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In the stands, the DeWitt section was populated with students, Jordyn amongst them, wearing surgical masks and T-shirts with the words "Wieber Fever" and Ryan's face atop a cartoon football player's body. The following week, Ryan led his team to a homecoming win over Fowlerville just days before Jordyn took the floor for the final event of the all-around competition at worlds.

Although Jordyn was already on her way to Tokyo and missed the game, Rita and Dave were in the stands. It was "parents' night. The next morning, they hopped a plane to Tokyo, watched Jordyn win the individual all-around competition and then headed straight to the airport so they could return to DeWitt for Ryan's next game, a overtime loss against Portland High.

We will never have something like the three-month period we went through last fall. It was fantastic and fun and something I will always cherish.

Of course, now that she is world champion, Jordyn Wieber is cursed. Since , only one reigning world all-around champion -- Lilia Podkopayeva of Ukraine in -- has followed up her win with an Olympic all-around title. Many have come close. As recently as , Johnson -- the world all-around champion -- took silver to teammate Nastia Liukin in the Olympic all-around competition.

But Johnson entered the Beijing Games as Wieber will -- the hands-down favorite to win gold. I'd just won a silver medal in the Olympics. I'd done my best. I was so proud. Wasn't I supposed to be? Managing outward expectations while retaining the laser focus she's known for will be Wieber's toughest challenge in the coming months.

But the most difficult challenge is motivation and focus, and the possibility of Wieber losing either of those traits will keep U. I've always believed it's important to have an underdog mentality. But if anyone can beat the curse and become the first American woman to achieve the double, Wieber's coaches believe she can. They believe that same little girl who could block out the music and chaos in the gym will be able to block out the noise as she prepares for the toughest five months of her young career.

We'll make some upgrades to her routines that will increase the start values and work on the details. For context, that's nearly seven-tenths higher than the start value of the double-twisting Yurchenko performed by Viktoria Komova of Russia, who took silver at the World Championships and is poised to be Wieber's biggest threat in London. Those difficult routines are why Wieber was able to hold on to her lead at worlds despite a form break on bars and a step out of bounds on floor.

Wieber said those mistakes have both motivated her and given her a confidence she didn't have before last year.

After Wieber won the world title, she was faced with another decision: to turn pro or continue competing as an amateur. Turn pro, and a gymnast becomes eligible for sponsorships and endorsement deals; but in exchange for a paycheck, she forfeits her college eligibility Wieber is eyeing UCLA at the moment and the chance to continue competing into her college years. She can also continue to compete at the elite level and, as Johnson and Liukin are currently doing, make a comeback run at the Games when she's 20 and a college sophomore.

She can also stay involved in college gymnastics as a coach or work at a nearby gym. After two weeks of talking with her parents and coaches, Wieber decided turning pro was the best decision for her. Once she did, the Wiebers were inundated with media requests and sponsorship offers. They said she would never be able to make enough money to pay for college, especially at a school like UCLA, but she already has.

So far, Wieber has signed endorsement deals with three companies. At Kellogg's, she will be the only gymnast featured in their Team Kellogg's campaign.

The first two companies are based in Michigan, which made the decision to sign with them an easy one for Rita, who is acting as Jordyn's agent until the Olympics are over. This is her time to focus on gymnastics.

But before Jordyn is willing to talk Olympics, she must first make the team. This year, for the first time since , the entire five-woman Olympic team will be selected at the Olympic trials, which will take place June July 1 in San Jose, Calif.

At the past two trials, the top two finishers at trials earned automatic spots on the team, but the remainder of the squad was chosen at a selection camp held at the Karolyi Ranch in the weeks following the event. We will have to figure out how to deal with this extra time. The feeling from gymnasts and coaches, past and present, is this is a good thing for the sport.

It makes the trials more exciting for the fans and rewards the gymnasts who do well there. Many in the sport disapproved of the Karolyi way, saying the pre-Olympic camp caused overtraining and placed unnecessary stress on the athletes. It's hard to argue with that assessment. The and teams were heavy favorites in the team all-around heading into the Games but underperformed and returned home as silver medalists.

This year's team will again be the heavy favorite for team gold. And Jordyn wants to make good on a promise she made to her coaches in Jordyn watched with her coaches as the U. We'll get 'em in ,'" Kathryn Geddert recalled. She meant it. Now that it's here, I'm not sure any of us are ready. The call comes at p. After 10 minutes of rehearsal on the bars, a few minutes in hair and makeup and an hour spent in the greenroom, it's Jordyn's turn to walk onto the stage and take a seat in the chair opposite Ellen DeGeneres.

Is that a relief or is that more pressure? Winning World Championships was a huge goal," Jordyn says. Well, DeGeneres tells her, "It seems like you deserve that. If you're a world champion, you should meet Justin Bieber. I'm going to see if I can arrange that.

It is clear as she finishes this last sentence that Bieber is not in the building. Although he did appear on the show Wednesday, he taped his segment earlier in the week. If history has taught Jordyn anything, it's that disappointment is fleeting. There is always another competition, another goal, another invitation to "Ellen. She's sure of that now. Join the conversation about "Wieber Fever.

Born With Balance When Wieber was about 11 months old, her dad, Dave, noticed something different about his third child: muscles. The Wieber Family. Jordyn, left, and her brother Ryan are both excelling in their respective sporting worlds. Read more about Jordyn Wieber on espn. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. The winners Michigan, Cincy and losers oh, Texas! Florida Gators. KU stuns Texas on walk-on's winning 2-point grab.

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A: We pretty much decided I'm going to take it easy this year and not take that many classes and sort of take a year off then get back into school next year and finish my senior year out. We have a lot of obligations and a lot of opportunities going on right now.

Juggling school along with that I want to make sure if I'm going to be doing school, I can do it to the best of my ability and get the grade point average that I want. I have to make sure I have enough time to do that. We got to go on a few different TV shows so that was a lot of fun.

Then recently we went to the Video Music Awards, that was pretty cool. We've gotten to do a lot of things as a team, and I like that. Colbert was really fun. We kind of got to put our own personalities into it and do a little gymnastics. It was different, but it was fun. We were all up for it. The coolest part for me at the VMAs was meeting all the celebrities we've watched for years on TV and listened to their music. It kind of felt we were one of them because we were sitting in the front row watching the show.

A: Mostly I learned about my strength. After that qualifying competition, I was a little bit upset and clearly things didn't go the way I wanted. But at the same time I really had to be really strong and pull myself together and come back for the team in the team competition. I think I learned a lot about myself then and a lot about my character.



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