Golden: The Journey of USA’s Elite Gymnasts

[Caligym]

Decided to watch episode 5 based on this thread. My take:

Laurie and Charlotte are adorable.

Glad to see Konnor looking into the camera, seeming to take control of her own gymnastics. Hope this holds.

Both Jenny and Slava come across as great examples of coaching elite athletes.

I hope Suni wins all the medals.

 

[Vanessa_Steck]

Wow konnors coach and especially her husband. What were the flags, anyone know? I’m guessing they must have been GOP or trump flags based on the reaction but I couldn’t tell. I do feel better about her move to WOGA now.

Watching Morgan have hope is kind of heartbreaking

Laurie is just awesome and I loved the Kyla/Maddie cameo! Also loved they were rocking kn95s.

 

[glamafonic]

Konnor did an instagram live where she confirmed that there were Trump flags up in the gym.

 

[Vanessa_Steck]

Yikkkkkeeeeees. Good grief. Trumpers are so dangerous.

 

[arabiandoublefront]

That’s awful.

 

[Sparklesmom]

The husband of Konnors old coach sounds like a crazy lunatic. I mean based on just hearing him in the background I worry that he would fly off the handle and shoot someone. Looney! Watching Morgan just literally breaks my heart. It’s awful.

 

[rlayt]

The husband of Konnors old coach sounds like a crazy lunatic.

Right, I had the same thought. Why is a man his age complaining about whether a girl her age chats him up all the time. He’s not the coach.

 

[MaryClare]

Somewhere in an NBC analytics meeting they are discussing the popularity of gymnastics in Beverley Hills and why this is an outlier amongst high income West Coast neighbourhoods generally

 

[ucrgirl]

Watching Morgan have hope is kind of heartbreaking

I wish her elbow had held out a few more months or the recovery had been faster. It would have been great to see what she could have done if healthy.

 

[IratePanda]

I don’t have much to add about Konnor, except that I really hope she’s going to be okay. As a mom, I’m not particularly thrilled about her parents’ decisions and rationales, but I’m trying not to judge them.

I’m really sad for Laurie and Morgan. Their bodies betrayed them. But both gymnasts seem so resilient that I think they’ll be fine. Morgan still has NCAA, and she’s obviously so smart and confident that she’ll succeed in whatever she does outside gymnastics. Laurie’s attitude and self-awareness continually amaze me. I think she could be a great motivational speaker or, better still, a sports psychologist. (I also have a massive soft spot for her because she’s from my home state. You can take a girl out of Jersey, but you can’t take Jersey out of the girl.)

 

[JaJa]

Laurie also has really terrific parents. They are so supportive and understanding without being pushy or demanding. I am sure that helps tremendously with resilience.

 

[GymnaSTICKS]

The red flag for me was when Konnor’s mom said that puking focused Konnor. Sounded like a line she told herself to justify it being okay. Also, after she did it once, she was NOT fine.

 

[IratePanda]

Yeah, that was not okay.

 

[JaJa]

The red flag for me was when Konnor’s mom said that puking focused Konnor.

Completely nuts.

 

[choclatechip45]

Laurie’s parents gave me a lot of red flags in 2016. I thought it was completely unhealthy that she would stay at Maggie’s house overnight.

 

[irichluck21]

That could be a red flag. But wasn’t a team sleepover thing? It wasn’t just Laurie there but other girls as well?

 

[choclatechip45]

I just remember the story was that Maggie would drive her to and from practice and she would sleep over so Maggie wouldn’t have to pick her up. It is possible I am mixing up those stories.

This talks about how Maggie would pick her up each day.

Laurie Hernandez Won’t Let You Look Away

The 16-year-old may not be the best gymnast on the U.S. Olympic team, but she’s set to be the most captivating in Rio

www.theringer.com

 

[rlayt]

We have a new episode. It’s heartbreaking to watch the Morgan part.

 

[ucrgirl]

This episode felt anti-climatic. Maybe that is because I had already watched the Olympic channels video which covered some of the same Morgan content. Maybe it is because they spent a lot of time re-hashing the Olympic Trials and I remember those pretty well because they just happened.

It sounds like WOGA may not be the final gym home for Konnor. Her Dad said something about her being there for 3-6 months and then they would evaluate.

 

[MaryClare]

Konor’s future feels like it’s going to be like watching a car crash in slow motion. Poor kid.

I am really starting to warm to Mykayla… I must be getting old.

I’ll probably edit that bit out later. Don’t do drugs kids.