Olympic Selection, Funding & Why We Built This Podcast | Ep. 1

You know the headlines. Emma Nedov's Olympic comeback, the medals, the media coverage. This is the part that never made it into any of that. Emma Nedov joins Arman Liew for the first episode of The Gymnastics Files- how a random DM in Vegas turned into a podcast, what it actually costs a family to send a gymnast to a World Cup, and the two days before Paris 2024 when Emma pulled a skill from her beam routine without telling her own coach. This is gymnastics without the highlight reel- funding nobody talks about, selection decisions made in secret, and what it really felt like behind the scenes of an Olympic team. More information: https://thegymnasticsfiles.com/ 0:00 Welcome and Meet the Hosts 2:10 Why Gymnastics Needs More Coverage 5:00 Sponsorship Reality and Athlete Fund Plan 13:30 Making Gymnastics Relatable Beyond the Arena 22:52 The True Cost of International Competition 34:02 Olympic Selection Pressure and Uncertainty 40:05 Last Minute Beam Changes in Paris 47:39 Team Results Drive Funding and Resilience 51:36 2014 Breakthrough, Then 2015 Burnout 57:20 Why We Split This Into Two THE GYMNASTICS FILES: Instagram: 📸   / thegymnasticsfiles   TikTok: 🎵   / thegymnasticsfiles   EMMA NEDOV: Instagram: 📸   / ejnedov   TikTok: 🎵   / ejnedov   ARMAN LIEW: Instagram: 📸   / thebigmansworld   TikTok: 🎵   / thebigmansworld_official