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I told my parents I wanted to do gymnastics
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I told my parentsI wanted to do gymnastics when I was three years old

I told my parents
I wanted to do gymnastics when I was three years old

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I told my parents I wanted to do gymnastics
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when I was three years old.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:13
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime, sport
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N/A

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Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts like Maggie Nichols.
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.
If she keeps this up, she has a great shot - Athlete A 00:06
If she keeps this up, she has a great shot
National staff, our own home coaches, other athletes. - Athlete A 00:05
National staff, our own home coaches, other athletes.