"Ashley Miles" is a retired gymnast who competed for the U.S. women’s artistic gymnastics team at the 2001 World Gymnastics Championships in Ghent, Belgium. The U.S. women won the bronze medal in the team event at 2001 Worlds, and Miles qualified to the vault (gymnastics)/vault final, where she finished eighth.

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That's an event that just comes second-nature to me. This was very important. When it comes to individual stuff, you can think about yourself. You don't have to worry about anything else.

I couldn't have done any better. I knew if I nailed that first vault and took the sting in my ankles, the rest would take care of itself.

I think we had more team unity tonight than we've had all season. We performed well tonight. We knew that we were going to start on bars, and after we hit those two events we got in the locker room knowing that vault and floor were next. We said, 'Let's do what we do best.' We knew those two are our best events.

The execution was really there on the floor. That's one event that we have under our belt that we just need to continue training like we are and competing like we are.

This was a bittersweet day. You work all your life for this, and then it's done.

It'll be different as seniors. You need to be mentally tough yourself so they can look at you for an example.

I thought I personally played very well, ... Our coaches kept saying that our goal going into this weekend was that we shouldn't just try to compete with the teams there, but that we should be able to win. I think we represented ourselves well.

I think we had more team unity tonight than we've had all season.