I just finished watching Gabby Douglas, an 16 year old girl from Virginia, grab the Olympic gold (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/london/gymnastics/story/2012-08-02/gabby-douglas-aly-raisman-olympic-gymnastics-all-around/56704226/1) in women's all-around in gymnastics.
Her coach is Liang Chow, a Chinese coach.
I doubt she was having her legs stepped on, or if she was ever stranded on the wall for hours, or her back twisted in impossible positions until tears would start rolling down from her eyes from the excruciating pain. And I doubt she was ever taken away from her family, to live in some camp.
I would bet she is just an ordinary girl with a slightly busier schedule...
And yet, she won the Olympic gold in the toughest discipline in her field. Without mind-altering drugs or anything.
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Date: 2/8/12 18:20 (UTC)Her coach is Liang Chow, a Chinese coach.
I doubt she was having her legs stepped on, or if she was ever stranded on the wall for hours, or her back twisted in impossible positions until tears would start rolling down from her eyes from the excruciating pain. And I doubt she was ever taken away from her family, to live in some camp.
I would bet she is just an ordinary girl with a slightly busier schedule...
And yet, she won the Olympic gold in the toughest discipline in her field. Without mind-altering drugs or anything.