Alisa Camplin is a long-shot for a medal in Turin. Freestyle aerialist Camplin, who was a gold medalist at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City four years ago, had radical knee surgery in October. Her knee was repaired with a patella tendon from a donor cadaver.
This week in Deer Valley, Utah, she will be competing in her first competition just 12 weeks after the surgery. It is fitting that she is making her comeback in Deer Valley, since that is the site of her Olympic medal performance.
Camplin has already qualified for the Turin Olympics and will perform only basic aerial tricks in her comeback. While the team doctor says that it is unlikely that she will medal in Turin, the fact that she will be competing at all is pretty remarkable.
