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Blind Landing

The Trifecta: How Simone, Suni, & Gabby Made History

Blind Landing

Ari Saperstein

Documentary, Sports, Society & Culture

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On May 18th 2024, the gymnastics world saw something that had never happened before: the return of three Olympic all-around champions. Host Ari Saperstein unpacks this historic story with producer Maddie Bender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.0

Hey everyone Ari here host of Blind Landing. I am sitting down with my producer Maddie Bender

0:37.0

Hey Ari. Hey Maddie how's it going? It's going pretty well. What am I going to learn about? Well that is the question because

0:44.8

well listeners Maddie has no idea what the topic of today's episode is and like

0:49.2

not in a fake podcast gimmick way. Truly I didn't tell you anything about what we're going to discuss

0:54.0

right? Yep that is correct only that you've been working on a new season of

0:58.6

blind landing this time about gymnastics and youie, are not a gymnastics journalist. No, I am not. Gymnastics is very much not in my wheelhouse. All I know about it really comes from taping the last blind landing special episode with you.

1:14.0

Okay well then to kick things off here, um, 2024 Summer Olympics, they're on the horizon, what do you know about them? I know they're happening this summer and

1:24.3

that gymnastics is involved I think. Is there anything you know about the Olympics

1:30.0

that you didn't just learn in the past 30 seconds. Nothing, nothing else.

1:34.4

Well, look, that's great, because Maddie, you're the one that's here to ask questions today,

1:38.0

so that's perfect.

1:39.2

Okay, the background for you to know is that the 2024 Olympics are happening in Paris and women's gymnastics which we cover a lot on this series it's often the most watched summer Olympic sport.

1:52.0

And within gymnastics, one of the biggest events is the individual all-around final.

1:59.8

And I know what that is from previous Blind Landing episodes so you have all four events we're

2:04.7

talking bars beam floor vault and then we're giving a medal to the single best

2:09.9

gymnast who does all four exactly you did so well, you've learned. I'm so proud of you.

2:16.3

Okay, so right now in the lead up to the Paris Olympics, there is something pretty big that's happened in gymnastics.

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