Dwight Normile of International Gymnast magazine has a great way with words. Read that title quote and more in this interview:
Georgia junior Courtney Kupets has been through a lot recently, beginning with a torn right Achilles’ tendon March 1 during a home meet against Arkansas. Two days later, at the Athens Orthopedic Surgical Center, Dr. Dan Moye reattached the tendon on the second Kupets sister in as many years. Though the injury finished gymnastics for Ashley Kupets, who was a Georgia senior in 2007, her sister Courtney feels fortunate that she still has another year to compete.
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Kupets, the 2002 world champion on uneven bars, had been through this before. She ruptured her other Achilles’ tendon on the same trick during training at the 2003 World Championships in Anaheim, Calif. She made it back in time to win the 2004 U.S. Championships, Olympic Trials and two medals at the 2004 Olympics (team silver, uneven bars bronze).
Now she’s got her sights set on 2009. “That’s what’s keeping me motivated,” she says.
Though she will miss the chance for her third consecutive NCAA titles in the all-around and with her team, Kupets says she would like take on a “new role” as a team leader this April in Athens. That’s when the Gym Dogs will shoot for their fourth NCAA title in a row. Should they succeed, their total will climb to nine and match the record set by Utah. …
larger original – flickr – Staff photo by Lauren Carroll. ATHENS Ga. 1/14/06
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