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After 13 Years Of Hard Landings In Gymnastics, One Ski Run Had Delivered The Biggest Injury Of My Career.

It Sounds Funny, But The 2008 Olympics Were Something That Just Kind Of Happened, And I Was Lucky They Came At A Point When I Was Uninjured And Well Prepared. As A Gymnast, You Can't Ask For Much More.

Something My Mom Taught Me When I Was Little Is That Everything Happens For A Reason. Retiring Was Scary And It Was Tough To Give Up Gymnastics, But So Many Great Opportunities Have Come From It That I Never Expected. And Those Wouldn't Have Happened Had I Not Accepted My Injury As A Way To Try Something New.

I Know How Much More I Need To Do To Be Where I Want.

I Don't Call Them Sacrifices. I Call Them Exchanges.