part of the 2004 and 2008 teams. she failed to medal in 2004 and was disillusioned by the life of an olympian. >> so after the 2004 olympics, you ran away from home, i understand? >> itretty much came down to everything i did was dictated by someone else. so i ran away and got a job at a convenience store. >> while in upstate new york, rhonda still maintained a rigorous training regimen, but stayed away from the restrictive life of coaches and practices. >> i ended up moving to chicago for a while. i had no real coaches, no one was really coaching me. so i ended up having like one of the best years ever, i won the world cup and we haven't had an american woman do that in nine years and i was actually making a little bit of money. >> fortunately she had a change of heart and decided to give the olympics one more try. >> it went way better the second