MEDINA, Ohio — If you ever want to see joy in action, just watch 3-year-old Victoria Canales play at her mom’s gymnastics center in Medina.
“Ooh that was fun! Looks cool!” Victoria exclaims as she bounces on the equipment, her giggles filling the room. “I did it!”
Her name means “victory” — and she’s earned every bit of it.
A mother’s intuition
When Victoria was born on May 3, 2022, her mother Dominique Moceanu — Olympic gold medalist and youngest member of the legendary “Magnificent Seven” gymnastics team — noticed something wasn’t quite right…