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Chellsie Memmel, 12 years after her Olympics, came back to gymnastics as a mom

This article was originally published on Aug. 3, 2020, as Memmel announced her comeback. Memmel competes for the first time since 2012 at the U.S. Classic on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET on Peacock.

Chellsie Memmel, a 2008 Olympic gymnast who retired in 2012, documented what she titled an Adult Gymnastics Journey the last 16 weeks on YouTube, but she felt nervous about uploading last Friday’s video.

That’s because of what she chose to include at the end, a short conversation with her father and coach, Andy, inside M&M Gymnastics, the family’s gym in New Berlin, Wis.