Meet an Olympian! Special Guest Dominique Dawes 🏅

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🗓️ 16 October 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Ten News Gets Extra: 🤸🏾‍♀️ Get the scoop on what it is like to be an Olympic medalist in U.S. Women's gymnastics. 🏅Correspondent Kenny Curtis talks with Olympic champion Dominique Dawes about her experience and her advice for young athletes and their families.💖 Listen in as she shares her thoughts on Simone Biles and why she was motivated to start her own gymnastic academy. 💯 And test your gymnastic judging knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 📧 Email us your curious facts, funny stories, and eye rolling jokes at: hello@thetennews.com 🎇 Follow the show on Instagram 🌍 Check out our website for sources and transcripts of today's episode! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Gorgeous form, artistry, execution, the difficulty.
0:06.0	What is four inches wide, sits four feet off the ground, and makes world champions every four years?
0:14.0	A balance beam.
0:16.0	The most anticipated event of the games.
0:19.0	Today we are flipping out over the exciting sport of gymnastics.
0:23.3	Big combination right here, three elements in a row.
0:26.6	I'm Bethany Van Delft. It's Saturday, October 16th, and this is the 10 News Gets Extra.
0:35.6	Perfect.
0:38.2	10. 9, 7, 6. 5.4. 10. 9, 8, 7, 6.
0:40.5	5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
0:45.7	Did you watch the Olympic Games this summer?
0:48.6	We did.
0:49.8	Between the strength and composure of the female gymnast and Simone Bile speaking out about mental health, we were blown away.
0:58.9	Our sports correspondent, Kenny Curtis, recently caught up with Olympic medalist Dominic Dawes,
1:04.8	someone who's been on the world stage and now works with up-and-coming female athletes to talk about what it's like to be a young girl in the biggest gymnastics competition.
1:15.9	Welcome back to the 10 News. I'm Kenny Curtis. We are usually talking sports and all things, you know, football, baseballish, but our sports are taking a very different turn or perhaps a tumble, maybe a twist, a flip,
1:29.8	whatever, because we have Dominique Dawes with us, the Olympic champion, Dominique Dawes.
1:35.2	How are you?
1:35.9	I am great.
1:37.3	So, been to the Olympics three times, you know, and you were part of the Magnificent Seven in
1:43.8	1996 in Atlanta. Do people still call you awesome, and you were part of the Magnificent Seven in 1996 in Atlanta. Do people still call
1:47.1	you Awesome Dossom? Because that is a great nickname, by the way. It is a pretty cool nickname.
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