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.
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We developed a system in Romania that was very successfully continued for a number of years, but I don't know if it was because of some conflict in the organisation or whether there was government interference... but somehow, they have forgotten the importance of raising gymnasts to be ready for every Olympics.
I was a gymnast for years.
The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.
Gymnastics is so huge in the Olympics. There are a lot of fans who want to see more.
Gymnastics is my whole life, and I dream of going to the Olympics and being a world champ.
Gymnastics was my way to travelling the world.
I loved gymnastics. I was eager to compete. I was hungry to go out there and be the best in the world, and I had that determination.
I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport.
Gymnastics demands so much of our time. We train all week and travel and compete on weekends. The people you're surrounded by really become your second family, your best friends, your sisters. My coach was like a second mother for me.
Remember before nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I was total skinny, I was small, very strong, they may be don't like to see a gymnastics like that. I don't know but, gymnastics, might. Nineteen seventy two supposed to be change somewhere.
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