Category: Olympics

Kyle Shewfelt interview

Always entertaining and inspiring, click through to the podcast to hear the 2004 Olympic Floor Champ.

Jury Chechi at age-50

Jury Chechi, the original Lord of the Rings, won in Atlanta 1996 and was third at Athens 2004 at age 35.

He was Italian opening ceremony flagbearer at the Athens Games.

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Kyle Shewfelt book delayed until 2021

The 2004 Olympic Floor Champion is a fan favourite. And a very popular public speaker.

MAKE IT HAPPEN: My Story of Gymnastics, the Olympics, and the Positive Power of Sport.

Kyle worked with Blythe Lawrence on the new book but,  with everything that’s happening now, decided to delay publication until Spring 2021.

If you just can’t wait, Kyle will be reading a chapter a day on his Instagram Live during the month of May.

Click PLAY or watch an artistic Artistic Gymnastics routine on YouTube.

Ellie Black – new interview

Ellie wants to get back in the Gym.
Her ankle is recovered. A year’s Olympic day delay neither a plus nor a negative for her personally. Another bump in the road.

Click PLAY or watch a new interview via Twitter.

Morgan, Yile, Angelina – episode 10

What’s one more year?

Episodes 9 and 10 were released simultaneously.

Click PLAY or watch the #9 & #10 trailer on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/olympicchannel/status/1254002324932042753

The Olympics are postponed and sport competitions are put on pause. Angelina, Morgan and Yile reflect on a new reality in the world of sport and remain determined to chase that Olympic dream.

Only Chen Yile is training right now. At a Provincial Gym, not Beijing. Angelina and Morgan at home.

Actually, Angelina wanted 2-3 weeks break to recharge motivation.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (12min). Subtitles in many languages.

Jamie Dantzscher interview

One of GymCastic’s best yet. 

Jamie Dantzscher was a 2000 Olympic medalist, at the end of the darkest era of USA Gymnastics in my opinion.

She went on to a fantastic career at UCLA. One of the greats of all time. She led UCLA to 3 NCAA Championships in four years.

But we know Jamie best as one of the most vocal critics of the Karoli years. And her February 2017 60 Minutes interview alongside  Jeanette Antolin and Jessica Howard accusing the USAG criminal doctor.

What makes this interview so winning is Jamie’s blunt honesty. Down to earth. Saying what she thinks.

I was totally won over. Let’s all wish Jamie Dantzscher well.

You can listen online or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

IT’S JAMIE DANTZSCHER YOU GUYS

Morgan, Yile, Angelina – episode 9

Morgan comes back from winning American Cup 2020 to see Delaware under lockdown and her gym closed; Yile and the Chinese gymnastics team continue training in isolation under the lockdown; And Angelina is having trouble focusing on her training in the light of competitions being cancelled.

Click PLAY or watch the #9 & #10 trailer on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/olympicchannel/status/1254002324932042753

Watch episode 9 on The Olympic Channel. (10min)

Subtitles in many languages.

Stacey Umeh interviews Georgia Godwin

Stacey Umeh is one of the top choreographers in the world.

Stacey recently launched an attractive new website called Parallel Universe. And a Facebook page.

Also a new home studio where she’s recording one podcast a month, to start.

Episode #2 is a long, entertaining and uplifting interview with Aussie qualified 2020 Olympian Georgia Godwin.  Turns out I knew very little about this Georgia.

Listen to it online here.

Individual apparatus Olympic qualification

Now that the 2020 Olympics are postponed to the following year, here’s how gymnasts can qualify as individuals.

Only the TOP ranked gymnast on each apparatus wins an Olympic berth.

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