They have one of Team USA’s toughest jobs: Picking Simone Biles’ Olympics teammates
New York TimesThe garbage can didn’t have a chance. Sixteen women will compete in the U.S. Olympic Trials in Minneapolis; only five will be chosen to compete in Paris, and Quinn, the national team’s strategy lead, will help make the painful cuts. “I want them to be able to look back and have fond memories, to be proud of their accomplishments and not just be like, ‘Well, I did it, but what did I have to do to get there?’ I don’t want that, that cost.” Asked to describe Quinn, her co-worker, co-conspirator and “work wife,” Memmel considers the question carefully. I know I may not have as much experience as someone on the coaching side, but you’re not going to disrespect me because I’m younger.” Memmel and Quinn have, in a lot of ways, more experience than most of the coaches they’re dealing with, especially when it comes to the nuances of the national team and its antiquated system. You were still able to do it.’” Still, Memmel and Quinn believe they were the “lucky” ones.
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