the reality of being a gymnast, a talk with nia dennis [video]

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emma chamberlain

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🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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[video available on spotify] i've always been fascinated by highly competitive athletes, but i haven't had the chance to talk to many until today. so that’s why i'm excited to present to you the incredibly talented gymnast, nia dennis. you might recognize her from her viral collegiate floor routine (link below) or her stunning performance at the met gala. today, we’re gonna chat about what it takes to become a professional athlete, her perseverance after a serious injury that shattered her olympic dreams, and her pivot to fashion and working with stella mccartney. let’s welcome the talented and awesome nia dennis. nia's viral floor routine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYZ4GvoZih8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	As some of you may know, I was a cheerleader.
0:05.0	Okay, whatever. I was a cheerleader, a competitive cheerleader.
0:10.0	But before that, I was a gymnast. And I liked gymnastics.
0:15.5	I wasn't great.
0:16.8	It was kind of an intense environment.
0:18.5	I didn't last very long there.
0:20.9	However, I did pivot to competitive cheerleading.
0:23.4	And competitive cheerleading has some similarities to gymnastics.
0:27.0	And so I've always loved the sport.
0:31.0	You know, I don't have it in me to be, I think, like a really competitive high-level
0:37.9	athlete. Like that was never in my DNA. Did I want it to be in my DNA? Yes. I just did not have it in me and I've always been so fascinated by athletes who do make it there because for me it was I don't want to say it was impossible but it kind of was impossible for me I don't think that
1:00.2	It's for everyone. I don't think everyone has it in them to be a high-level
1:06.7	athlete and so I've always been fascinated by by really highly competitive
1:12.3	athletes and I've not really gotten the chance to by really
1:14.1	gotten the chance to talk to many
1:15.8	until today.
1:17.3	Today I present to you,
1:19.8	Nia Dennis, an incredibly talented gymnast.
1:24.0	She went to UCLA for gymnastics.
1:26.0	One of her floor routines went super viral and got so much attention
1:30.0	from not only the internet internet but also celebrities just because of the
1:36.3	passion and there was just something so magical about her performance and so she
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