282. Joscelyn Roberson: Bars, Beams & Olympic Dreams
The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly
Sport & Story
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Joscelyn Roberson’s journey to the Olympic stage is anything but ordinary. Told she was too small for other sports, she found her place in gymnastics at just three years old and never looked back. In this episode, Joscelyn shares how her relentless drive took her from Texarkana to training alongside Simone Biles, the injury that nearly derailed her Olympic dreams, and the mental battle she had to overcome to earn her spot on Team USA. Now competing for Arkansas, she reflects on the transition to college gymnastics, keeping her elite status, and what’s next for her career.
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| 0:00.0 | I was so proud of myself. No matter what happened, I was proud of myself for continuing to do gymnastics. |
| 0:09.5 | Because I almost was like, okay, just forget this whole year. We'll start over. Go to Worlds, all that. |
| 0:15.4 | Like, I was, in February, I was ready to just already be done because I didn't want to try and fail and be upset that I could have done more. |
| 0:26.1 | At Worlds, I knew I wasn't going to be able to just get back. |
| 0:30.0 | I knew I was going to have to be back and be better. |
| 0:32.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:32.9 | And I didn't know if that was possible. |
| 0:35.1 | So finishing that routine, it was like like I got back and I got better. |
| 0:40.8 | And so knowing I was able to do that with the injury I had, it just made me so proud of myself |
| 0:47.3 | and such a relief that now, like, all of my hard work really did pay off. |
| 1:09.7 | Welcome into the hog pot. I'm Bo Mattingly, and this episode is made possible by Calapary, |
| 1:10.8 | Razors Edge, |
| 1:13.5 | a new series from Vice TV. |
| 1:17.7 | Support for the Hog Pod comes from South by Northwest Hospitality. |
| 1:30.3 | Jocelyn Robertson is among the elite gymnast in the world. Huge! |
| 1:32.3 | I love it. |
| 1:33.3 | I love it. |
| 1:34.3 | The crowd loves it. |
| 1:35.3 | That was great. |
| 1:37.3 | But finding her calling in the sport came a bit unconventionally. |
| 1:41.3 | I asked her when I was three to play T-ball and my dad said no, that I would never play any |
| 1:47.0 | sport because I was too little. |
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