Four-time Olympic gymnastic medallist Shawn Johnson announced she will return to competitive action and try out for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team. Johnson has taken two years off to rest, and her return will be delayed by reconstructive surgery on her knee – but she told local news that she’s always planned on returning. “I’ve always said gymnastics was my life, I’ll never live without it,” she told the Des Moines Register. “I went two years trying to find an excuse to get away from it. But there’s something about it that just pulled me back.”

Welcome back, and good luck!

Via Des Moines Register