The six-time Olympic medalist took to Instagram on Tuesday to post an emotional letter confirming the rumors that she will not compete in Tokyo this summer, ending her 10-year career. However, she reflected on the craziness of the last decade and how she got there in the first place.
The 25-year-old recalled the 1996 Olympic gymnastics competition which sparked her love for the sport. She said that she would watch it over and over again and even imitated routines. Raisman also included footage of herself from that young age when she first started training. Despite the power that her young dreams proved to hold, Raisman also shared some thoughts that she would impart on her younger self if she could. Most importantly, she would tell herself about all of the “amazing people she will meet along the way.”
“I wonder if I would tell her that life will be filled with ups and downs, and that there are people in the sport who will fail to protect her and her teammates,” she wrote. “It would be so hard to tell her that, but I would make sure she knows she will get through it and she will be OK.”
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