Despite adversities, LSU's Sarah Finnegan leaves lasting legacy

Pretty cool story of the end of her elite career and what she went through, all the way through her career at LSU for those who are interested. Senior night for her is tonight.

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Sarah Finnegan put her body through the ringer for 13 years to reach gymnastics’ peak. She dedicated herself for countless hours, working her way to becoming an alternate for the 2012 Olympic Games.
And there she was shortly after the Olympics with this thought in her head: I want to quit.

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X-rays and an MRI showed Finnegan tore her ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) and that the repeated pounding on her arm kept re-breaking her growth plate.
“‘It's honestly a good thing that you didn't come to me before the Olympics, because otherwise I would have shut you down,’” Finnegan remembers her doctor telling her.
Finnegan needed major surgery — requiring a re-threading of her UCL and shaving down her growth plate. She had a bone graft, as well as a plate and screws inserted.

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Finnegan decided she’d give collegiate gymnastics a shot, though she had a late start in the recruiting process. Pamphlets from all over the country arrived in the mail before she settled on her final two — Oklahoma and LSU.
She made her decision on National Signing Day.

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