JJ's Figure Skating Competion

Today JJ had a skating competition at the “New England Sports Center”. It was pretty early in the morning. JJ was skating to “A Whole New World”. It was from the movie Aladdin. What was cool was that there was a princess in the movie named Jasmine, and her name is Jasmine too. My sister had a sparkly white dress and a bun. She was last in her group. She was the ONLY Nashoba Valley Olympian in her group (Group B). There were even people from Arkansas and Texas!

After warm-ups, it was time for the judges to watch the skaters. JJ was last so I had to wait a LLOONNGG time. Finally, it was time for JJ. I was really nervous! What if she fell? But then they said her name and I watched attentively. She skated gracefully with her head held high, and arms straight. She circled and I waited for her spiral. She lifted her leg high. She looked so beautiful! Her dress shimmered. At the end, she did a pirouette and a pose. I clapped as loud as I could. She came off the ice and we all ran to hug her. I didn’t really care if she got first place, I just couldn’t believe she was on ice in front of so many judges and people!

When she got her jacket on, she asked, “What place am I?” My dad said he didn’t know, so we went to check. The score wasn’t up yet, so we waited ... and waited ... and waited. Finally, a girl came with a bunch of papers. She started taping them on the wall. I leaned over, and saw Jasmine Lai. It was right next to…first place! JJ and I jumped up and down! I couldn’t believe it! The first time JJ ever was in a competition she won! We went to get her medal. It was blue, my favorite color! She won five points for her team. There was a stand that had first place, second place and third place! JJ stood on the very top. We finished taking pictures, and sat down. JJ was admiring her medal. I was very proud of her!