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Gabby Douglas enters the 'No Spin Zone'

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    Olympic gold-winning gymnast talks life struggles and successes

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-- a short segment tonight last summer sixteen year old Gabby Douglas from Virginia won two Olympic gold medals in gymnast for all very happy because there.

Personality was warm and it made -- an instant star.

But mr.

-- had a very very difficult home situation to overcome.

She writes about it in a new book called grace golden glory in my leap of faith I talk with her last night.

So reading this book I felt sorry for you -- I really did fourteen year old girl.

Know dad around.

Mom China -- -- -- and three.

Siblings.

And then all of a sudden you have to go to Iowa to compete that's really tough did you see it that way when it was happening.

I knew I had accomplished -- -- if I.

Wanted to accomplish and then had a sacrifice a lot -- are we crying united stuff we've.

I definitely was my mom left she stayed with me for a week -- -- -- which should last.

I -- ball for fifteen months actually.

And I may had those minuses and try to come to a conclusion saying it was my decision tonight.

-- -- you had enough discipline even know always unhappy time so -- you -- you get in the groove and and you go over to -- London.

And he got all the best in the world where did you sink you were going to win.

I was confident and my performances and think about winning I've got about how great and what -- -- on that.

And not given day all right we -- nervous I was very never guess how did you cope with that.

While I was trained to the deal with under the pressure and that coach chow wanted to coaches heat has media -- -- means.

There's a lot.

Action going in the gem they try to distract me sell when I got -- competition I can just -- and there and prove that I'm all right.

Now when you -- and the two.

Gold -- you win yes now your world famous everybody knows.

How did your world -- which.

Analysts cannot get overnight celebrity -- is -- -- -- Douglass on top and I mean.

And spent a world when everything's just been a blast.

Final question is you read -- lied about your faith.

How did you get involved with a belief in god it's a G young needy and always been exposed soon Jesus and the Bible and my mom olive exposed.

Me and the rest my siblings to that and that reading the by violent thing about -- -- isn't what does it do for you.

F -- have been run my life and -- me so that I mean.

God has blessed me over the past years and he's kept me safe and now to play the odd to him because he's given me this amazing that in talent.

We generally get mad at a guy and say why didn't have to parents and why do I have to leave home -- -- it was so hard giving Humana.

No it's always about the perspective I mean I don't have that two parents but I had to gold medals and raining so.

No I haven't turned the upside down just.

You know what it's sad because.

Anyhow if you look at the -- thanks.

We -- -- now what's next -- sixteen.

So you gotta go the Olympics again yes.

Gonna try to improve on yourself again yes and so that will take Q4 years of pretty much training and and what she did.

What are you gonna do differently in your life now that sure.

-- independent you can be independent.

Well -- I get my driver's license.

So that something.

-- minutes I headed back into the gym and just chain and kind of game I wanna go to -- and and -- -- assignments and more like championships and I think of me -- -- -- tended to Olympic Games all right education.

Yes but -- wanna do there.

I -- I do wanna go to college but I haven't made our way how to do yet it's still I'm taking it one set that time -- get it all right.

Got real things committed in the movies grace Gould and glory and thanking him.

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