2000 Olympic Trials (Group Commission) - a podcast by gymcastic@gmail.com
from 2021-09-14T19:27:44
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This week, we have a group commission from Brianna, Stephanie, Atwood, Laura, Karla, and Emma, all about [deep breath] the collective nightmare that was the 2000 Olympic Trials. We discuss:
- The breaking news that there actually was official selection criteria, and it was technically followed.
- The significance of 2000 Trials as the worst thing that has ever happened ever, the controversy of the selection process, the low point this represented in athlete-first commentary, and just...the Bela of it all
- Shannon's comeback
- What if Atler had been able to compete on the "new" vault?
- The way the commentators talk about Alyssa Beckerman
- The infamous Rybacki fluff piece
- DLO + Punch front
- Shannon's vault injury
- BEIGE DRAPES
- Steve Nunno's performance piece
- The Moceanu sadness forest
- Why they selected the team they did, and was it the right call?
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