#ICYMI - Gymnastics: Leap, Bounce & Balance

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🗓️ 5 October 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Chuck Nice and Garry O’Reilly vault into the world of competitive gymnastics with the help of two former Olympic gymnasts: Dr. Phil Cheetham, Senior Sport Technologist for the US Olympic Committee, and 2008 Silver Medalist Samantha Peszek. Don’t miss an episode of Playing with Science. Subscribe to our channels on: TuneIn: tunein.com/playingwithscience Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-with-science/id1198280360 GooglePlay Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iimke5bwpoh2nb25swchmw6kzjq SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/startalk_playing-with-science Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/startalk/playing-with-science NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/gymnastics-leap-bounce-and-balance/

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0:00.0	I'm Gary O'Reilly.
0:10.9	And I'm Chuck Knight.
0:12.0	And this is playing with science.
0:15.3	Today we leap, we fly, we bounce, we balance, we spin, some assault and twist.
0:21.6	And all with the breath taking grace and elegance in the pursuit of a perfect ten.
0:26.8	Oh yeah.
0:27.6	And who better to guide us through the beam bars, floor and vault than Samantha Pesick
0:33.2	of a 2008 US women's Olympic team, which by the way, took home the silver that year.
0:40.0	Yeah, not bad, not bad, not bad at all.
0:43.3	And dropping the science on us is none other than our good friend Dr. Phil Cheaton from
0:48.4	the US Olympic Center in Chula Vista, California and himself a two-time Olympic gymnast.
0:55.8	A member of the Australian Olympic team in 76 and 1980.
1:00.8	Three times, not once, not twice, three times national Australian all-round gymnastics
1:06.2	championship, champion rather, and 20 national titles in individual events alone.
1:12.0	Yeah, he's the right guy to talk to.
1:14.2	I think he might just be.
1:15.6	Dr. Phil Cheaton, how are you, sir?
1:18.5	Good morning, I'm very well, thank you.
1:20.5	Awesome, awesome.
1:22.2	So gymnastics, first of all, you were gymnast, right?
1:25.7	Is that the case?
1:27.6	That is true, yes.
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