Nastia Liukin: A Fall, Not a Fail

The Squeeze

Taylor Lautner

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4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Olympic champion Nastia Liukin joins the Lautners to discuss rebuilding yourself after success at a young age and the pressure that comes with competing at the highest level of a sport centered around perfection. Despite being gymnasts themselves, Nastia’s parents tried everything to keep her away from the sport, but her passion and talent were undeniable. Nastia talks about the effects of achieving her “life-long” dream at age 18 and the years trying to find her identity following her “retirement”. She speaks to her 2007 injury and the toll it took on her confidence, as well as falling on her face—a fall she calls the defining moment of her career, and a fall that earned her a standing ovation for the first time. Nastia also discusses her time on Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, and talks about the Nastia Liukin Cup, an annual competition offering gymnasts an opportunity to be mentored and to feel proud of their accomplishments—a joy Nastia says shouldn’t be reserved for just the 5 girls on the Olympic team. Be sure to follow Nastia @nastialiukin and check out nastialiukincup.com Thanks to our awesome sponsor for making this episode possible: Babbel — Go to babbel.com/thesqueeze to get up to 60% off your subscription To email us your questions or share your story, you can reach out to [email protected]. Be sure to rate, review, and follow the podcast so you don't miss an episode! Plus, follow us on Instagram, @thesqueeze and personally @taylautner and @taylorlautner. To learn more from The Lemons Foundation, follow @lemonsbytay on Instagram and visit lemonsbytay.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When life gives you lemons, what do you do with them?
0:07.0	Over here at the Squeeze, we talk about it.
0:13.0	Hello everyone.
0:20.0	Hello everyone. Hello everyone.
0:22.0	Hello from me, Tae, and Ram, come here. Yeah, can you say hello
0:27.7	everyone? Anyways. Anyways, how's your Wednesday going? It's going. Yeah? It's going. It's going. We're just busy chugging along freaking pumping out these podcasts man. Yeah. I've been loving it. Yeah. I've been loving it. Yeah. I hope you guys listening are loving it as much as we've been loving it. I hope you guys listening are loving it as much as we've been
0:44.4	loving it because we have selfishly we are having the time of our lives over here
0:48.8	free therapy meeting some awesome people learning some stories.
0:53.0	Taylor's just kissing the dog over there, don't worry.
0:56.0	And then every now and then we get to talk to somebody that I've been a fan of
1:01.0	for a long time. Yeah. And today is one of those days. Yeah. Today we talk with,
1:11.5	my gosh, I don't have her accolades in front of me but gold medalist all around
1:18.3	Olympic champion Nastia Lucan. I remember watching her in 2008 when I was 16 years old. I was a fan of her then and I'm still a fan of her now and it was super cool to have her on the show and just talk about
1:40.5	you know the Olympics being an athlete at that level and just what comes with that
1:45.8	the trials and tribulations whether it's injury or whatever.
1:53.0	Also just like the world of gymnastics.
1:56.0	Yeah.
1:57.0	The world of gymnastics is insane.
2:01.0	Yeah.
2:02.0	It's just so many things you never think of how young they are,
2:05.0	just the perfection that comes along with being a gymnast.
2:10.0	Yeah.
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