Competitive Jump Rope: Born in the Inner City and Bred in the Suburbs
8 May 2012, 10:17 am
Perched on the gym bleachers, Taryn Marriott bounces her knees up and down in a nervous trot, her eyes wide with fear. "I just want to get a medal," she says. The 8-year-old is bean-sprout thin and beautiful, her face pale and earnest, her long brown hair braided into two perfect French p...
