Alison Gibson - USA Olympic diver on 2024 Olympics, coming out of retirement, finding her identity in Christ
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5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Alison Gibson is a former NCAA diving champion and four-time All-American diver at the University of Texas. In 2020, she qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the women's synchronized 3 meter springboard with partner Krysta Palmer.
She is currently training for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Alison Gibson about her journey with Christ, being judged as a sport, finding her identity in Christ, her definition of success and the decision to come out of retirement to continue her Olympic dream.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, coming up, Olympic diver Allison Gibson joins us here on Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:06.0 | How about training all your life for the Olympics, achieving that dream, not performing |
| 0:12.1 | up to your standards, not meddling, retiring, and then seeing God saying, you know what, |
| 0:17.7 | I want you back training in 2024 on the horizon for Allison Gibson |
| 0:22.9 | to make it back to the Summer Olympics in Paris. |
| 0:26.4 | This is a fantastic story. |
| 0:28.8 | It's coming up in just a moment here on Sports Spectrum. |
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