U.S. Olympian Alicia Sacramone may be the older lady around the team. At two decades old, the Brown College student may be the U.S. gymnastics team leader in the Beijing games. The U.S. women required a silver medal on Wednesday after a number of problems by key team people. Nearly invincible China required gold and Romania taken bronze within the team event.
Things went awry for Sacramone throughout team finals. She lost her balance around the beam also it transported to floor exercise. Authorities postponed her begin the total amount beam and she or he thinks that could have led to her problems. She apologized to her teammates by saying:
"I believe everything got the very best of my mind. I acquired nerves around the beam and transported it towards the floor, too."
The elite gymnast was created and elevated in Boston and it has a mature brother. She didn't result in the 2004 Athens team after doing poorly at Excellent that year and nearly quit the game.
Sacramone and her gang of premiere sports athletes may have an chance to win individual medals within the next couple of days and 2 will compete within the throughout competition which happens on Thursday.
Alicia and team mates Shawn Manley and Nastia Liukin signed on as spokesmodels for CoverGirl in June 2008, an initial for U.S. Gymnasts. Take a look at Shawn photos here. Take a look at Nastia photos here.
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