Fmr. Olympic gymnast breaks retirement, challenges ageism in pro-sports
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Chellsie Memmel, 2008 Olympic gymnast who retired in 2012, was a crowd favorite at this year’s U.S. Gymnastics Championship. Memmel, who’s now 33 years old and a mom of two, joined NBC’s Zerlina Maxwell to discuss what motivated her return to competitive gymnastics and how she’s fighting back against the sport’s long held stigma toward older athletes.June 13, 2021
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