THIS WEEK'S INTERVIEW
Aimee Boorman, lifelong coach of 2016 Olympic Champion and bazillion time World Champion, Simone Biles; and Maggie Haney, coach of Olympic team gold and beam silver medalist, Laurie Hernandez, joined us to discuss their Olympic experience:
- Advice for other coaches on how to survive an Olympic year
- Why having a thigh gap is no good for gymnasts
- Culture changes at the national team camps that made the system work
- How camps are different under Valeri Liukin than they were under Martha Karolyi
- Standing up to Martha
- All the skills Simone could have had named after her if Aimee and Simone hadn't decided on the bubble wrap policy.
- How Riley McCusker got her Chinese bar dismount.
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