Going for Gold Page #2

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- This is our coach, Caitlin.

She was actually

in a great gymnastics team

back in... World War II, was it?

Uh, it was barely 15 years ago,

you little punk.

This is Emma.

She just moved next door.

She's actually a cheerleader

from the States.

So I'm, uh,

secretly trying to recruit her

on to joining our team.

Wait. What?

Oh, didn't I mention that?

Well, we could always use another

member to round out the team.

You wanna show us

what you've got?

Um...

I mean, I wasn't really planning

on jumping in to a team so soon.

Why not?

You'll make friends,

you exercise and...

I don't know,

you can close your eyes

and pretend you're cheerleading.

- Yeah.

- Exactly.

[Emma] Should I tell her?

Should I say that I don't wanna

make a bunch of friends

that I'll have to leave

in a year?

But she'll understand, right?

Hannah, give the poor girl

some space.

She's probably jet-lagged,

and you guilting her

into joining the team

probably isn't helping.

Geez, you don't have to get

all Mama Bear on us all. Ugh.

[Caitlin] Well, why don't you

just stick around?

Watch the girls in action.

No pressure.

- Yeah.

- Come on.

At least join us

for some stretches.

At the very least,

it's gonna be a good workout.

Okay, I mean,

I, I could use a workout.

Excellent.

Well, you guys get stretching.

I'm going to finish off

with the junior squad.

I'm looking forward to seeing

what you can do.

Don't worry. You'll be great.

So, uh, when does

the rest of your team get here?

Uh...

- This is the rest of the team.

- [Issy] Yeah.

Uh, let's just say

we are in a rebuilding phase.

- A rebuilding phase?

- [Hannah] Yeah.

Uh, a bunch of girls retired

when they went to uni

and we lost a whole bunch

to another team, so...

It happened all at once

and this is us.

Yeah. [chuckles]

Come on.

[upbeat music playing]

[music continues]

Nice, Issy, if you hit

your routine just like that

at the state comp this weekend,

you'll be assured a medal.

- [Caitlin] Well done.

- Thank you.

[upbeat music playing]

- Oops, sorry, guys, wrong music.

- No way.

That's actually the music

that my cheer squad

won championships with.

What? Show us your moves.

Do you guys wanna see

my routine?

- [all] Yeah.

- Let's see what you've got.

Okay. Um, Issy.

Will you start the music

over again?

- Sure thing.

- Look. You know...

It'll look a little weird

without the rest

of the group,

but you'll get the idea.

[upbeat music playing]

Issy, can you stop the music?

- [music stops]

- You're amazing, Em.

We seriously can see

why you're a champ.

Well, thanks.

How about you guys

come up here and join me?

I'll teach this whole thing

to you. It'll be fun.

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