Olympic bound
She’ll have London clapping to ‘Hava Nagila’
By Leah Burrows
Advocate Staff
No one dances to “Hava Nagila” like Alexandra Raisman and in less than a month, the whole world will see why.
The 18-year-old Needham native flipped, twisted, leapt, twirled and generally defied gravity on her way to becoming one of the five members of the US Olympic women’s gymnastic team.
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