Pure Determination
By: Shaye Plonis
Ross VS. Maroney
Don't get me wrong, they both have their eye on the 2016 summer Olympics. The Olympics were held on July 28th 2012 and Kyla was right there back in the gym, and was ready to compete at the 2013 World Championships in Jeselo, Italy.
On a different aspect, Mckayla really was just shooting to be ready for the 2016 Olympics held on Rio, but first, she had to overcome a huge adversity in her life. She had to experience a knee surgery. Olympictalk.nbcsports.com states, "Maroney, 18, isn't ready to compete after under going knee surgery in March to repair a fractured left tibia.
Overall, Maroney is dying to compete in Rio but in reality, who do you think will be more prepared? The girl who has been training and competing for 3 years, or the girl who hasnt fully came back yet?
Aly Raisman
Ready for Redemption!!!
When she arrived the adreniline was rushing. Johnson had great event finals and came home with a gold medal and 3 silver medals. But guess what?! That wasn't good enough for her.
What was she going to do? She was going to take a break from gymnastics and went on the TV series Dancing With the Stars. Shawn ended up winning Season 8 of Dancing With the Stars. In 2010 she announced she tore her ACL participating in a skiing activity and was forced to undergo surgery. Months later she said she was ready to come back to gymnastics so she could have her redemption.
Olympic champ is back!!
Liukin decided she was not done with gymnastics but needed to take a break. She realized she won in 2008 and wanted to come back and show everybody she still has what it takes. Despite the difficulties of returning, Nastia knew she had work to do. She wanted to be the first USA gymnast to compete at two back to back Olympic games. Liukin trained hard after her break and was ready to come back to competition in 2012. She was training, conditioning, and resting as much as she could to come back and be ready for VISA Championships in 2012 to qualify to the 2012 Olympic Trials. She competed at both events, but failed to qualify to the Games. Liukin was disappointed, but not upset because she was so inspiring to many girls and knew she put in her full effort through this whole process.
Douglas' Trouble
The Douglas family struggled with money and at one point, ended up with no home and lived in a car. Soon after Gabby's mom left her husband and she was now a single mother.
later in life, due to money loss Douglas went to Iowa to train with Olympic coach Chow and stayed with a host family because she and her family knew she had a potential they could not afford.
Gabby trained so hard for the Olympic Trials and at one point, she took all the information in and realized it was a lot for her. She struggled to think she was good enough and wanted to quit. She took a little break and rethought her decision and went right back to it.
Douglas made it to the Olympics and realized all the hard work was worth it. She doesn't regret any of the decisions she made.