Shannon Miller: My Child, My Hero by Claudia Miller

[hmmmm]

I now understand why so many elite gymnasts are often highly religious. You absolutely need an unwavering faith in a higher power to put up with the abusive treatment and being perpetually injured.

 

[crdubb17]

Unless I am forgetting some big scandal, Shannon has been class all the way. Unlike some past "heroes"...

(but yeah, I remember people being rough on Moceanu for being a complainer or something (right? I wasn't very into the sport, I was a figure skating fangirl) but she turned out to be right. I just remember people being pretty mean.

I mean, her husband is a MAJOR Trump donor. Like, he’s appointed to the Kennedy Center board under him. So depending upon your political leanings, this is up for debate.

 

[RichardL]

I mean, her husband is a MAJOR Trump donor. Like, he’s appointed to the Kennedy Center board under him. So depending upon your political leanings, this is up for debate.

I was not going to mention this, but yeah. Also Moceanu.