Yes, the original post was mine. I am not condoning or excusing any misconduct or impropriety. I still see all the problems with the situation and am troubled by it. But I do acknowledge this sort of thing exists and there is not much I can do about it short of being a whistle blower. The gymnast is indeed going to regionals. So, the parent doctor did write the verification.
I am trying hard not to be so petty about the whole situation. But what I find so puzzling and really annoying is why did this gymnast have to tell my daughter about their plans? They were best friends. Now my daughter thinks her best friend is a cheater. How do I reconcile that to my daughter? It would have been so much easier for us without this knowledge. In the 4 years they've competed together, this gymnast has tried unsuccessful to beat my daughter at any meet. This gymnast was not asked to do TOPS but the mother begged the coach to put her in because my daughter was in it. My daughter moved up a level mid season and this gymnast stayed in the same level. That summer the mother had her training 30 hours a week so she will skip a level and be in the same level as my daughter. The gymnast did not qualify for L8 regionals but my daughter did. At meets, my daughter always out scores this gymnast by a large margin. I mention all the above not to brag or put the gymnast down but to make a point. If the gymnast had not breathed a word, we would have thought she just made it to regionals and my daughter did not. And she finally upped my daughter. From day one, this is what she's always wanted to do. She was the best at the gym she came from and when she moved to our gym, she was treated just like everyone else. But she saw my daughter was the one getting special treatment. This gymnast is not happy with her performance even if it is really good if she does not beat my daughter. Even our head coach told me, that this gymnast is too obsessed with my daughter and she had to do something about it. An added bonus to us switching gyms was not having to deal with this obsessive competition with her mom and the gymnast. The mom was always trying to extract information from me to make sure her daughter was getting everything my daughter was getting, Now that we are away from that gym, and at a gym where the parents and gymnasts are all very supportive and there are no CGM, this gymnast had to come up and tell my daughter her story. I cannot understand why; to show my daughter, the gym is now doing special things for her? I would think making us believe she finally beat my daughter would be higher on her list. How do you explain this to your daughter and not make her dislike her friend? She would have been happy for her friend otherwise.
She petitioned with legitimate reasons, it is a blessing that she is getting the opportunity to compete, but she is at a disadvantage since she has not competed since January while she will be competing against girls who have been competing the entire season and probably are in their "groove."
