Going Back In Time: Carly Patterson

Carly Patterson: She was only the second girl to win All-Around gold at the Olympic Games. She first wowed the World when she won her first American cup in 2003. She was so amazing there, and I was so excited to see her ace her routines. She injured herself, missing her first Senior Nationals, but was back for Worlds and helped the USA win a Worlds Gold Medal for the first time, also, she got the double arabian dismount named after her. I have been watching gymnastics for 13 years, and Carly is the only one who can do that dismount perfectly. The second best, of course being Alexandra Raisman, beam bronze medalist. I was so happy when Patterson stuck her final tumbling pass and beat Svetlana Khorkina of Russia for the gold. Carly wowed the gymnastics world, and made all of her family, friends, and her coach, very proud.