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READERS, LETS GIVE IT UP FOR OLYMPIAN KYLA ROSS!!!

“Kyla Briana Ross  is a retired American artistic gymnast. An elite gymnast from 2009 through to 2016, she was a member of the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team, dubbed the Fierce Five by the media, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the team competition.

Ross was also a member of the gold-medal-winning U.S. team at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Individually, she is the 2013 world all-around silver medalist and the 2014 world all-around bronze medalist. She is also the 2013 world uneven bars and balance beam silver medalist.  In February 2016, she decided to retire from elite gymnastics and focus on attending the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she will attend from the fall of 2016.

Ross was born on October 24, 1996, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Jason and Kiana Ross. Her father is of African American and Japanese ancestry, and her mother is of Filipino and Puerto Rican descent.” (x)

Kyla Ross official site