Four Seats in the Same Sport: Amanda Borden, Magnificent Seven Captain
A lot of people leave this sport when the sport is done with them. Amanda Borden never left.
She was captain of the Magnificent Seven — the seven women who won the first Olympic team gold in American gymnastics history, in Atlanta in 1996. But this conversation is about everything that came after. She built her own gym. She has now spent far longer coaching this sport than competing in it. And she raised a Level 10 gymnast of her own — her daughter Kennedy, who competes for Alabama in the NCAA next season.
Athlete, coach, gym owner, gym mom: four different seats in the same sport, and she’s…
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