Shawn Johnson East On Simone Biles' Olympic Impact And Life After Gold

Olympic legend Shawn Johnson East joins host Maddy Kirchofer on Barrier Breakers for a raw and powerful conversation. From training just 20 hours a week to winning gold, Shawn opens up about her coach’s unique philosophy, navigating toxic sports culture, and the moment she knew it was time to retire. She also gets real about motherhood, mental health, and how Simone Biles helped reshape the conversation in gymnastics. Plus, hear how she went from Olympian to entrepreneur, content creator, and Dancing with the Stars champion. 0:00-0:53 Intro 0:54-1:45 Real Talk 1:46-3:33 Toxic Athletics Culture 3:34-4:45 Never Looked At Score 4:46-6:34 2008 Olympics 6:35-8:19 Facing Nastia Liukin 8:20-10:03 Winning Olympic Gold 10:04-11:39 Life After Gymnastics 11:40-12:33 Coach's #1 Rule 12:34-13:16 Official Retirement 13:17-14:58 Dancing With The Stars 14:59-16:09 Content Creation 16:10-17:28 Beam Kids 17:29-20:10 Breaking Out 20:11-21:46 Simone Biles 21:47-22:04 Barrier Breaker 22:05- The Social Wheel SUBSCRIBE to Whistle for more awesome videos! - http://goo.gl/y2JNsG Still want more Whistle? Follow us on: TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@whistle INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/whistlesports TWITTER: https://twitter.com/whistlesports FACEBOOK: http://facebook.com/whistlesports WHAT IS WHISTLE? Team Whistle is a DAZN Group sports and entertainment media company built to engage and activate today’s generation, wherever they consume content globally. As a pioneer in data-driven content creation and distribution, Whistle has a positive and relatable original content slate of 50+ shows and a creator network that generates over four billion views per month across digital and social platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook. Our flagship series include No Days Off, My Hustle & Dunk League and we've featured talent like Patrick Mahomes, Trae Young, Ja Morant, Karl Anthony Towns, A'ja Wilson, Cooper Kupp, Kyrie Irving, Snoop Dogg, Joel Embiid, G-Eazy, Trea Turner & J.R. Smith! Visit us at https://teamwhistle.com/ and COMMENT below with what you want to see next!