Jewish Exponent Article

Today's Jewish Exponent has an article about the games. Elana is quoted (and described as "pixieish"???). Anyway, below is an excerpt. The full article can be found at http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/19126/.

Wishing Them Well

Athletes from every age division -- from early teens to late 70s -- came together last week for a send-off reception held on the 43rd floor of the Comcast Center in Center City. At eye level with Liberty One and the Pyramid Club, athletes, family members and Maccabi USA personnel schmoozed and got to know one another in an informal setting in advance of rejoining one another next month at the opening ceremony at Ramat Gan stadium.

For 14-year-old Elana Molotsky, just making the games and being among so many athletes was a victory itself. The pixieish gymnast from Mount Laurel, N.J., was all smiles at the send-off, but clearly with lots of energy to burn.

"If I go and I win, then hallelujah," said Molotsky, one of the area's youngest competitors. "If I don't, then I competed internationally -- and how can you go wrong with that?"