Off The Floor: A Gymnastics Australia Podcast

Off The Floor: A Gymnastics Australia Podcast
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Leading up to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Gymnastics Australia has launched Off the Floor to allow the gymnastics community to get to know some of the sport’s leading names better.

Episodes

  1. 07/17/2024

    Episode Twelve: Kate McDonald

    Before her Olympic debut, Kate McDonald joined 'Off The Floor' during Australia's Women's Artistic Team's pre-departure training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. Kate is a Commonwealth Games gold medallist on Beam and with host Dane Heverin she discusses her focus on her two best performing apparatus - Beam and Uneven Bears. She also talks about being somewhat of a late bloomer in the sport and when she began to feel comfortable at the international level, plus much more.

    Episode Twelve: Kate McDonald

  2. 07/10/2024

    Episode Eleven: Emily Whitehead

    Ahead of her second Olympic Games, Emily Whitehead joined 'Off The Floor' during Australia's Women's Artistic Team's pre-departure training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. With host Dane Heverin, Emily discusses how she expects Paris to be different from Tokyo, the team's aspirations to improve on their efforts at last year's World Championships, being recognised as an Olympian while working at Rebel Sport and much more.

    Episode Eleven: Emily Whitehead

  3. 07/08/2024

    Episode Ten: Australia's Olympic Rhythmic Group for Paris

    Lidiia Iakovleva, Saskia Broedelet, Emmanouela Frroku, Phoebe Learmont and Jessica Weintraub took time out from their training camp before departing for Paris to join 'Off The Floor'. With host Dane Heverin, Australia's second ever Rhythmic Gymnastics Group at an Olympic Games talk through balancing training with education and work, how they formed as a group, their recent success in Europe and much more.

    Episode Ten: Australia's Olympic Rhythmic Group for Paris

  4. 06/19/2024

    Episode Nine: Brock Batty

    At just 17 years of age, Brock Batty is set to become the youngest ever male to compete in Trampoline at an Olympic Games. Brock was unveiled as part of Australia's biggest ever Olympic Gymnastics team at the MCG and beforehand he spoke with host Dane Heverin about his journey to the sport's biggest stage. Brock discusses his lengthy commute to get to training, watching YouTube videos and trying to copy them on his family's backyard trampoline, touching the roof at his club, becoming a world champion and more.

    Episode Nine: Brock Batty

  5. 06/18/2024

    Episode Eight: Olympic Team Announcement

    The biggest ever Australian Gymnastics Olympic team has been announced! A record 13 gymnasts will represent Australia in Paris and they were unveiled by the Australian Olympic Committee at the MCG's National Sports Museum Olympic Gallery. Host Dane Heverin caught up with Emily Whitehead, Kate McDonald, Jesse Moore, Ruby Pass, Emma Nedov, Emmanouela Frroku, Phoebe Learmont and Jessica Weintraub as they graced the MCG for media opportunities. Plus we hear from Liidia Iakovleva and Gymnastics Australia Interim CEO Chris O'Brien on a landmark day for Gymnastics in Australia.

    Episode Eight: Olympic Team Announcement

  6. 06/05/2024

    Episode Seven: Jesse Moore

    Jesse Moore enjoyed quite to month of May. He locked in his place at the Paris Olympic Games with an All-Around win at the Oceania Continental Championships after winning the Australian All-Around title on the Gold Coast a fortnight earlier. Jesse joins host Dane Heverin to recap those experiences, discuss moving to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra after growing up in Adelaide, his ambitions for Paris and more.

    Episode Seven: Jesse Moore

  7. 06/03/2024

    Episode Six: Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva

    Fresh off booking her ticket to the Paris Olympic Games with victory at the Oceania Continental Championships, Rhythmic Gymnast Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva joins host Dane Heverin on the show. Alexandra recaps her performance at Continentals, gives an insight into her life in Baku, Azerbaijan where she lives and trains, and looks ahead to her Olympic debut in Paris amongst many other things. The countdown to the Paris Olympic Games is on and the Australian Gymnastics team is taking shape with the official team announcement to be staged later this month.

    Episode Six: Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva

  8. 05/21/2024

    Episode Five: Australia's first Olympic Rhythmic Group

    Emily Abbot, Alexia Aristoteli, Alannah Matthews, Himeka Onoda and Felicity White join ‘Off The Floor’ from the Australian Gymnastics Championships on the Gold Coast to recall their Olympic experience in Tokyo. The quintet made history three years ago when they became the first Australian Rhythmic Gymnastics Group to step onto the floor at an Olympic Games. With host Dane Heverin they discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions on the Games brought the Australian team closer together, and how they practised their routine over Zoom during lockdown. They also provide career updates - Alexia and Himeka are studying physiotherapy, Felicity is studying to be a primary school teacher, Alannah has a new job as an exercise physiologist and Emily is close to completing her studies in psychology – as they gathered together to support Alannah during her comeback to the sport at the Australian Gymnastics Championships.

    Episode Five: Australia's first Olympic Rhythmic Group

  9. 05/10/2024

    Episode Four: 2024 Australian Gymnastics Championships

    A different style of episode this time around as the Gymnastics Australia media team caught up with several of our Olympic hopefuls in Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics prior to the Australian Gymnastics Championships on the Gold Coast. Hear from Heath Thorpe, Jesse Moore, Clay Mason Stephens, Kate McDonald, Emma Nedov, Romi Brown and Ruby Pass as well as Gymnastics Australia Interim CEO and High Performance Director Chris O'Brien.

  10. 04/30/2024

    Episode Three: Tyson Bull

    Tyson Bull boasts the best performance by an Australian in Men's Artistic Gymnastics in an Olympic Games which he achieved by finishing fifth in the Horizontal Bar final at the Tokyo. In an open and honest conversation with host Dane Heverin, Tyson discusses wrestling with the disappointment of missing out on a medal while also viewing making an Olympic final as a remarkable achievement. He also takes us through his journey in the sport, including his time in the US college system, and the incredible friendship amongst Australia's Men's Artistic Gymnasts which led to him winning a Commonwealth Games silver medal in Birmingham.

    Episode Three: Tyson Bull

  11. 04/22/2024

    Episode Two: Ji Wallace

    Ji Wallace is the only Australian to win an Olympic medal in gymnastics with his silver medal in Trampoline at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 – the first time the sport appeared at the Games. Ji is now a coach in the Queensland high-performance program and on this episode, he discusses with host Dane Heverin how eager he is to help another Australian stand on an Olympic podium. Especially with the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games on the horizon! As well as talking about his Olympic experiences, Ji goes into how he fell in love with the sport of Trampoline and so much more in a chat where his passion for gymnastics shines through.

    Episode Two: Ji Wallace

  12. 04/16/2024

    Episode One: Georgia Godwin

    Off the Floor makes its debut with Australia's current top Women's Artistic gymnast Georgia Godwin joining host Dane Heverin to kick off Gymnastics Australia's new podcast. Ahead of July's Paris Olympic Games, Georgia discusses the special bond shared by the Australian Women's Artistic Gymnastics team, she recalls her experience at the Tokyo Olympic Games, she gives us insight into how she is handling the added attention that comes in an Olympic year and many other fascinating insights.

    Episode One: Georgia Godwin
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Leading up to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Gymnastics Australia has launched Off the Floor to allow the gymnastics community to get to know some of the sport’s leading names better.

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