Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna October, pazera ramakore 14, Douglas akatamira mumusha waMissy Parton muWest Des Moines, Iowa, kunodzidziswa naLiang Chow, aimbova murairidzi we2007 World Champion
uye akahwina menduru yegoridhe paMitambo yeOlympic ya2008 Shawn Johnson. Kunyange zvazvo aimbova mudzidzisi waDouglas, Walker, akataura muna 2012 kuti aiva nechokwadi chokuti Douglas angadai akazviita kuOlympics kana akagara muVirginia Beach, Douglas akati, "Chimwe chinhu chakandibata mumusoro mangu chakati, kana ndichida kuti izvi zviitike ndinofanira kuwana unyanzvi hwakanaka". Chinhu chakaita kuti Douglas aende kuIowa ndechokuti Walker akanga akoka Chow kuti azodzidzisa pakiriniki paimba yake yokurovedza muviri, Excalibur. Douglas akaororwa apo Chow akakwanisa kumudzidzisa kuita vault yeAmanar mumasikati mamwe chete. Douglas akafunga nezvekuenda kuTexas kunodzidziswa nemurairidzi ane mukurumbira ikoko, asi mushure mekunge murairidzi iyeye aramba kumudzidzisa nekuda kwekuvimbika kuna Walker, Douglas akasarudza Chow. Pakutanga Chow akanga asina chokwadi, sezvo Douglas akanga angova mumwe chete wemazana evana vaiva pakiriniki muVirginia Beach. Zvisinei, Chow gare gare akaudza Douglas's Excalibur varairidzi kuti akanga abvuma kumudzidzisa, asi akataura kuti haana kumushandira, achiti, "Handimbofi ndakashandira chero munhu kuchirongwa changu". Gare gare, Douglas akatambura nokuremara kwehamstring uye kukuvara kwechiuno chechiuno muna July. Iye aisagona kuita zvakawanda mukati menguva iyi, asi ikoku kwakamubvumira kuvandudza unyanzvi hwake hwokubata.