2000 Olympic Trials

This week, we have a group commission from Brianna, Stephanie, Atwood, Laura, Karla, and Emma, all about [deep breath] the collective nightmare that was the 2000 Olympic Trials. We discuss:

• The breaking news that there actually was official selection criteria, and it was technically followed.
• The significance of 2000 Trials as the worst thing that has ever happened ever, the controversy of the selection process, the low point this represented in athlete-first commentary, and just...the Bela of it all
• Shannon's comeback
• What if Atler had been able to compete on the "new" vault?
• The way the commentators talk about Alyssa Beckerman
• The infamous Rybacki fluff piece
• DLO + Punch front
• Shannon's vault injury
• BEIGE DRAPES
• Steve Nunno's performance piece
• The Moceanu sadness forest
• Why they selected the team they did, and was it the right call?

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