A Mail Online article is being much discussed online.
Beth Tweddle: After Beijing, I hated myself and I hated the Olympics:
… she recalls. ‘I took a step back on my dismount from the … bars in the Olympic final and that one, small error turned a bronze medal into fourth place.’
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‘It was all a horrible experience. I hated myself, I hated the Olympics and I hated gymnastics. There was no way I was going to carry on in the sport. But the day I returned home (from holiday) I texted my coach and asked when did she want me in for training. It had taken that week for me to realise I couldn’t walk away.’
It proved to be a wise decision. …
related – Shawn Johnson’s latest blog post on espnW:
Partly because of a severe knee injury Shawn Johnson suffered two years ago, she’s found making the Olympic team to be a bigger challenge in 2012 than it was in 2008.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 