A Golden Girl
For the first time in the history of the Olympics
Has there been someone from the U.S. at the time
Who has won the Individual All-Around
In an Olympics that was fully attended
That was until Carly Patterson came along
And became a golden girl in the gymnastics world.
Yeah I know that Mary Lou Retton
Won the All-Around title twenty years ago
But those Games had countries to boycott them
I’m not saying that she would have lost the gold
Because she earned it but we’ll never truly know
And then with Carly’s you knew that she beat the best.
That wasn’t the only medal that she won
However it was the most prestigious
But she earned two other medals also
Which was a team silver and an Individual silver
And also with one other woman in gymnastics
Became the most decorated women gymnasts in the 2004 Olympics.
Copyright © Michael Reaves | Year Posted 2018
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