Real Sports - Inside Women's Gymnastics (Part 1)

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Dominique Moceanu, Jennifer Sey and Chellsie Memmel speak about elite gymnastics.

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They changed the ... ( 2 months ago by jonindude)

They changed the teams from 7 to six gymnasts because of the addition of trampoline in 2000. That allowed countries to keep within their quotas.

Moceanu obviously ... ( 2 months ago by jonindude)

Moceanu obviously doesn't think the ends justified the means.

First off, the "new ... ( 2 months ago by dickclarkfan1)

First off, the "new" generation knows what they are getting into. The dark side of the sport has been exposed for some time now.
Dominique Moceanu was great at what she did, but I can't condone her for what she is saying here. She knew what she was getting into when she started in the sport. Her parents were gymnasts for pete's sake!

dickhd;so you think ... ( 2 months ago by couar351)

dickhd;so you think at the age of 5 to 14 are mature enough to be rational in their thinking?at that age they know what they are getting into?at the age of eighteen i bet you didnt even know where you were headed...let alone under your parents care

Yes I do quite ... ( 2 months ago by dickclarkfan1)

Yes I do quite frankly. You would be shocked at how much a child actually knows. It is true that the parents pulls most of the strings when kids are young. But when you're around 10 or 11 years old, you pretty much know if gymnastics is what you want to do with your life.

The teddy bear ... ( 2 months ago by jeyzi)

The teddy bear incident is not uncommon. The 2001 US world team did it, too.
A lot of these gymnastics are only eating 900 calories a day. Regardless of what sport your in (or if your not even in a sport), that's NOT OKAY. Not eating enough can weaken your bones, which as a gymnast, you want to make sure stay as strong as possible.

Yea, and let's not ... ( 2 months ago by Lyssenk0)

Yea, and let's not forget that there's a huge power differential between adults and children. We can't expect them to think and behave like we as adults do.

I wonder if she ... ( 2 months ago by Lyssenk0)

I wonder if she would feel that way had she not fucked up in the team finals, all around, and beam final in Atlanta.
And why did she make an elite come back in 00 and 06?

I heard from a ... ( 2 months ago by Lyssenk0)

I heard from a former girlfriend of Paul Hamm with whom I went to college in Wisconsin that people also smuggled vending machine food into the hotel rooms of the 03 World team because Marta wasn't feeding them.

That's true too, ... ( 2 months ago by dickclarkfan1)

That's true too, unfortunately.

Okay why would you ... ( 2 months ago by gymnastshavemorefun)

Okay why would you even consider the fact that they are doing this to themselves, they are young people, how are we suppose to know that this is not right, that you are suppose to eat, and adults should not tell you these things are normal.

how do you know ... ( 2 months ago by dreamissbehaved)

how do you know what you're getting into at age 4/5?
also, her parents weren't "big" gymnasts. they were probably local level. but they promised themselves that thier first child would be a champion gymnasts (whether male or female). Perfect setting of stage parents.

i would not object ... ( 2 months ago by trashywilma)

i would not object to the hard training, njuries, and eating disorders if it pertained to grown football players, but these are children.
isn't self sacrifice to the point of physical and emotional pain a decision only adult minds should be making?

Wow! I didn't know ... ( 2 months ago by Athlete065)

Wow! I didn't know it was like that now a days! I thought it was just back then!

Her dad made the ... ( 1 month ago by jeyzi)

Her dad made the junior national team. That's a pretty good accomplishment in a major gymnastics country. I think her mom got to an elite level, but I don't have evidence of her making the national team.

I don't think ... ( 1 month ago by jeyzi)

I don't think eating disorders are good in any sport; gymnastics, football, etc.
The sad reality is that female artistic gymnasts very often perform their best when their around 14, which means a lot of hard training at a young age.

Dominique didn't ... ( 1 month ago by jeyzi)

Dominique didn't talk about the worst things that happened. She also claims Bela weighed her infront of the whole 2000 team and mocked her weight (she claimed she was 70 lbs them). He also yelled at Kim Zmeskal because of her weight and made her run outside with a sweater on in the summer. None of those gymnasts were big to begin with.

i honestly think it ... ( 1 month ago by lovejonas8624)

i honestly think it is different..i think if you look at shawn johnson..that is a different look at what elite and olympic gymnasts are like..but thats me..she has a life...and loves the sport..

donde esta ... ( 1 month ago by angellara78)

donde esta dominique??

Viva en Ohio con su ... ( 4 weeks ago by jeyzi)

Viva en Ohio con su esposa y una hija. Ahora estÃ¡ embarasada.
She lives in Ohio with her husband and her daughter. She is now pregnant.

the little girls in ... ( 2 weeks ago by GGTCGymnast)

the little girls in the beginning are amazing

i wish i were like ... ( 2 weeks ago by tatulover2120)

i wish i were like those little girls

yeah like i think ... ( 2 weeks ago by tatulover2120)

yeah like i think now that "Shawn Johnson" is the new gymnast coaches and other gymnast look up 2,i think coaches less focus on the "stick thin" gymnast and tell their gymnast to be more like muscle like Shawn johnson

It says here they " ... ( 2 days ago by mka800)

It says here they "shipped Dominique off to Houston." In her book it sounds like the family moved there - they didn't ship her off. Her little autobiography is pretty interesting, but then she wrote it before the 96 Olympics, so it's not like she was going to get into anything too controversial. Still it's a fun read with some great photos.

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