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I was a gymnast for years.

I got into rhythmic gymnastics when I was four years old.

I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.

After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.

I did gymnastics when I was a kid. I wasn't very good at it.

I damaged my hamstring at the London Olympics and had to stop training for five months. At times, I thought my career was over.

I started taking gymnastic classes when I was 3 years old.

It was my mother who got me involved in gymnastics, sending me to classes when I was six just to stop me doing back flips on the couch and destroying the furniture.

I got injured at the Olympic Trials in 2000. I could not jump. I could not walk on my leg properly. I couldn't bend my knee. I couldn't straighten it.

I grew up doing gymnastics. It requires discipline, eating right, getting sleep, lots of sacrifice. But the pros outweigh the sacrifice.