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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Sophina DeJesus wont be on the floor when Olympic gymnastics begins this weekend. Her career likely ended in April when she wrapped up her senior year at UCLA by helping the Bruins to a fifth-place finish at the NCAA championships.And DeJesus is OK with that. Spend the better part of your life in a gym and eventually you get to the point where its time to move on.Besides, the 21-year-old managed to do something this spring the three-time world champion Simone Biles, reigning Olympic champion Gabby Douglas and the rest of Team USA that plans to crash the medal stand in Rio over the next two weeks has yet to accomplish, at least not yet:She went viral.In a sport that largely only enters the public consciousness for two weeks every four years -- and even less frequently at the college level, where interest can be fervent if not widespread -- DeJesus launched a 90-second remix of an old favorite on Feb. 5 in a dual meet against Utah.On the judges sheet, DeJesus floor routine that night looked just like most others. Three tumbling passes. A series of smaller elements scattered in between. All the necessary requirements designed to post a big score.In practice, however, it was something else entirely. Portions of her curly hair dyed blue, the former child hip-hop dancer unleashed a series of moves ripped straight from MTV, (at least the part of MTV that still shows videos).She whipped. She nae naed. She saluted. She dabbed.It was, as the kids might say, lit.And the crowd -- not to mention the teammates that mobbed her before her score of 9.925 was even posted -- completely lost it. The internet did, too. A few million YouTube views later (currently 14 million-plus and counting), DeJesus found herself on a couch chatting up Ellen DeGeneres and trying to explain how she took her floor routine and put it on fleek.This was my last year, DeJesus said. I need to end this year with a bang. I wanted to do these cool dance moves and hope everyone can go along with me.So UCLA coach Valorie Kondos Field let her do just that, working with DeJesus to put together a set that highlights DeJesus unique charisma.It was `Lets just feel all the latest dance crazes and mashem together, Kondos Field said. You come to me with something and Ill craft your routine and Ill make it gymnastics respectable.While not as technically demanding as routines done at the elite level -- where gymnasts are required to do four tumbling passes instead of three -- it also created some serious buzz. Kondos Field believes the immediate visceral response came with an underlying message: perhaps its time for occasionally staid International Gymnastics Federation code of points to live a little.We want to respect the sport but where I think the international scene could loosen up a bit is to make the routine, give them a theme, make them more entertaining, Kondos Field said.Kondos Field isnt suggesting girls start breakdancing on the balance beam, but while tumbling runs have evolved over the decades -- watch Biles and U.S. teammate Aly Raisman regularly test the laws of physics in Rio -- the music and the dance at times might as well be stuck in a time warp.Kyla Ross, who won gold as part of the Fierce Five that stormed the podium in London four years ago, competed that year with a floor routine set to Phantom of the Opera, her neck nearly spasming as she constantly (and dramatically) lifted her chin more than a half-dozen times. She laughs at the memory, knowing her routine will look far different when she joins Kondos Field at UCLA in the fall.I want to show a different side of me, thatll be fun, Ross said. I want to do something thats going to be remembered.While gymnastics is typically one of the most watched events at the Olympics, it retreats to its popular if small place in the sports world once the flame goes out. Its telling that DeJesus hopped on Ellen before Biles, who didnt get an invite until she racked up 15 world championship medals. Theres a lot of noise out there in sports. DeJesus found a way to cut through the clutter.The majority of the people that viewed it werent just die hard gymnastics fans, Kondos Field said. They were just people on social media and want to see something fun and cool and hip. It went viral because of the six different dance moves that are relatable to the lay person.Biles, at one time a UCLA commit before opting to turn professional last summer, has a pretty good idea of what would happen if she approached U.S. national team coordinator Martha Karolyi and suggested trying to incorporate DeJesus choreography into her routine.I think Marthas jaw would drop, Biles said with a laugh.Probably. And while members of Team USA universally support the artistic freedom college gymnastics provides, theyre not quite so sure how it would go over at the international level.I think theres a difference between college and real FIG gymnastics, said Douglas. I dont know. You would kind of lose the elegance and I dont know, the spice. You would kind of get `club if you did that on the floor.Douglas pointed out her own attempt to do The Dougie while goofing around after she won gold in London. Four years later social media is still giving her a hard time about it.I feel that dancing would be tiring, too, she said. We have four passes, four difficult passes and they have three. I feel like we would be sloppy.It would also put the FIG, judges and coaches in a difficult spot. Its one thing to teach an American gymnast how to whip. Its another to do the same in a place not as attuned to western culture.Kittia Carpenter, Douglas former coach and a longtime judge, imagines FIG officials trying to score DeJesus routine running into trouble while putting pen to paper.They might be scratching their heads and wondering what to do, Carpenter said. Theyd be like, `What do we do with that?The envelope is being pushed at the Olympic level, if in a slightly less in your face way. Laurie Hernandez and coach Maggie Haney collaborated to put together a floor routine that includes plenty of preening and posing. 