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While Gabby Douglas withdrew from the 2024 Winter Cup because she contracted COVID a few months ago, she anticipates making a comeback in the 2024 Paris Olympics this year. Preparing for the same, she has lately started to share her training journey with her fans over social media.

A 2x Olympian, this would be her third season of getting to the Olympic Games. Thus, hoping to secure a Paris berth, Gabby Douglas continues to not sadden the audience by keeping forward her fitness and practice routines ahead of the Summer Olympics. Let us throw light on the latest update she showered.

Gabby Douglas’ fitness to the core

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A 3x gold medalist in the Olympics, Gabby Douglas posted a picture on her Instagram feed in the gym. Captioned, “She, in the gym tonight”, fans were ablaze to see a few scares of her arm and wondered what it was about. Excited and advocating for her Olympic return, the fandom guessed it was due to the use of gymnastics accessories.

Gabby Douglas has not just been sharing her gym sessions lately but also adding up her social media feed with the floor routine practice sessions. Hash-tagging ‘grinding ’24’, the American gymnast also shared on her Instagram, her dynamic floor routine consisting of four to five back-to-back rotations and a decent landing thereof.

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Though the athlete is fantastic at her sport, the recent words of wisdom delivered by her added value to how good a sportsperson she is. Addressing student-athletes at Hartford, the 28-year-old gymnast had lately quoted, “I want to be a good role model to everyone. Enjoy every single moment along the way… medals and accolades are amazing but they don’t define you as a person.”. With such wise words on her mind, her fans definitely anticipate her presence in the Paris Olympics.

Fans await the Olympic comeback

Marking 2 golds in a single Olympic season, Gabby Douglas and her fans can’t wait to get to this year’s Paris Olympics. Supporting her throughout her roller-coaster journey, her fans leave no stone unturned in cheering for the gymnastics star. “Let’s go Gabby. Hard days will make you champion again. We are with you.” and “Keep working, Queen, we all love you, Gabby”, this is how got sympathized for her arm scar, over the web.

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While some fans were concerned to write, “Am I the only one noticing the cut mark on her arms? Baby girl I’m so sorry!”, seeing what happened to Gabby Douglas’ arm, other cheerleaders of the 2x Olympian gymnast saw it as a result of her hard work and determination to clinch her Paris Olympic berth. The comments read, “3x Olympian incoming” and “This is how you respond to the comments.”

Read More: Missing Out on National Camp, Gabby Douglas Imparts Wisdom to the World: ‘(Medals) Don’t Define You’