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Because, at that point, I could work, and my siblings helpedme clean the gym, and my mom...

Because, at that point, I could work, and my siblings helped
me clean the gym, and my mom worked
to pay for my gym fees

Full Transcript

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Because, at that point, I could work,
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and my siblings helped me clean the gym,
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and my mom worked to pay for my gym fees.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:49
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime, sport
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Movie Summary

Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts like Maggie Nichols.
So I only competed at the club level and a low club level at that. - Athlete A 00:05
So I only competed at the club level and a low club level at...
I told my parents I wanted to do gymnastics - Athlete A 00:05
I told my parents I wanted to do gymnastics
Flipping and twisting and flying. - Athlete A 00:04
Flipping and twisting and flying.
And I just... I wanted to be able to do that. - Athlete A 00:04
And I just... I wanted to be able to do that.
It was like my first love. I loved everything about it. - Athlete A 00:04
It was like my first love. I loved everything about it.
I was crazy. I look back now, - Athlete A 00:08
I was crazy. I look back now,
This is 15-year-old Jamie Dantzscher, - Athlete A 00:06
This is 15-year-old Jamie Dantzscher,
I trained with Beth and Steve Rybacki - Athlete A 00:08
I trained with Beth and Steve Rybacki
I went from training about 18 hours a week... - Athlete A 00:04
I went from training about 18 hours a week...
At that time, I was like, - Athlete A 00:07
At that time, I was like,
Anything they said it would take to get to the Olympics, - Athlete A 00:08
Anything they said it would take to get to the Olympics,
I mean, I had broken toes I competed on and trained on, - Athlete A 00:07
I mean, I had broken toes I competed on and trained on,
But yet, it was like every time I had an injury, I wasn't believed. - Athlete A 00:04
But yet, it was like every time I had an injury, I wasn'...
You can see Bela Karolyi back there. He seems to always be back there. - Athlete A 00:05
You can see Bela Karolyi back there. He seems to always be b...
And I remember getting weighed, - Athlete A 00:07
And I remember getting weighed,
Now we've got to figure out how to keep it off." - Athlete A 00:09
Now we've got to figure out how to keep it off."
It's still psychological for me, - Athlete A 00:05
It's still psychological for me,
Like I hate this sentence, but I actually, - Athlete A 00:05
Like I hate this sentence, but I actually,
So when I was, like, 13, that's when I qualified for elite gymnastics. - Athlete A 00:05
So when I was, like, 13, that's when I qualified for el...
And when I was 15, I finally made the national team. - Athlete A 00:05
And when I was 15, I finally made the national team.