Hey there, I'm Steven Dubner, and this is a Freakonomics Radio Extra, our full interview

with Sean Johnson, who's been appearing in our Hidden Side of Sports series.

Johnson won a gold medal on the balance beam in the 2008 Olympics, as well as silver

medals in the floor, all-around, and team competitions.

This interview was conducted by Freakonomics radio producer Harry Huggins.

Johnson was incredibly candid about the path to becoming an elite athlete and her conflicted

feelings for the sport that changed her life.

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I hope you enjoyed this conversation with Sean Johnson, and thanks for listening.

So first off, can you just say your name and what you do?

And I don't know if you go, do you, have you started going professionally by a Sean

East, or are you still trying to work that out?

I still trying to work it out, but I think more so, Sean Johnson professionally.

And then Sean East on the side.

And I was a former professional Olympic gymnast now turned, I guess, entrepreneur slash social

media influencers.

That's the right word.

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