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GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

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GymCastic Podcast is a weekly gymnastics talk show. The hosts interview people who love gymnastics almost as much as we do, discuss the latest news, events and offensive leotard fashion.

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15:30

2023 Core Classic: Women's Podium Training

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2023/08/04

Our immediate reactions after podium training! Our first look at Olympic All-Around Champions Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee! We went live Friday August 4th after senior women's podium training. Here's how to ask questions live. We discussed everything trained on the floor and what the athletes had to say afterward, including the squabble about petitioning to World Verification Camp. Here’s how our event coverage works: 1. We give everyone the main headlines in the first 10-15 minutes. 2. We then say

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51:18

2023 US Classic Preview

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2023/07/31

It's starting! The US elite summer is here! Simone is back! We have a lot to get through. Simone is competing for the first time in two years. What are we most excited about? What do we expect to see from her at this meet? Plus, thoughts on the significance of Simone continuing to compete. Suni: Does she REALLY have to get a 2-event score at this meet if she wants to compete at nationals and worlds? We have the answer from USAG. Other major storylines including the Carey/Roberson difficulty race on

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01:13:23

One Year To Paris

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2023/07/25

The FIG has opened a pathway for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in 2024 and (potentially) qualify to the Paris Olympics. We discuss what standards could be used to determine which athletes, if any, are eligible, and what this reveals about the FIG's motives US Classic news: The schedule for US Classic has been changed, as has the US women's qualifying score for nationals. What's up with that? Plus, an update on the saga of Heath Thorpe not being named to the Australian team for worlds

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01:03:08

Nellie Kim Code

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2023/07/19

THE KIMS: What are all the elements named after Nellie Kim in the code of points? Who actually performed them first and when/what competition? Did Nellie Kim ever perform them, and when did she perform them for the first time? When did she name them after herself? This is our commission giveaway episode! We gave away a full commissioned episode to one randomly drawn Club Gym Nerd member, and the winner was Inga, who really came through and commissioned an episode on: The Nellie of it all Who is

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11:32

The Return of Gabby Freakin Douglas

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2023/07/17

We are posting some of our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A live podcast is for Club Gym Nerd members because Jessica lost her voice from squealing too much about Gabby. Here's how to ask questions live. We discussed: Everything about the Gabby Douglas official return announcement! No, literally everything -- start values skills, her competition strategy, how she could petition to Classic, how she can do the World Cup circuit and only go to camp once, how to avoid national team camp all together if

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01:09:07

The Melanie Over America Tour

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2023/07/11

The US camp roster featuring Simone Biles, Trinity Thomas's elite return, Chuso dropping out of Worlds, Iordache not coming back, Eli Seitz continuing to dominate, and more. American Classic We begin by gushing about Melanie de Jesus dos Santos's beam routine and why it might be the best one she has ever done Kayla DiCello returns to elite competition for the first time since NCAA Myli Lew took the all-around title with one of the top bars scores in the US this year Amelia Disidore said

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54:07

Ashley Miles Greig

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2023/07/05

The Alabama legend has returned to the NCAA, this time as one of the few black head coaches in college gymnastics. The "tall" (actually just slightly above average at almost 5'8") Miles Greig won a bronze medal with the U.S. team at the 2001 World Championships and made vault finals. She won the Honda Award (college gymnast of the year) and was a 4x NCAA Champion. We discuss: Why she idolized Elena Produnova. Which skills were hardest for her to learn. Which skill Simone Biles and Daiane Dos Santos

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33:14

Special Episode: Simone Biles & Suni Lee Are Back

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2023/06/28

It's HAPPENINGGGGGGG The roster for US Classic is out, and Olympic all-around champions Simone Biles and Suni Lee are both on it! In this breaking news mini-sode, we discuss: How remarkable and (nearly) unprecedented it is to have two Olympic AA champions compete together in the same meet Are we surprised by Simone's return? The timing? How do Simone's 2021 routines hold up in the new code of points? What Simone could have in common with president Grover Cleveland, and other facts about her

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01:46:49

Gymnastics' Dumbest Rules

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2023/06/27

Today, we’re calling out the worst, stupidest, most self-defeating and awkward rules and conventions in gymnastics, starting with... Leotard Rules - aka the Olympics of regulating women's bodies Venture with us to a world where "elegant," "proper," and "modest" are all words found in the official rule book of a competitive sport in the year 2023—and breasts are expressly prohibited Why Is Gymnastics Still the Military? Saluting and lining up in front of the generals for inspection? Where are

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01:21:42

Road to Paris: Asian Championships and Worlds...

