Shawn Johnson reveals why wining his gold medal was "the worst thing"
The Olympic gymnast says it struggled during this period of one's life.
Win an Olympic medal Does the incarnation of the success of most athletes in their respective fields, but there is a physically and mentally toll. Athletes endure immense pressure and endless hours of preparation to do so at the Olympic Games, which is probably why some of them do not remember with tenderness. In fact, the Olympic gymnastShawn Johnson EastRecently stated that the victory of the 2008 Olympic gold medal was actually "the worst thing". Read it to find out why Johnson has mixed feelings about his feat.
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Gymnast Shawn Johnson said he developed a competitive food disorder for the Olympic Games.
Johnson East said she felt "very sad" looking back at his time in competition for the2008 Summer Olympics 2008 in Beijing, China, during the appearance of July 15th on theParty dinner with Jeremy Fall Podcast. According to the gymnast, she has developed a diet disorder during her time in competition, which was exacerbated only by some of the "defects" of sport, including the lack of nutritionists and psychologists at the disposal of young athletes. When she participated in the 2008 Olympic Games, Johnson Erie was only 16 years old.
"For me like a child, have thought of this idea:" Maybe if I looked thinking, these judges could love my performance "... I did not know how to get this result in a healthy way, With the exception of "If I eat less, I'll lose weight," she explained. "And because of that, I developed this diet disorder."
She called her gold medal of 2008 "the worst thing" because of that.
In 2008, Johnson East won the Olympic gold medal for the equilibrium beam. Unfortunately, it helped him internalize the wrong message. "When I started to get away and jeopardize my performance, but you always win a gold medal, it's probably one of the worst things that could have happened," Johnson said. "Because it told me that it was worth it."
Johnson East said that at the time, his gold medal won falsely strengthened the idea she needed hunger to free themselves to engrave other achievements. "And so when he came to boyfriend, when he came toStarswhen he came to a photo shoot, if I hung up, I would have respect for anyone that I was taking care of it, "she said, making her time competing onDwts in 2009 and 2012.
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Johnson East said the gymnastics retreat was a "turning point" for her.
In 2010, Johnson East injured his knee but continued to train over the next two years to make the 2012 Olympic team from 2012. In June 2012, however, she decided not to continue and announced that she would retire from the sport a week before the Olympic tests, quoting her knee injury. Now Johnson East says it was a "turning point" for his life.
"I was so happy and so free, not to be part of this world. And that's where I met my husband and he completely changed my life," she said.
She is now married with her second child on the way.
Johnson East Married Professional Football PlayerAndrew East In 2016, four years afterShe left gymnastics. She still went to London in 2012 to support US gymnastics at the Olympic Summer Games, where she ended up meeting her bride brother,Guy East, who introduced the pair. The couple welcomed their first child, a daughter named Drew, in November 2019.
"I would not change anything for the world. I like that I went through that. It was very difficult and I do not want it on anyone, but I had theseDifficult experiences It makes me a stronger mother who will allow me to teach Drew how to be strong as well, "said Johnson East in 2020. Now she is pregnant with her second child, a little boy, who is due this month- this.
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