We revisit the U.S. 2000 Olympic Trials where the selection committee's athlete rep REFUSED to certify the team and USAG announced the team anyway!
The 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials
This week, we have a group commission from Brianna, Stephanie, Atwood, Laura, Karla, and Emma, all about [deep breath] the collective nightmare that was the 2000 Olympic Trials. We discuss:
- The gymnasts: Elise Ray, Amy Chow, Kristen Maloney, Morgan White, Jamie Dantzscher, Vanessa Atler, Dominique Dawes, Alyssa Beckerman, Tasha Schwikert, Rachel Tidd, Jeanette Antolin, Amanda Stroud, Shannon Miller
- The breaking news that there actually was official selection criteria, and it was technically followed.
- The significance of 2000 Trials as the worst thing that has ever happened ever, the controversy of the selection process, the low point this represented in athlete-first commentary, and just…the Bela of it all
- Shannon's comeback
- What if Atler had been able to compete on the "new" vault?
- The way the commentators talk about Alyssa Beckerman
- The infamous Rybacki fluff piece
- DLO + Punch front
- Shannon's vault injury
- BEIGE DRAPES
- Steve Nunno's performance piece
- The Moceanu sadness forest
- Why they selected the team they did, and was it the right call?
RELATED EPISODES
- The History of Olympic Trials Controversies
- Shannon Miller Interview Part 1
- Shannon Miller Interview 2015 part 2
- Vanessa Atler
- Jamie Dantzscher Interview
- How to Stage a Gymnastics Protest
- Tokyo Olympics Recap
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