Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women's Gymnastics Building a World-Class Gymnastics Team (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | Documentary

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Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women's Gymnastics

Building a World-Class Gymnastics Team (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV Episode | Documentary

In the final installment of our six-part documentary series, American icons Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman, Samantha Peszek, Dominique Moceanu, and Amanda Borden reveal how they overcame adversity to help their teams achieve greatness.

Directors

Bess Kargman | Lucy Walker

Cinematographers

Carmen Delaney | Justin Francis | Nick Higgins | Daniel J. Lyons | Kristy Tully

Editors

Jeffrey Elmont | Alessandro Soares

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Updated Sep 21, 2020

Release date

Sep 21, 2020 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 2 nominations

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21 cast members

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Simone Biles Self Self See fewer	Black-ish (2014)
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Grace McCallum Self Self See fewer	Tokyo 2020: Games of the XXXII Olympiad (2021)
Riley McCusker Self Self See fewer	AT&T American Cup (2017)
Dominique Moceanu Self Self See fewer	The Bronze (2015)
Katelyn Ohashi Self Self See fewer	NBA on ESPN (1982)
Betty Okino Self Self See fewer	Æon Flux (2005)
Samantha Peszek Self Self See fewer	Full Out (2015)
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Cathy Rigby Self Self See fewer	Peter Pan (2000)
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Trinity Thomas Self Self See fewer	2019 SEC Gymnastics Championship (2019)
Jordyn Wieber Self Self See fewer	Raising the Bar (2016)