Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'October, mgbe ọ dị afọ 14, Douglas kwagara n'ụlọ Missy Parton dị na West Des Moines, Iowa, iji soro Liang Chow, onye bụbu onye nchịkwa nke
Onye mmeri ụwa nke 2007 na onye meriri ọlaedo n'egwuregwu Olimpik nke 2008, Shawn Johnson. Ọ bụ ezie na onye nkuzi Douglas, Walker, kwuru na 2012 na o kwenyesiri ike na Douglas nwere ike ime ya na Olympics ma ọ bụrụ na ọ nọgidere na Virginia Beach, Douglas kwuru, "Otu ihe kụrụ n'isi m nke kwuru, ọ bụrụ na m chọrọ n'ezie ime nke a, ọ dị m mkpa inweta nkuzi ka mma. " Ihe kpaliri Douglas ịkwaga na Iowa bụ mgbe Walker kpọrọ Chow ka ọ kụziere ụlọọgwụ na mgbatị ahụ ya, Excalibur. Obi tọrọ Douglas ụtọ mgbe Chow kụziiri ya otú e si agba ọsọ n'otu ehihie. Douglas tụlere ịkwaga Texas iji zụọ ya na onye nchịkwa ama ama ebe ahụ, mana mgbe onye nchịkwa ahụ jụrụ ịzụ ya n'ihi iguzosi ike n'ihe nye Walker, Douglas họọrọ Chow. Na mbụ, Chow nwere obi abụọ, ebe ọ bụ na Douglas bụ nanị otu n'ime ọtụtụ narị ụmụaka nọ n'ụlọ ọgwụ ahụ dị na Virginia Beach. Agbanyeghị, Chow mechara gwa ndị nkuzi Douglas Excalibur na ya ekwenyela ịzụ ya, mana ọ rụtụrụ aka na ọ kpọghị ya, na-ekwu, "Agaghị m akpọ onye ọ bụla na mmemme m". Ka oge na-aga, Douglas tara ahụhụ site na mgbatị nke hamstring na mmerụ ahụ hip flexor na July. Ọ pụghị ime ọtụtụ ihe n'oge a, ma nke a nyere ya ohere imeziwanye nkà ya n'ụlọ mmanya.