Aly Raisman has earned a break. The Olympic gymnast spent the last decade dedicated to her sport, served as captain of both the "Fierce Five" in 2012's London Olympics and "Final Five" at Rio in 2016, and collected six medals—three of them gold.
Then in 2018, Raisman was one of 156 women who testified against former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar at his sexual abuse trial.At the start of 2020, Raisman announced on Instagram that she would not train for the Tokyo Olympics.
Instead, she vowed to restore herself after a whirlwind stint in the spotlight. "I've been taking time for myself to recover and to heal," she tells ELLE.com. "I think that the last five years of my life, I've been so exhausted and feeling so depleted.
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