She Was Robbed: Gymnastics' Biggest Medal Thefts
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
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🗓️ 6 June 2023
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
SHE WAS ROBBED!
Today, we take on the most dramatic, heinous, unforgettable robberies in gymnastics history and declare who really should have won that gold (or bronze).
- The 1992 Olympic All-Around: Was Shannon robbed???
- The 1988 Olympic All-Around: Was Silivas robbed???
- Un-American Heresy: We reassess the 1984 Olympic final and 2011 worlds all-around
- By Why Would I Be Second? We bring in the CSI team to pick apart the 2008 Olympic bars final, with shocking results
- Not Guilty: We take on a famous Olympic controversy in which there is actually no hint of robbery anywhere
- Deep Cuts: The 1996 vault final, the 1997 beam final, the 1980 beam final, and other moments we feel too strongly about
- Pickpockets and Pirates: Robbery through tie breaks, decimals, and other things out of the judges hands
- Bronze Is Still a Precious Medal: The 2004 all-around, the 2008 Olympic vault final, and other painful bronze results
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| 0:00.0 | Norbert's is having a sale on climbing ropes and they are 10% off in June. |
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| 0:21.7 | Good luck. |
| 0:22.7 | It's like the judges went to a three Michelin star restaurant and then they went to Burger King |
| 0:28.3 | and they voted for Burger King. |
| 0:29.9 | Like that's what the 1997 world beam final is. |
| 0:35.2 | Remember the show is PG-13 so you might hear a naughty word or two. |
| 0:41.1 | She was robbed. |
| 0:44.4 | From the all around gold to fake controversies to broken ties and the deepest deep cuts |
| 0:51.0 | all the way back to the 1980 Olympic beam final, it's our who was robbed episode just |
| 0:58.4 | about robberies. |
| 0:59.7 | This is the 21st episode for 2023 is June 5th. |
| 1:04.6 | Welcome to summertime. |
| 1:06.5 | This is the number one gymnastics podcast in the galaxy. |
| 1:09.3 | I'm Jessica and I'm here with Spencer from the balance beam situation. |
| 1:12.5 | And Spencer, please set the scene. |
| 1:15.0 | Yes, today we have to work through the most dramatic heinous horrifying robberies in the |
| 1:25.7 | history of gymnastics. |
| 1:28.0 | These are people. |
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