312: 4th Is the New 1st (Commissioned)
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🗓️ 4 July 2018
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
This week, we have a special episode commissioned by Club Gym Nerd member Queen Heather, who requested an episode all about memorable gymnasts and teams who finished 4th!
- Part 1: The official induction of the inaugural class of the 4th Place Hall of Fame, recognizing their lifetime achievement in the 4th place arts.
- Aly Raisman and the London tiebreak
- Yelena Produnova and the travesty of the 1999 vault final, where Prod finished behind Olaru and Amanar.
- Shang Chunsong, Anna Pavlova, Vanessa Ferrari, Beth Tweddle, and Eva Bosakova
- Part 2: 4th place heartbreaks
- Dominique Dawes and her 1993 vault (and 1994)
- Jordyn Wieber
- Jade Barbosa's 2011 vault final ankle-tastrophe
- Part 3: When 4th place is awesome
- The Japanese women's team in 2016
- That time Sacramone got 4th. In the ALL-AROUND.
- Part 4: 4th place debates
- The 2008 Olympic vault final–Sacramone v. Cheng
- The 2000 Olympic floor final–Justice for Moya
- Part 5: 4th place men
- Kyle Shewfelt and the 2004 vault final debacle
- The 2012 men's team final and Kohei's phantom handstand
- Part 6: A round of 4th place trivia, some fun 4th place factoids, and an important discussion about what award should be given to those who finish 4th.Â
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| 0:00.0 | Remember the show is PG-13 so you might hear a naughty word or two. |
| 0:04.1 | I think Sacramento would still beat each other up but then they would like have a good laugh |
| 0:08.5 | and get drunk together afterwards. |
| 0:10.0 | I think that could happen. |
| 0:13.0 | Yeah, that needs to happen. |
| 0:14.0 | Note. |
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| 0:26.7 | Today is a special commissioned episode all about the most memorable |
| 0:31.0 | heartbreaking and triumphant fourth place finishes of all time. |
| 0:36.3 | This is episode 311 for July 4th, 2018. |
| 0:40.6 | Happy Independence Day. Happy End of Tyranny, Happy Revolution from Tyranny, |
| 0:48.0 | Important things to remember during these difficult times. |
| 0:52.0 | Welcome to the number one gymnastics podcast in the world. |
| 0:55.0 | I'm Jessica and I'm here with Spencer from The Balance Theme situation and this episode has been commissioned |
| 1:00.2 | by club gym nerd member Queen Heather who requested an episode about |
| 1:04.8 | memorable gymnasts and teams who placed fourth. She said I want to give some |
| 1:09.3 | special love to the gymnast who were amazing but didn't get the medals to show it during |
| 1:15.3 | specific competitions and if your list does not include Elena Progenova |
| 1:19.8 | you're doing it wrong. I wholeheartedly agree, Queen Heather. |
| 1:25.0 | That's the Jessica motto. You have that on like a mug or something. |
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