“There was a mindshift,” Malabuyo told us of her training. Instead, she refocused and redialed her Olympic dream with renewed resolve and the help of her longtime coach at Texas Dreams, Kim Zmeskal-Burdette. Malabuyo’s run for an Olympic spot could have ended in disappointment and resignation that maybe her body just couldn’t take it. It was just really hard at the beginning of the year.
I was just like, ‘You know, I don’t even know if Elite is for me right now’ because my body felt like it was going downhill and I didn’t have my skills. When I competed at Winter Cup, that was a really hard competition on me and one of my worst competitions, and then I had a really bad camp. “That was my initial goal, nothing big or anything like that. I just wanted to try and make it to the Olympic Trials,” Malabuyo said. “Going into 2021, obviously, the goal was just to see if my body could make it through this year. It was difficult to say the least and soon Malabuyo contemplated giving up her run for the Olympics completely. Once healthy and with a new plan in place for 2020, the pandemic hit and she found herself alongside so many athletes wondering if she had one more year in her to make her Tokyo dream a reality.
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In 2019, Malabuyo finished 3rd All-Around and 2nd on beam and floor at Jesolo and looked to be full speed ahead, but a fractured tibia kept her out of Championships for the second consecutive year. Just as she was getting ready to shine on the senior circuit in 2018, she found herself already on the comeback trail when a back injury kept her out of the U.S. She was ready to be a star and looked comfortable with the part. Championships, Malabuyo commanded attention with her skills, interpretive presentation and engaging choreography, and suddenly found herself on everyone’s list for Tokyo 2020. As the All-Around silver medalist and floor gold medalist at the 2017 Junior U.S. In an age when far too many floor exercise routines lack theme, emotion, musicality and true expressivity, Malabuyo broke through with a performance quality we hadn’t seen much of, and fans took note. She first caught our attention in 2017 with her floor routine and passion for performing. Afterall, earning the opportunity to just try for Tokyo was amazing and for a while, the furthest thing from Malabuyo’s mind. A journey that for her, was anything but smooth. Ultimately, as it was for so many athletes this year, Malabuyo’s satisfaction and joy wasn’t found in the final results but in the journey she took. Her glow-up in 2021 is one of the stories that captured our hearts in a year with an endless array of captivating Olympic storylines framed by a pandemic and a Games as unpredictable as possible. Malabuyo has truly lived a lot in her gymnastics life on her way to Westwood. And just one of many reflective smiles from Malabuyo we’re certain to see as she launches this new chapter in her career. She captioned the image, “days like these.” It’s the first of so many photos she’ll probably post in what promises to be a bright future as a student athlete for the Bruins. Olympic alternate Emma Malabuyo posted a picture on her Instagram thoughtfully smiling, poised and showing off a glimpse of one of her favorite spots on the beautiful UCLA campus.
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