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🗓️ 3 April 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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With the men’s gymnastics Big Ten Championships at Crisler Center this weekend, Jon Jansen visits with two Michigan stars – Olympic medalists Paul Juda (1:00) and Fred Richard (21:00). They reflect on their incredible experiences with Team USA last year and set the tone for the Wolverines' championship opportunity this weekend in Ann Arbor.
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0:00.0 | We got a special edition of Conquering Heroes today. |
0:02.9 | We've got Paul Judah and Frederick Richard, both Olympic medalists, |
0:07.9 | both leaders of this men's gymnastics team, |
0:10.6 | and going for a fifth straight Big Ten championship |
0:15.0 | and the first NCAA championship in almost a decade. |
0:19.9 | It's exciting. |
0:22.9 | And they both join me today on Conquering Heroes. |
0:26.7 | Welcome to your one-stop podcast for all things Michigan Athletics. |
0:31.7 | Updates on every team on campus and interviews with players and coaches are all on the way. |
0:36.9 | This is Conquering Heroes. |
0:39.0 | Here's your host, John Janser. |
0:41.5 | Join by an Olympic medalist, Paul Judah, and it seems like he's been on a rock star tour |
0:48.5 | ever since the Olympic Games. |
0:50.0 | Paul, thanks for joining me, and I've got to start with this. |
0:52.5 | What's it been like since you've |
0:54.3 | returned stateside with an Olympic medal? Yeah, thank you so much for having me. I would say |
1:00.1 | the biggest adjustment and shout out to all the people in Ann Arbor who do it when I'm walking |
1:05.9 | the streets with my girlfriend and then we pass a crowd and right after all I hear is that was Paul Judah. That was Paul |
1:12.4 | Judah. So that's probably the best part about it all and I always turn around and give him a wave |
1:17.9 | because I don't bite. So that's probably the best part about it. But it's great to be back in Ann Arbor and |
1:23.9 | as much fun as the Olympics was. I've got one big goal left on my checklist of accomplishments. |
1:29.5 | So that's the national title and it starts first with the Big Ten title as well. |
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