Rippon boosts Bell’s Olympic chase with advice and support
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Rippon boosts Bell’s Olympic chase with advice and support

Associated Press  

As Mariah Bell ripped through two brilliant routines to win her first national championship earlier this month, the guy by the end boards wildly celebrating drew almost as much attention. “He gives me really great perspective, staying mature and professional, and he’s the best at that.” Rippon, who helped the United States to a team bronze medal at Pyeongchang, only agreed to work with Bell because his coach, Rafael Arutyunyan, was guiding her. “One of the things he does well,” Rippon says of Arutyunyan, “he can see when a student needs something in addition. “I think where Mariah was in her career in so many aspects I see myself in what she has gone through,” Rippon says.

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