It was just two years ago Australian Emma Nedov had retired from artistic gymnastics after a serious injury.
Getting back onto floor was hard. It was a mental battle but she has worked with a sports psychologist to help with it all.
"I didn't do anything in particular, to snap my Achilles, I actually was just training as normal," Nedov said.
"So every time I would do any tumble, I was so nervous about my Achilles, I couldn't help it, I would jump just a little bit on the other leg. So it's taken a long time for my body to realise that the Achilles is all healed, it's not going to happen again."
After missing out on both the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2018 Commonwealth Games, Tokyo 2020 is still on the cards for Nedov. However, the experiences she has had over the past two years has allowed her to see the bigger picture on the road to the XXXII Olympiad.
"Having these setbacks you have to be realistic that sometimes these things can happen," Nedov said.
"I make sure to keep my mind on the small and short term goals into like, so not focusing too much on Tokyo.
"I'm focusing on the World Cup, I'm focusing on World Championships in October and things like that, that will get me towards Tokyo."
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