Olympic Trials Preview: The Case for Every Athlete

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🗓️ 20 June 2021

⏱️ 109 minutes

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OLYMPIC TRIALS PREVIEW

The Favorites
- Simone Biles and the biggest question we have about her heading into trials
- Sunisa Lee and Jordan Chiles
  - Who gets the second automatic team spot?
  - What does each need to do to confirm her presumed spot on the team?
- Jade Carey
  - She "has every intention" of taking her individual spot. So, good. Right?
The Contenders
- From Wong to McCusker to McCallum to DiCello to Skinner and more, we make the Olympic team case for (and against—Spencer's part) every single athlete heading into Olympic Trials
- We grapple with questions like, can Leanne Wong hit consistently enough to get herself on the team? Would you feel comfortable putting Riley McCusker on the same team as Sunisa Lee? Can Grace McCallum return to her peak level in time?
Men's Preview
- Kensley brings the TWIST with her picks for the two most likely men to get automatic spots on the Olympic team
- Is there any denying the top 3 favorites?
- What does Shane Wiskus have to do to get himself on the team?
- Is this finally the time that Allan Bower breaks his alternate streak?
- Won't somebody please think of Akash Modi????
- Favorites for the +1 spot, including Stephen Nedoroscik, Alec Yoder, Eddie Penev, and Alex Diab, and why that race is the one we're most excited to watch
MEET UP AT TRIALS:
- Where: https://www.360-stl.com/ top of the Hilton .
- When: Saturday 26th (opens at 4pm) head over after MAG night two. Jessica will be there by 6-ish she hopes.

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0:00.0	She is the only currently competing elite gymnast
0:03.2	we've ever known to be suing a coach and still competing.
0:08.2	You know, the people that are on the streets
0:09.6	and are like, you know, kneeling at protests
0:11.8	that going out there and saying something social media,
0:13.7	but also have to recognize the people
0:15.3	who are like the quiet warriors of the system.
0:18.9	And the fact that she has had to go through
0:20.9	the safe sport process, litigation,
0:23.4	it's a lot to deal with.
0:25.7	And the fact that she's gotten here
0:27.3	and has made it to Olympic trials
0:29.8	is like absolutely miraculous.
0:31.8	And I just want to like acknowledge her tip
0:34.3	of the cowboy hat to you.
0:36.0	Remember, the show is PG 13.
0:38.1	So you might hear a naughty word or two.
0:40.9	Today are Olympic trials preview
0:44.4	where we will argue for every athlete
0:47.4	who has spilled their blood soul and guts for this moment.
0:52.0	This is the week before Olympic trials.
0:54.1	The week we've been waiting a whole extra year
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