Chari Hawkins | The Olympic Moment That Broke Her… And What Happened Next!
Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe
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🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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#947. Chari Hawkins lived every athlete’s dream by making it to the Olympics… and then had her hardest moment play out on the world stage.
We get into that viral Olympic moment, what it really felt like behind the scenes, and why she chose to keep competing when most people would’ve walked away.
But this goes way deeper—Chari opens up about the mental work it takes to not spiral, shares tools you can actually use in your own life, and what it really looks like to train both physically and mentally at that level.
We also talk about the decade-long grind to the heptathlon, the financial realities of being an athlete, and her next chapter—writing a memoir and a children’s book.
Emotional, eye-opening, and genuinely motivating—this one stays with you!
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| 0:27.7 | You're listening to Off the Vine with Caitlin Bristow. |
| 0:32.4 | Hey everybody. Welcome to Off the Vine podcast. I'm your host, Caitlin Bristow. And you know those |
| 0:36.9 | moments that you've worked for? |
| 0:39.4 | You've worked so hard for so long. It comes down to one shot and it doesn't go the way you planned. |
| 0:46.7 | Well, now imagine that happening at the Olympics on like the biggest platform with the entire world watching. |
| 0:52.4 | Today I'm sitting down with Shari Hawkins, |
| 0:55.0 | Team USA Olympian, and we're getting into what it takes to spend over a decade chasing something |
| 1:00.3 | like that and then what happens when it doesn't go according to plan. We'll show you the video. |
| 1:05.4 | I'm sure you saw it. It went viral on the internet. She's also just a force with mental health, physical health. I really |
| 1:13.0 | enjoyed my conversation with her and we just talk about all of her career moments and then we just |
| 1:18.0 | go into a couple different tangents that I just weren't in my notes, but I feel like that's when |
| 1:21.9 | the best conversations happen. So let's jump right into it and welcome to the podcast, Shari. |
| 1:26.7 | Like your hair is so like quaffed and long and beautiful and, like, perfectly parted. And do you know what I was literally going to say, though? I was telling my husband, I was like, she looks so good with ponytails. I feel like when I wear ponytails, I'm not satisfied. If I try with a ponytail, I can make it work. if, like, clip in a bunch of extensions and do the slick back. Like, I can make a pony pony. Mm-hmm. But this ain't pony. Mine's always the opposite of that. I'll put my hair up to, like, just get it out of the way while I'm doing, like, wearing my makeup off. And then I'm like, oh, my gosh, this looks so good. This is me tomorrow. |
| 2:16.4 | And then I try the next day. And it's disgusting. You're wrong. I was watching a clip of you. I love the clip of the Taylor Swift. I could do it with a broken heart. And it's like all the things of you. And your butt looked so chic. Oh, because I was crying. I didn't have time to try. Funny. Yeah. |
| 2:16.8 | I was, |
| 2:18.0 | Kate, |
| 2:18.4 | the thing about that is, |
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