150: Luke Carson

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🗓️ 27 May 2015

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Northern Irish stud and a man, literally filled with titanium, Luke Carson.

Northern Ireland's Luke Carson has become a symbol of strength and perseverance around the world. A veteran of six World Championships, he was poised to send Ireland to their second-ever Olympics before an injury forced him to water down his routines. He came back from two potentially career-ending injuries to compete again. Emma Bailey and Luke discussed:

You thought his leg was bad, wait until you hear about his birth defect and the awful procedure he must endure every six months! (See example video on the playlist below to fulfill your creepy curiosity)
The status of his injury almost one-year after the Commonwealth Games
The problems with metal rods and hot tubs
Coaching his pommel horse prodigy, Rhys Mcclenaghan and team at Rathgael Gymnastics Club
How he proposed to his girlfriend
How social media can fuel healthy competition between gymnasts
The both frightening and gratifying truth about funding and sponsor relationships
The future of gymnastics in Ireland

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0:00.0	And so I had to that has to be monitored every six months I need to go in and have a
0:04.5	calmer stuck on my foot. Which is horrible because you're not allowed any, you're not
0:11.0	allowed to go to sleep or anything for it like I did when I was a kid you when I was a kid you used to get knocked out for it but now I am not so it's like an in a night job so you have to stay awake the whole time.
0:20.0	Then they go down with tweezers as well
0:24.0	What armors down there and they take biopsies three biopsies so they tear three bits of skin off it
0:29.2	It's it's that's pretty bad. This week, why you shouldn't stay in a hot tub too long if you have a titanium rod instead of bone
0:40.1	marrow in your leg.
0:41.6	Ireland Luke Carson is here.
0:43.8	This is episode 150 for May 27, 2015.
0:47.8	I'm Jessica, and this is the best gymnastics podcast ever,
0:52.1	bringing you the most fascinating people from around the
0:55.1	Jim Ternet. It's the last week for our Shannon Miller book giveaway contest.
0:59.9	Your deadline is Monday June 1st. All you have to do is submit a picture or video of you doing your favorite
1:06.3	Shannon Miller pose. Tag us in it. Use the hashtag Miller Time Contest and you could win a copy of Shannon's book.
1:13.4	So Monday, June 21st, it could even just be your wrist, your toes.
1:18.2	You don't have to do back extension rolls on beam like Casey did, which is still the most awesome thing ever.
1:25.4	Before we get into this interview you should watch the hard way to success episode on
1:30.9	Luke. It's on our website or it's on our YouTube page along with the
1:34.7	playlist for this episode. The Hardwood success is the film that Emma and Luke
1:39.2	talk about in our interview and it will give you a visual understanding of the history of his injury,
1:45.8	his two serious injuries and how horrific it was.
1:48.8	I mean there's pictures of his actual, like the injury, the second injury when it happened and also of his x-rays.
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