Chellsie Memmel disgusted by the 2004 Olympic Team Selection

Watching Hollie Vise, reigning world champ on bars, be not even named as an alternate was so sad. Her eyes at the end… so sad for her.

I get the injury thing, but honestly after what they put Chellsie through at 2003 Worlds (and her leading the team to victory - she was solid on ALL FOUR events!) it seems hurtful. And take the camera off poor Hollie! This was NOT RIGHT.

Watching this again makes me so glad for the position Chellsie is in now. She will be the one making those kinds of decisions and helping the gymnasts through them. She will make it fair to everyone...let those who don't make it suffer in private. Make it a true celebration for those who DO make it. And they will all know that, no matter what they are feeling, she knows because she's not only been there, but she's been through worse. I'm just so happy to see USA gymnastics treat the athletes like human beings again.

I hated that selection process. It was so horrible. I couldn’t watch for years because it was so horrid.

At what point in time did ANYONE think this was a good idea? Really??

Marta and Bella make me sick. They should have been prosecuted along with Nassar. I can't stand looking at her!

Any excuse they had to play the girls against each other they took, plain and simple.

This happened nearly 20 years ago and it still hurts to watch them choose Courtney McCool when Hollie was a champion. Chellsie was upsetting, but she had an injury.

" We will not take an injured athlete" which is why Memmel wasnt chosen, and it makes 100% sense, the problem was taking McCool who added zero to the team. She never should have been given a guaranteed spot.

Reality tv was big back then, and nbc thought it would be so cute to pull this stunt.

NBC and gymnastics are a match made in hell

The Karolyi Era was cruel and toxic. Thank God they were discredited and the ladies are speaking out against their abuse

Truly, I think the Karolyi's are sadists.

Memmel deserved to be on the team over Hatch

Stunts like these made gymnastics visible in the U.S. and inspired thousands of girls to want to be gymnasts

Annia Hatch being named to this team is the most egregious decision of all time.