Charlotte drury started artistic gymnastics when she was 3 years old then when she was 6 years old she met McKayla Maroney and Kyla Ross there was an instant Link between the three of them and they became the best of friends having handstand contests at their sleepovers. When they were 12, they watched the 2008 Beijing Olympics together and knew that One day they would be competing in the Olympics too When charlotte was 13 years old she switched to the trampoline in 2014 she won a world cup event in Belarus She was the first usa woman to ever do that. That same year she won the national title and finished in fifth place at the 2015 Pan American Games. She wanted to finish in the top eight at the 2015 World Championships, but without a clean lines she placed 11th.
it's an Olympic nightmare:
Just a few days before the Olympic team competes for the gold medal, Charlotte Drury broke her right foots during training. Charlotte thought she had just bruised her foot after making a wrong bounce in training on Friday. But an MRI showed that the talus in her right foot was broken, leaving her with no choice but to drop out of the championships. Steven Penny, the president of USa gymnastics, said in a statement: "Charlotte has been a consistent leader for our women's trampoline program and this is a major disappointment for her. Her efforts in Rio in June clinched the USA’s berth, and for that, we thank her. We regret she will not have the opportunity to pursue her Olympic dream, but I am confident that she will be back to further her achievements in the sport."
Drury sent out her own announcement on Saturday night:
This is the hardest day of my life. To watch my dream disappear the day before it could come true
But no doubt, this isn't the last of me
10:33 AM - 12 Jun 2016 · Providence, RI, United States
Can you survive the crushing feeling of seeing your own olympic dream die?
Charlotte Drury spent nearly seven years preparing for the Rio Olympics, and now she’s not sure if she’ll even watch them.
She spent the summer trying not to think about them. She watched “House” and “Gilmore Girls” to try to block out the pain She read books, fought back tears, and woke up every morning hoping she could move on with her life.But she hasn’t.
The broken bone in her right ankle and the black boot covering it are a constant reminder of how close she came to representing the United States as its top trampoline gymnast.
“It was devastating, it still is devastating,” Drury said recently. “There aren’t really any words to describe what it is, but it’s kind of like I lost all my purpose in life. I gave up everything to make this dream happen.”
On Friday, thousands of athletes from around the world will march in the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics. For most, that alone fulfills their dream. Others will not be satisfied until they compete or even better, win a medal.
But on the other side are all the athletes who had their Olympic dream shattered.Drury believes things happen for a reason, but hasn’t made sense of this. She keeps asking herself a simple question, the same one that haunts all the expected Olympians who fell short:
Why me? Drury doesn’t know if she’ll ever compete again. She wants to stay away until she misses it, and is enjoying the time off. But she does know what could pull her back in. That moment at the peak of the jump when she feels weightless, boundless and full of life.As she describes it, her eyes widening as she leans forward, she glances at the boot on her foot and slumps back in her chair.
It clicks, and she smiles to herself. Somehow that feeling hasn’t gone anywhere at all.
“I am in mid-air. I’m stuck in that second of weightlessness,” Drury said. ‘Where you’re not up, you’re not down, you’re just there. You just have to figure out where you’re going next.”
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