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" A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself. "
Impossible
Gymnastics
Almost
" After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career. "
Run
Years
Career
" A typical practice consists of practicing every event for about an hour. A lot of people assume I have private coaching, but I work out with 13 other girls at the gym! "
People
Gym
Coaching
" Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about. "
Precision
Everything
Your
" Every year I just kept going back to gymnastics, but I didn't start out training 10 hours a day. When I turned 10 or 11, I got more serious and I focused a lot on making it to the elite level, and from there I just kept going. "
Training
Start
Back
" Gymnastics is so complex. "
Gymnastics
Complex
" Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect. "
Responsibility
Life
Me
" I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one. "
Young
Small
Feel
" I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself. "
Always
Look
Myself
" I didn't make it a priority, and as a result my knee didn't heal to the extent it should have. "
Should
Heal
Knee
" I don't feel like a star; I never have. I don't feel like a star; I never have. I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one. I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself. "
Feel
Small
Think
" I don't know where I'm really going to cha cha, but hopefully I can find a place. "
I Can
Find
Place
" I don't want to be all power and muscle. "
Muscle
Want
Power
" I fell in love with running, and I finally have time to do it now. "
Time
Running
Now
" I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep! "
Down
Want
Days
" I had a constant fear, a constant little doubt in my mind: 'OK, I'm getting ready to do my standing back full on beam and I might re-tear my ACL.' "
Ready
Back
Doubt
" I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September. "
Gym
Surgery
Back
" I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom. "
Mom
Go
Everywhere
" I have a healthy lifestyle, but there's nothing you can really do to prevent from rolling an ankle or something like that. "
Nothing
Like
Lifestyle
" I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London. "
Team
Goals
Expectations
" I know how much more I need to do to be where I want. "
Know
Where
More
" I live for Pilates reformer class. I go at least three times a week. It's a great way to lengthen your muscles, stretch, and kind of relax your mind. "
Great
Three
Week
" I love lean meats like chicken, turkey. I'm obsessed with sushi and fish in general. I eat a lot of veggies and hummus. "
Love
Chicken
Like
" I'm doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as well. "
Day
Week
Two
" I missed being considered an athlete and having that competitive drive, and missed having something to work for every day. I'd taken two and a half years away from the sport and was out of shape. I wanted to get back to where I was in 2008. "
Two
Back
Day
" I'm pleased to say my knee feels a lot better. It's still not back to normal, and I don't know if it ever will be, but I'm learning to deal with it instead of expecting it to be like it was before. "
Will
Say
Learning
" I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy. "
Anxiety
Joy
Time
" I need to learn how to face challenges. "
Challenges
Need
Learn
" Injury taught me I need to learn how to face challenges. "
Challenges
Need
Me
" In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued. "
Blessing
Road
Return
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