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Soon he discovered that this bat-and-ball business was all he wanted to do with his life.It might also seem that Hameeds career has been one of unblemished success. No, that would be wrong, too. There have been lows in Hameeds career and one of the many impressive things about the round of interviews he did in the aftermath of his England selection was his willingness to talk about them.Anyone who has been left out of a side or turned down for a job could learn from this 19-year-old who is willing to share his life experiences and lessons with anyone interested enough to ask. For example, after progressing through Lancashire and Englands junior ranks, he was informed nine months ago that he was not selected for the Under-19 World Cup.That was probably the lowest point, he said I was expected to go and had put my mind to it, so to be told I wasnt going was pretty heartbreaking. I remember how low we all felt, me and my family. Breaking the news to them was especially tough.But it motivated me and there was a desire in myself to achieve great things because of that. To go to the place where the World Cup was held nine months on with the main England side is incredible. It is pretty surreal.I am not going to say I didnt think about proving people wrong, or making a point, and to go out there and do just that is really pleasing. I had played through all the England age groups, all that was left was for me to play in the Under-19 World Cup, so to not get the nod at the final hurdle hurt a lot. But it motivated me to work harder.Even this most articulate of 19-year-olds might accept that even harder would be more accurate. Already Hameed had been playing or practising more or less seven days a week in his relentless search for improvement.The one thing I remember from the practice sessions with my dad even at the age of 16, he was challenging me to a level where I couldnt always cope. He told me then that he wasnt preparing me for Under-19 level, or even first-class level, he was preparing me for Test cricket.Because of that, I have wanted to play Test cricket at a young age, because he was preparing me at a young age. I didnt want to be someone that has an average England career, I want to achieve great things in the game, do things like Cook and Root have done.And at a time when so many critics are rightly lauding Hameeds ability, it is illuminating to hear him talk about the importance of adversity in his career. He succeeds partly because he haas failed.ddddddddddddIt is important to taste that adversity because you appreciate the good times more, he said. It also helps you realise what it takes to get to a certain level. I had another moment when I was 14 when I suffered my first major dip in form. It showed me that I needed to keep working hard to get better and better.It all gets tougher, and to combat that you cant just be content with what you have achieved in the past. You have to push yourself further and further. You look at Ronaldo and Messi, they have already achieved everything in the game, but they are hungry for more. And for young lads like me, it is good to look at role models like them.You are never really satisfied with what you have achieved, you are always looking at ways of getting the best out of yourself. Then there are no limits to what you can achieve.No limits, perhaps, as long as you retain your focus on what matters, which, in Hameeds case, is scoring runs. As the hullabaloo continues over his selection for Englands tours of Bangladesh, he knows that will be important, too.Ashley Giles told me it was a case of putting performances in and recognition will come with that, but if you start thinking about the recognition, your performances could be hindered.The important thing is to think about your performances and being in the right frame of mind to perform. Im glad Ive been able to do that recently for Lancashire as well. Its amazing how quickly things happen, theres no barrier to you achieving your goals as long as you put the work in.My emotions havent allowed me to think too far ahead and I think thats a good thing because we have a massive game at Edgbaston next week. The thing thats got me here is taking small steps and looking at the next game, the next bowler and Ill continue to do that.Ash and the coaches here have never tried to alter my technique too much but theyve told me when there were little changes to be made. They put things forward and its then been whether I liked the idea.I am confident in my ability to play the longer format now. I know Ive only played 19 first-class games, which doesnt sound a lot, but I like to think I learn quite quickly when thrown into difficult situations, that has been another key in me getting the call at such a young age. So I am confident that if I can continue doing what I do hopefully that will stand me in good stead.There is no reason why what has worked for me so far will not work at the highest level. If there are any changes to be made - and I am always looking to get better - and I feel it is the right move, of course I will be happy to do that. But at the moment I feel my game is in a good enough place to hold me in good stead against Bangladesh. Wholesale Baseball Jerseys ' ' '