Shawn and Nastia: From Feud to Friendship (Commissioned)
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
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🗓️ 11 June 2019
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
This week's episode has been commissioned by Brad, who commissioned this very special edition of GymCastic as a surprise gift for his girlfriend Tricia. We present...Shawn and Nastia: From Feud to Friendship.
- All the makings of a classic rivalry—the preordained champion with OLYMPIC DNA LEGACY OMG, versus the little upstart from Iowa corn-fed-doo-dee-doo who just bounced along bouncily
- The context of the new open-ended code and the BATTLE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SPORT
- Who ultimately won that battle?
- The narrative of Nastia as "form" and Shawn as "power"—the aspects in which that holds up, and the aspects in which it definitely doesn't. Enough time has passed that we can get real about some of these skills.
- "Nastia won the 2008 all-around because the Olympic judges loved her international look." We dive into that garbage barge and burn it from the inside.
- The fan feud: Team Nastia or Team Shawn. You must pick a side.
- The culture war imposed on Shawn and Nastia. The "all-American girl next door" versus "the foreigner" and how that influenced THE FEUD.
- And then Jessica officially pops off about the constant adjudication of whether prominent women are "best friends" or in a "catfight." (Psychology Today)
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| 0:00.0 | Remember the show is PG-13, so you might hear a naughty word or two. |
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| 0:10.0 | Go to Hello Fresh.com forward slash Gymcastic 80 and Enterco Gymcastic 80 at |
| 0:15.7 | checkout. Today they represented the battle for the future of the sport as the world grieved for the unceremonious |
| 0:26.7 | death of the ten two heroes emerged one with a big e and the other a huge D. |
| 0:33.0 | The immigrant princess born to inherit her parents destiny, |
| 0:38.0 | the Chinese coaching powered all-American girl |
| 0:42.0 | pitted against each other in these simple terms |
| 0:45.2 | their humanity ignored for the sake of a riveting sports headline. They really |
| 0:51.1 | couldn't stand each other. |
| 0:53.0 | It all turned out to be true. |
| 0:54.6 | Or was it? |
| 0:56.2 | How did they go from rivals to roommates? |
| 0:59.0 | Did they really hate each other or was it something else? |
| 1:02.3 | We'll tell you everything in this week's episode |
| 1:05.3 | Sean and Nastia from feud to friendship. This is episode, 367 for June 12th, 2019. And welcome to the number one |
| 1:18.0 | gymnastics podcast in the galaxy. I'm Jessica and I'm here with Spencer |
| 1:22.4 | from the balance beam situation this week the |
| 1:25.8 | episode has been commissioned by club gym nerd member Brad he commissioned this |
| 1:30.3 | episode as a surprise gift for his girlfriend Tricia. Yes Tricia if that's |
| 1:35.6 | you and your boyfriend's name of Brad this is you because relationship goals. |
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