MoCo's Most Famous: Olympian Dominique Dawes Opens New Gymnastics Academy

Silver Spring native Dominique Dawes is known by many as a three-time Olympic gymnast and a gold medal winner. But this week Dawes is doing something she considers much more significant - opening the Dominique Dawes Gymnastics Academy in Clarksburg. Dawes talked to MyMCMedia's Joe Yasharoff in the latest episode of MoCo's Most Famous about opening her new gym during a pandemic and the scandals that have brought shame to the world of gymnastics. Available Now on MyMCMedia, Overcast, Apple Podcasts, RadioPublic, Spotify, Stitcher, Facebook, Pocketcasts and Twitter. Subscribe now. #MoCosMostFamous Music courtesy of FirstCom. Montgomery Community Media (MCM) is the only independent, nonprofit organization providing access to public media (public access television and broadband media) directly to Montgomery County’s over one million residents as well as the resident non-profit organizations, associations and businesses. We engage, educate and empower individuals and the community to express diverse viewpoints. Stay up to date on news in Montgomery County! » Subscribe to MCM here: https://goo.gl/fi9sqQ » Check out MCM for more: https://www.mymcmedia.org Follow MCM on these platforms! » Facebook: https://goo.gl/89YTJN » Twitter:   / mymcmedia   » Instagram: https://goo.gl/BkuFnD For more Montgomery County, Maryland residents can tune to Comcast channels 21 and 995