Alicia Sacramone: Beantown Forgives You

Last week, millions of households witnessed the Winchester, MA native and Olympian gymnast, Alicia Sacramone, and her struggles in Beijing. After a horrific fall on the balance beam (which might have cost the U.S. a gold medal), she was inevitably robbed of a medal by the Olympic judges during the vault competition. Sacramone completed two clean attempts while China's Cheng Fei made a costly(?) error by landing on her knees while attempting her second vault jump. Apparently a gymnast can now earn a bronze medal even with a fall, as Cheng Fei captured the bronze medal due to the "difficulty of her vaults." Alicia, you were robbed, and that sucks. — So why am I writing about Sacramone and women's gymnastics? Well, for one, I was one who was caught up in the drama that is the Olympic judging. Also, Alicia is not your ordinary gymnast. What makes her different? [...]