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32-year-old Chellsie Memmel serious about gymnastics comeback, has sights on Olympics Trying to make the U.S. national team while competing against some athletes born the year Memmel stood atop the podium in Melbourne, Australia in 2005 as the best female gymnast on the planet — isn't a publicity stunt. By Will GravesThe Associated Press Read Article Former gymnastics world champion and Olympic silver medalist Chellsie Memmel works out Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in New Berlin, Wisc. Memmel started doing gymnastics again when the COVID-19 pandemic hit last spring because it felt like one of...

Chellsie Memmel wants to emphasize something. This is not about ego nor unfinished business nor fending off some sort of early-onset midlife crisis. The 32-year-old Memmel’s return to competitive gymnastics after spending nearly a decade getting on with the rest of her life is about love. It’s about discipline. And an inside family joke that turned into something far more serious. She doesn’t need to do this. She’s got a world all-around gold medal tucked away somewhere. An Olympic silver medal, too. When she officially retired in 2012, Memmel went out on her own terms. Sh...

Chellsie Memmel wants to emphasize something. This is not about ego nor unfinished business nor fending off some sort of early-onset midlife crisis. The 32-year-old Memmel's return to competitive gymnastics after spending nearly a decade getting on with the rest of her life is about love.