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2023/06/20

Did Mr. Sacramone acci-purposely leak Simone's return? Asian Championships Who qualified to worlds and who missed out? How did Aleah Finnegan and Emma Malabuyo do representing the Philippines in their returns to elite competition? Breaking down what Olympic pathways remain for Chuso and Malabuyo The new seniors impressing for the champion Chinese team—and how they measure up to the rest of the world Plus, what country is going to surprise in Antwerp, the biggest upset of worlds qualification, and

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01:25:24

1984 Fight: Olympic Games vs Olomouc Friendship Games

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2023/06/13

1984 FIGHT! Opening Assumption: Athletes from the Eastern Bloc would have won all the golds and nearly every medal at the 1984 Olympics had they attended. The 1984 Olympic medals, while amazing accomplishments, do not mean you were “best in the world” in 1984. Is that actually true? Today, we're putting it to the test. Part 1: Gymnastics history with Jessica and Spencer. What happened in 1984 and why? What were the Friendship Games, and why are gymnerds so obsessed with them? Should the results

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01:30:03

She Was Robbed: Gymnastics' Biggest Medal Thefts

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2023/06/06

SHE WAS ROBBED! Today, we take on the most dramatic, heinous, unforgettable robberies in gymnastics history and declare who really should have won that gold (or bronze). The 1992 Olympic All-Around: Was Shannon robbed??? The 1988 Olympic All-Around: Was Silivas robbed??? Un-American Heresy: We reassess the 1984 Olympic final and 2011 worlds all-around By Why Would I Be Second? We bring in the CSI team to pick apart the 2008 Olympic bars final, with shocking results Not Guilty: We take on a famous

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01:19:15

Mexico's Moment

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2023/05/30

The Pan-American Championships saw the US women win team gold alongside a stellar performance from the Mexican women's team that earned silver We continue gushing about Mexico's meet (the vault difficulty! the dramatic bars! the leap completion!) and assess how they would have stacked up at worlds last year Which fan favorites qualified to worlds as individuals, which didn't, and what was most surprising about this weekend's race to keep Olympic hopes alive Event titles for Alexa Moreno, Nola

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01:39:00

Logistical Sweating and the Emma Spence Interview

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2023/05/23

Emma Spence Interview Tokyo Olympic alternate, Emma Spence, represented Canada at the 2022 World Championships and Commonwealth Games winning bronze in the team event at both competitions. The World bronze was the Canadian women's first team medal ever. Emma is currently a gymnast at Nebraska while serving on the FIG Safeguarding Working Group. We discussed: Traveling on a pre-G7 peace mission with other gymnasts and FIG President Watanabe to Japan. And of course, cultural goofs. Which parties are

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01:38:51

History's Best Beam Routines

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2023/05/15

The Best Beam Routines All other apparatuses take a seat. Today is a beam day. We discuss what makes beam the best apparatus and the qualities consistent across history's greatest beam routines The best overall beam routines, starring Yang Bo, Li Li, Fan Ye, Tatiana Lysenko, Kui Yuanyuan, and Chen Cuiting Honors for excellence in specific fields of study, such as badassery, hands, spinning, ease, aggression, rhythm, and Kathy Johnson moans And finally, how do we make beam more like Yang Bo? JOIN

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01:14:14

Gymnastics Mythbusters 4.0

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2023/05/08

Today, we update and revisit some of our favorite busted gymnastics myths—and bust some new myths as well Myths that sound too crazy to be true, naked gymnastics edition Dumb crap left over by haters about periods, height, and lines Who REALLY scored the first perfect 10? The myth of the "candle" mount and the "Liukin" Fighting for justice for Olga Mostepanova, Kerri Strug, Larissa Libby and more Who REALLY won the world all-around title in 2005? Is gymnastics a sport dominated by high schoolers

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01:34:08

How to Get Your Favorite Gymnast to Paris 2024 Olympics

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2023/05/02

How to Get to Paris The gymnastics qualification journey for the 2024 Paris Olympics is already underway, and we're here with a full explainer of the pathways for team and individuals. We'll explain what's different from the 2020 qualification process, answering important questions like, how do Lynnzee Brown and Oksana Chusovitina make the Olympics? Headline News NCAA moving and shaking: With Kayla DiCello deferring for the Olympics, three Utah gymnasts entering the transfer portal, and the new

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01:33:07

"They Are Made of Something I Am Not": 2023 NCAA...

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2023/04/18

Oklahoma won its 6th title by .150 over Florida. We discuss whether this makes sense, the perils of recency bias, and the exquisite joys of motivational lying Trinity tied the all-time 10s record in her final competition and we relive the journey of watching Trinity during the warmup periods this weekend The semifinals, UCLA being eliminated with a 197.9, Cal doing its best Michigan impression, and the problems with trying to compare the two semifinals The story of Tasha Brozowski at regionals and

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01:44:56

2023 NCAA Nationals Preview

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2023/04/10

NCAA Nationals Preview It's NCAA Nationals this week! We look at the competition from a few angles: the eagle-eyed view from the second tier, the view from the fan section, and the view from the judges table, to examine what we expect to see, what the fans want to see, and what the judges should be seeing. Is Florida still a top favorite, what do Cal and LSU need to do to advance, can anyone touch Oklahoma, is Utah's W/L dominance over UCLA foreshadowing, are the judges going to differentiate

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01:35:54

Juicy, Juicy Controversy: A Regionals Recap

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2023/04/03

NCAA Regionals The Denver regional broke us. We delve into what happened with the tiebreak and what happens when the results don't match what you see with your open eyes A brief intermission from fury for important honors in the field of coach outfits and stick celebration violence Back to controversy with Oklahoma counting a fall on beam and still winning its regional. We discuss whether that was correct, and whether it should be possible to win a regional final with two falls on beam The biggest

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