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Three Brampton Acro Ropers who qualified for the AAU Junior Olympic Games brought home 7 medals and 4 ribbons. More important, the athletes and family members who made the trip were able to exchange lots of tips, tricks, stories, high fives, team pins and hugs.

The AAU Junior Olympic Games competition is the largest youth multi-sport event in the world with 16,000 athletes competing in 21 sports from nearly all 50 US states and many countries from across the world.  The BAR skippers fit in well among the 575 jump rope athletes from 39 teams, coming from as far away as Singapore and Australia to jump rope.

Shelby, returning from the World's in South Africa just days before won the all-around gold medal for 15-17 year-old girls by earning a gold medal in power-jumping and silver medals in both speed and freestyle.

Competing in the 9 year-old category, Alana brought home a gold medal in power, a bronze medal in speed and finished 6th in freestyle. Sydney, also competing in the 9 year-old category,  received a bronze medal in power and came in 10th in speed.   

Alana and Sydney also competed in pairs competition where they delivered top 10 finishes in both speed and power.

Overall, the 4 day event was a truly amazing experiencing, especially for Alana and Sydney for which this was their very first big competition. They were there "to have a great time, demonstrate sportsmanship and enjoy the experience of watching and competing with other world-class athletes."

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