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Mohini (known to her teammates as "Mo") began taking gymnastics at the early age of four. Training in Cincinnati, Ohio she quickly climbed up the amateur ranks, and by 1993 her coaches had confidence she could make the Olympic team. Determined to make her dreams come true, she moved to Orlando, Florida and started training under Alexander Alexandrov, a former coach of the Soviet gymnastics team. After training for three years in Orlando, Mohini went with Alexander to Houston, Texas without her parents. At 17 with a apartment in Texas and living alone, she began to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana.

Drugs started to interfere with her training, and at the 1996 Olympic trials she finished a disappointing tenth. Though not being able to go to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, she continued to train. At the time Mohini was a top high school gymnast, and UCLA granted her a full athletic scholarship. During her years at UCLA, she set many school records and guided the team to two championship titles. Mohini is also a double major in sociology and historyHistory is often used as a generic term for information about the past, such as in "geologic history of the Earth". When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of human societies. The term histor at UCLA.

In 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap Mohini began training for the international team in hopes of making the 2004 Summer OlympicsThe Games of the XXVIII Olympiad commonly known as the 2004 Summer Olympics were the 28th Summer Olympic Games. The Games were held in Athens over 17 days, from August 13 to August 29, 2004. Planners expected 10,500 athletes (in fact 11,099 at the end) an in AthensAcropolis in central Athens is home to ancient monuments of Athens — a mainstay of its thriving tourism industry Athens ( Greek: Athina is the capital of Greece, and also the capital of the Attica region of Greece. A cosmopolitan modern city, Athens is al, GreeceGreece formally called the Hellenic Republic (in Greek: ) Hellenike Demokratia , is a country in the southeast of Europe on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula. It is bounded on land by Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania. Being over twenty now, she was the oldest on the international team and more susceptible to injury. In 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom Mohini dislocated her elbow, a injury so serious it kept her out of action until 2004. Running low on funds and trying to make a comeback for her Olympic dreams, former Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson wrote a check for $20,000 to pay for her training. Finishing 6th at the 2004 Olympic trials and with Pamela cheering her on, she had finally earned a spot on the Olympic team.

Mohini and her teammates earned a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics in the women's gymnastics team competition. Mohini also finished 6th in the floor excercise with a (9.312), which was the only single event she participated in at the 2004 olympics.