What's the Point with Mikaela Shiffrin
Jan 23, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min · 12 segments
In episode 7 of What’s the Point with Mikaela Shiffrin, presented by STIFEL, Mikaela and Simone sit down to discuss Summer vs. Winter Olympics and compare their experiences in their respective sports…
Mikaela ShiffrinHost
Simone BilesGuest
But just in general, like, you're standing at the Stargate, and you're looking down the hill, and it's just a sheet of ice, and you're like, crap.
Which is something that I've thought a lot about because I feel like there's so many athletes out there, like star athletes, talk about being fearless and, like, just the level of belief they have in themselves and that you can't be afraid in your sport.
As I got older, I feel like those fears and doubts creeped in, but it was because the level of gymnastics I was doing, and I'm not even going to lie, like every single time in Paris or in prior meets, if I'm at the end of the vault table and I'm set to compete the Yurchenko double pike, I'm absolutely terrified.
Not because I don't believe in the ability to complete the skill successfully, but it's always about what could go wrong.
And at this age, as you know, you don't fold as easily as you used to when you were younger.
And so I think about those, like, what have I gotten myself into? Why am I doing this? But it's obviously the love for the sport.
And so I know you can relate when you're standing down there like, I know I can do this, but I just hope it goes well.
But just in general, like, you're standing at the Stargate, and you're looking down the hill, and it's just a sheet of ice, and you're like, crap.
Which is something that I've thought a lot about because I feel like there's so many athletes out there, like star athletes, talk about being fearless and, like, just the level of belief they have in themselves and that you can't be afraid in your sport.
As I got older, I feel like those fears and doubts creeped in, but it was because the level of gymnastics I was doing, and I'm not even going to lie, like every single time in Paris or in prior meets, if I'm at the end of the vault table and I'm set to compete the Yurchenko double pike, I'm absolutely terrified.
Not because I don't believe in the ability to complete the skill successfully, but it's always about what could go wrong.
And at this age, as you know, you don't fold as easily as you used to when you were younger.
And so I think about those, like, what have I gotten myself into? Why am I doing this? But it's obviously the love for the sport.
And so I know you can relate when you're standing down there like, I know I can do this, but I just hope it goes well.
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