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Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

From Paris: NBC gymnastics analyst Laurie Hernandez

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Audacy

News, Sports News, Sports

4.5757 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Episode 417 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features NBC gymnastics analyst Laurie Hernandez, who has been featured on the live coverage of the event on NBC and Peacock. In this podcast, Hernandez discusses how she approaches explaining gymnastics in layperson terms; what she looks for on each apparatus; her preparation to call the competition; why Simone Biles is the best of all-time from an Olympian’s perspective; where she is located during the competition; her interest in staying in broadcasting, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

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0:28.7

welcome to the sports media podcast.

0:41.9

I'm your host, Richard Deich.

0:42.7

My producer is Patrick Antonetti.

0:44.5

One guest this week, but if you have been watching the Olympics from Paris, you are well aware of this woman.

0:50.8

Lori Hernandez is a gymnastics analyst for NBC Sports.

0:54.6

She's been on the live coverage of gymnastics if you've been watching Peacock,

0:58.8

which, you know, obviously given what I do for the athletic, I am, I have pretty much,

1:03.2

I'm pretty much married to Peacock basically for this month.

1:05.7

This is her second Olympics assignment with NBC Universal.

1:09.5

She debuted in Tokyo. Obviously, if you're a gymnastics

1:13.5

fan, you know Lori is an incredibly accomplished gymnast. She won a gold medal at the 2016.

1:18.2

Rio Olympics as part of the team competition and then a silver medal on the balance beam in Rio.

1:24.5

She is kind enough to join us from Paris. It's our first guest from Paris. I think we might

1:30.2

have Molly Solomon or somebody like that down the road. But welcome, Lori Hernandez. Thank you so much

1:35.9

for having me. I'm so excited to chat with you and thank you for the introduction. It's very

1:41.1

kind. You got it. Okay. So let's start here.

1:50.4

One of the things that's really interesting to me is like the challenge of translating the world of gymnastics to a mass audience, to an audience that doesn't watch gymnastics,

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