The Amazing Anfisa- 11-12yo Siberian Gymnast- 20190512 2021 -

She is not bitter. She does not know how to be. When you start training at four years old, you don’t lose a childhood—you simply never have one to miss. The leotard is her uniform. The chalk is her perfume. The vault is her teacher. She will never have a lazy Saturday. But she will have a triple twist dismount named after her if she breaks through.

After the vault rotation, they moved to the balance beam. This was Anfisa’s favorite and most terrifying event. The beam was four inches wide, raised four feet off the ground. It was a narrow path over a canyon. The Amazing Anfisa- 11-12yo Siberian Gymnast- 20190512