faith runs up behind Kakistos and has a sword in her left. Faith is swinging the sword with all her strength at Kakistos's neck. The sword slices through Kakistos's neck and several moments later the blade of the sword has cut all the way through the ancient vampire master neck. Then the vampire head starts to fall toward the floor and several second later the vampire head and body turns to dust. Simultaneously Catalina and Kendra are laying on the floor of the ballroom and Catalina is coughing. Faith looks over at the young potential slayer that was fighting her before the two active slayers and the three watchers came into the ballroom and see the watchers that tell the two active slayers about the mark of Kakistos is talking to the young potential slayer and keep her eyes away from the two female watchers that are still motionless on the floor. Mr. Giles walks the young potential slayer over to Faith Lehane.

"I am Mr. Giles and I am the watcher of Catalina Victoria Reducan and Buffy Anne Summers. Do you know where the rest of the potential slayers and watchers are being kept Faith Lehane?"

"We are the last two potential slayers left and these were the last two watchers left. Our watcher would not fight each other, so Kakistos and Dracula beat the watchers until they fall to the fall unconscious."

Faith looks toward the two female watchers. Faith sees that the two male watchers look sad and are getting to their feet. Antonio D'Alberto and Sam Zabuto walk over to the two potential slayers and Mr. Giles. Simultaneously Kendra and Catalina are getting to their feet. Sam Zabuto walks over to Kendra and start to talk to her, as Antonio D'Alberto stops in front Mr. Giles.

"The two watchers are dead Mr. Giles. You are now the watcher of Faith Lehane's and I will be taking over as Shannon O'Riley watcher. In addition Sam Zabuto and Kendra will wait here for the Italy branch of the watcher council to get here with the van to move the two watcher bodies. You and I are going to take the two potential slayers to the hospital to get medical care and get Catalina medical care too."

Antonio D'Alberto, Rupert Giles and the two potential slayers walk over to Catalina that is leaning against the door frame on her left side. In addition Catalina is coughing into her right elbow. Kendra and Sam Zabuto watch Antonio D'Alberto, Rupert Giles, the two potential slayers and Catalina walk out of the ballroom and toward the front doors of the castle. Kendra stops watching Antonio D'Alberto, Rupert Giles, the two potential slayers and Catalina. Then she walks over to the center window on the far left-hand wall, if standing in the double doorway. The Jamaica slayer looks out the window and is looking for a bat that fly around the castle or Dracula walking around.

An hour later at the hospital, Faith's rib cage has a brown medical wrap around it, because all of her ribs have hairline fractures. In addition her right dislocated shoulder has reduced. A doctor is putting a black plaster cast on Faith's right wrist. The first layer of the black plaster cast has got put onto the base of the hand and around the right thumb. One layer of the cast is around the base of the hand. The tall male doctor with black hair and medium olive sink tone has just start to wrap the wet black plaster around the top of the radius. The cast will stop at the top of the forearm and before the elbow joint. Antonio D'Alberto and Shannon O'Riley have left the hospital because Shannon is injury free. Mr. Giles is pace the ER waiting room. Catalina is a sleep on a couch in the waiting room and a doctor has seen Catalina already. The doctor gave Catalina a prescription of ampicillin. She has already taken the first dose of 250 mg capsules that are light blue on one end and white on the other end. She has to take 25o mg every six hours for ten days. Mr. Giles turns and walks over to Catalina that is laying on the couch in the center of the tan waiting room. He kneels down in front of Catalina and taps her on her left shoulder. The teen slayer opens her eyes and looks at her watcher.

"Why did you wake me, I do not see Faith anywhere?"

"You have two extra bedrooms at your house and because of you have extra bedrooms, once we are back in Sunnydale Faith will be live with you."

"You have tons of extra bedrooms at your house and have more space in your house. Why can't Faith live with you?"

"How will I explain a teenage girl suddenly moving into my house?"

"I have no idea, how will I explain Faith moving into my house?"

"The two of you both have dark brown hair, brown eyes with roundish almond-shaped eyes. In addition the two of you have broad foreheads and could pass as cousin. That is the story line that I and the watcher council want you and Faith to use. The Directors of the Watchers Council Quentin Travers is taking care of register Faith at Sunnydale High School to do her Freshman and sophomore year simultaneously. Quentin Travers is going to tell the school that Faith is a distance cousin on your mother side of the family. In addition that her mother and father recently pass away and she is moving into your house because you are the only family that she has left."

"Fine Faith can move into my house and can stay in the spare bedroom with the double bed. Where is Faith's stay until we fly home?"

"Faith can stay with Jenny and me at our rental house until we head to the airport to flight home, on a seven o'clock flight Monday morning."

"Ok Mr. Giles, coughing. Do I have to go to school Monday, once we are back in Sunnydale because it will be nine o'clock in the morning when we arrive in Sunnydale?"

"No, you and Faith can stay home from school Monday. However, both of you will go to school Tuesday."

"Ok, yawning."

Catalina closes her eyelids and drifts off to sleep. Mr. Giles stands up from the kneeling position and then he starts to pace the waiting room again. Mr. Giles keeps pace the waiting room for an hour. He only stops when Faith walks into the waiting room with her right arm bent at the elbow and in a black sling. In addition Faith's sling arm is against her chest. Mr. Giles walks over to the couch that Catalina is laying on and several minutes later, Faith, Catalina and Mr. Giles are walking out of the hospitals.