The Right Perspective On Simone Biles

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The Right Perspective On Simone Biles

In today’s episode, Alton speaks with three-time Olympian, Dominique Dawes. In this powerful interview, Dominique shares her experience and struggles with body positivity throughout her career in gymnastics and how her fan’s love and support helped her through. Dominique also shares her perspective & support for Simone Biles’ decision to put her mental health first and step down from the 2020 Olym pic Competition.

More about Dominique:

Dominique is a retired American artistic gymnast. Known in the gymnastics community as 'Awesome Dawesome,' she was a 10-year member of the U.S. national gymnastics team, the 1994 U.S. all-around senior National Champion, a three-time Olympian, a World Championship silver and bronze medalist, and a member of the gold-medal-winning "Magnificent Seven" team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.She is also one of only three female American gymnasts, along with Muriel Grossfeld and Linda Metheny-Mulvihill, to compete in three Olympics and was part of their medal-winning teams: Barcelona 1992 (bronze), Atlanta 1996 (gold), and Sydney 2000 (bronze). She is also the Olympic bronze medalist on floor exercise from the Atlanta games. Dawes is the first female gymnast to be a part of three Olympic-medal-winning teams.

This is an episode you don’t want to miss!

1:45 Introduction to Dominique Dawes

1:56 Dominique talks about her struggle with body confidence and her fan’s support

4:50 Dominique’s heart and hope for her academy

6:08 The importance of prioritizing mental health. Dominique’s perspective on Simone Biles.

9:14 How Dominique’s faith has carried her through the tough times

Resources mentioned in today’s episode:

Dominique Dawes Gymnastics Academy: https://www.dominiquedawesgymnasticsacademy.com/

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