What Next: Olympic Gymnastics is Back. But Is It Better?

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🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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How physical and emotional abuse from coaches still persists in American gymnastics. Guest: Molly Henseley Clancy, sports writer for the Washington Post. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther. Public.com+Public Investing: All investing involves risk. Brokerage services for US listed securities, options and bonds in a self-directed brokerage account are offered by Public Investing, member FINRA & SIPC. Not investment advice. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank.Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1828849), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC. . See public.com/#disclosures-main for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So Molly, you're a sports investigation's reporter, but I imagine you're also a sports
0:11.2	fan.
0:12.2	When you tune into the Olympics coverage over the I imagine you're also a sports fan.
0:12.8	When you tune into the Olympics coverage over the next two weeks,
0:16.4	what are you most excited to see?
0:18.5	Oh gosh, I mean, I think the obvious answer is Simone Biles.
0:23.0	I think they're glad to be here watching.
0:29.0	Here is Simone Biles.
0:32.0	Molly Hensley Clancy writes about sports for the Washington Post.
0:36.0	And right now she's writing about gymnastics, which had its Olympic qualifiers over the weekend.
0:42.0	The women's team final happens to the its Olympic qualifiers over the weekend.
0:42.6	The women's team final happens today.
0:45.2	She looks assertive, saying, aggressive,
0:48.6	which is saying something on a four inch wide balance
0:51.4	mean, but she just looks like she's on a mission really here.
0:54.0	You know, I actually wasn't a gymnastics fan until I started doing this story and I've just become so fascinated with it. I feel like I've gained this understanding of how
1:04.6	incredibly difficult this sport is.
1:07.0	Hello! Glad to see us Simone Bios.
1:11.0	Gotta be a high number right? It is 14-7.3. A lot of the media coverage of USA Gymnastics
1:19.6	has highlighted the triumphant and inspiring return of Simone Biles.
1:25.8	And she has a story of course.
1:27.4	She pulled out of a lot of her events back in Tokyo in 2021 prioritizing her mental health.
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