How Did You Become An All-Around Legend? with Jordan Chiles

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

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Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week’s episode is a gymnastics EVENT! Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles joins Jonathan to discuss how she’s taking the sport to new heights at both the elite and collegiate levels, why she doesn’t take any wins for granted, and who’s on her playlist heading into competition days. Whether you’re a gymnastics newbie or an elite level fan like Jonathan, this one’s a winner. One note is that we recorded this episode just before Jordan qualified for the 2022 World Gymnastics Championships. Make sure to check out the competition before it ends on November 6! Jordan Chiles is a globally-recognized, nationally-ranked gymnast and Olympic silver medalist. With legendary basketball star Michael Jordan as her namesake, Chiles’ trajectory has, fittingly, been driven by athletic excellence. Her breakout performance at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games catapulted the athlete to a global stage. Chiles currently resides in Los Angeles and attends UCLA. You can follow Jordan on Instagram @jordanchiles, on Twitter @ChilesJordan, and on TikTok @JordanChiles. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Our executive producer is Erica Getto. Our associate producer is Zahra Crim. Our editor is Andrew Carson. Our theme music is “Freak” by QUIÑ; for more, head to TheQuinCat.com.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Getting Curious, I'm Jonathan Van Ness, and every week I sit down for a gorgeous conversation with a burrillian expert to learn all about something that makes me curious.
0:09.0	On today's episode, I'm joined by Jordan Childs, where I ask her, how did you become an all-around legend?
0:17.0	I love your dope a much!
0:19.0	Hey!
0:20.0	Oh my god, welcome to Getting Curious, you guys!
0:22.0	If you're like, driving or like moving, and you have not had a chance to read this episode description,
0:27.0	and you don't know who we're interviewing yet, fucking pullover, and sit the fuck down!
0:32.0	Cause we have one of the most iconic guests on Getting Fucking Curious of all time, literally, Olympic Silver Fucking Madalyska out of our face, Jordan Childs!
0:42.0	How are you, Jordan?
0:44.0	I am amazing right now, I'm literally over here, like, in awe, I'm fangirling myself, because first off, Kudos to you, Javian, honestly.
0:54.0	Literally, you're everywhere, every single time I go down, and rodeo, and on a stuff, I'm like, oh my gosh, you're just succeeding in everything, but thank you so much for having me, I'm really excited!
1:04.0	Jordan, I am so obsessed with you, can I tell you the moment that I fell in love with you, are you ready?
1:09.0	Okay, I'm ready.
1:10.0	I'm pretty sure it was 2017, and you are doing a wolf turn on beam, and you turned this wolf turn into a literal triple pirouette.
1:19.0	You guys, first of all, wolf turn is like a really hard, it's basically like a squat on one leg with like a other straight leg, and you gotta like whip your little body around, and it's really hard.
1:29.0	Like, in the Google wolf turn, if you don't know what it is.
1:32.0	But, what was that? What competition was that? Do you remember?
1:35.0	Yeah, so that was back in 2017, you're totally right, it was during championships, and to tell you the truth, the only reason why I kept going was because the crowd.
1:46.0	They were hyping it up to where I was like, oh my gosh, I'm so going, like what's going on.
1:50.0	And then I realized what I did, and you know, it's an anniversary every year, but I love it.
1:55.0	I am, that was so major, have you ever done a triple pirouette on beam, like on her best?
2:01.0	No, after that, my coach was like, hey, like we should kind of try it to get a name back to you, and I was like, yeah, but it's like, it's hard to keep it consistent.
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