Olympic Gymnast Jordan Chiles Is That Girl

The Run-Through with Vogue

Vogue

Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.2 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Two-time Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles joins Chloe and Vogue’s Leah Faye Cooper to talk all things Olympics. From the secret of doing gymnastics with long nails, to fashion at the Olympic Village, to this sneakerhead’s current favorite pair of shoes (Nike Dunks bedazzled with Swarovski crystals). Plus, Chiles shares the behind-the-scenes story of creating her bespoke Beyonce Renaissance World Tour-inspired leotards.

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0:00.0	This is the run-through. I'm Chloe Mel.
0:07.8	And I'm Choma Nardi.
0:09.2	And Choma, we are back together again after several weeks apart.
0:14.1	I've missed you.
0:15.6	I've missed you deeply. I'm thrilled to be here.
0:18.9	We have an amazing show today.
0:20.8	We have the fabulous Olympic gymnast, Olympic gold medal winning gymnast, Jordan Childs.
0:27.0	Wow.
0:27.6	I spoke to her with Vogue's digital style director, Leah Faye Cooper, who is at the Olympics as we speak.
0:35.4	I ran into her on a bridge in Paris for the opening ceremony.
0:39.8	Oh, my God.
0:40.5	Were you both in ponchos?
0:41.7	We were both in ponchos.
0:43.8	Wait, tell me everything about the opening ceremony.
0:45.9	What was it like actually being there?
0:48.1	What was the security like?
0:49.7	Like, what were the logistics?
0:51.0	Where were you physically?
0:52.4	How much could you see?
0:54.1	I arrived into Paris at a moment
0:57.1	when they just had arson attacks on the train tracks. So my train, which was kind of due to
1:04.1	arrive, maybe I think around four, arrived much closer to the opening ceremony start time. So it was a bit of a mad dash because I arrived, literally dropped my bags at the hotel,
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