--- title: Aly Raisman: Parents Are Adorably Stressed When She Competes description: The Raismans were back again this year with the same level of nervousness canonical: https://time.com/4442935/aly-raisman-nervous-parents-rio-2016-olympics/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-08T18:53:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T04:35:13.000Z og:title: Aly Raisman’s Parents Are Adorably Stressed When They Watch Her Compete og:description: "I get nervous because I know what goes into it and how many hours she's prepared" og:url: https://time.com/4442935/aly-raisman-nervous-parents-rio-2016-olympics/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Aly Raisman’s Parents Are Adorably Stressed When They Watch Her Compete twitter:description: "I get nervous because I know what goes into it and how many hours she's prepared" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Aly Raisman’s Parents Are Adorably Stressed When They Watch Her Compete by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:35 AM UTCPublished: Aug 8, 2016 6:53 PM UTC by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:35 AM UTCPublished: Aug 8, 2016 6:53 PM UTC Aly Raisman’s parents could barely contain their nervousness while watching their daughter compete at the Rio Olympics. Lynn and Rick Raisman, known for their [emotional reactions in the stands](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lLeUOO-Ki8) during the 2012 London Olympics, were back again this year with the same level of anxiety. During the the U.S. women’s gymnastic team’s qualifying round Sunday, the Rasimans clutched each other and appeared to sway back and forth while watching their daughter compete on the uneven bars. In an interview with [People](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20996464%5F21016129,00.html), Lynn Raisman said she “always cries” at her daughter’s meets. “I get nervous because I know what goes into it and how many hours she’s prepared and how hard she is on herself, and I want her to be happy and go out there and do the best performance she can do,” she said. “So when it’s over, she is happy no matter the results, so I do get nervous. But whatever she was doing I want her to have the best outcome.” The [22-year-old gymnast](http://time.com/3890019/aly-raisman-why-gymnastics-needs-more-team-recognition/) nailed the routine on Sunday, and qualified for the all-around final in the Olympics. She previously won two individual medals in the 2012 Olympics and a third for her team. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4442935/aly-raisman-nervous-parents-rio-2016-olympics/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4442935/aly-raisman-nervous-parents-rio-2016-olympics/"},"headline":"Aly Raisman’s Parents Are Adorably Stressed When They Watch Her Compete","datePublished":"2016-08-08T18:53:53.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T04:35:13.000Z","description":"\"I get nervous because I know what goes into it and how many hours she's prepared\"","url":"https://time.com/4442935/aly-raisman-nervous-parents-rio-2016-olympics/","keywords":["Newsfeed","olympics","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4442935/aly-raisman-nervous-parents-rio-2016-olympics/","name":"Aly Raisman’s Parents Are Adorably Stressed When They Watch Her Compete"}}]}] ```