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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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02:35:16

Olympic Preview Part 2; Justice for Bower and Juda

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2021/07/13

US Men's National Team: A Never-ending Controversy Neither Paul Juda—who earned the US an Olympic +1 spot—nor Olympic alternate Allan Bower were given funded spots on the US national team or invited to the world selection camp. This is bonkers, and Kensley is about to lose it. (Head to the 2-hour mark of this mega-sode for a deep dive into the documentation and USAG's statements.) Olympic Preview Part 2 This Olympic preview comes with a 2-per-country trigger warning. The content discussed here

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01:53:12

Tokyo Olympics Women's Gymnastics Team Preview

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2021/07/07

OLYMPIC PREVIEW PART 1: Teams Today, we preview the 12 teams qualified to the women's competition at the Olympics: who's on them, expectations, storylines, and medal hopes. United States: How much of a fall buffer does the US have over everyone else? What records is Simone going to break, and when? And what 2-per-country problems should we start worrying about? Russia: How has this Russian generation closed the gap on the United States? Will Russia beat China for silver? Will a Russian win an

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02:00:06

Olympic Trials Party and Postmortem

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2021/06/30

OLYMPIC TRIALS The Olympic team has been named The 4th spot: Why "going by the scores" and "going by the all-around standings" are NOT the same thing The misunderstanding about the actual problem with Martha's way of doing things We make the arguments for both MyKayla Skinner and Grace McCallum for the Olympic team Why Tom Forster's explanation didn't help, and why the athletes didn't actually "select themselves" Olympic Trials -- "Even though the computer tells us MyKayla on the team would be a

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17:56

We Have Olympic Teams

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2021/06/28

Welcome to Behind The Scenes! (COMING SUNDAY) Day 1 Coverage of Men & Women Here Tonight we will discuss the Olympics Teams for Tokyo! This is our instant take directly after the competition. Our initial impressions and thoughts. Wednesday we will have our regular episode with discussion of every athlete, routine and so much analysis it will hurt. The first twenty minutes are available to everyone and then we tell the Behind The Scenes stories for our supporters who pay our way to these events, Club

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50:31

Olympic Trials Day One

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2021/06/26

We are live from St Louis at Olympic Trials. Our immediate reactions to night one of the women's and men's Olympic Trials including: the top scoring team after day one; the MAG second vault score investigation; Simone's double double beam dismount; the standing ovation; what you didn't see in podium training and on the sidelines, that Shane Wiskus had to say about his infamous high bar routine; COVID interference; Jordan Chiles and the vault springs battle; Jade suddenly un-scratcing from FX and

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42:12

31 Olympics Gymternet News Minisode

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2021/06/22

GYMTERNET NEWS Be sure to check out our US Olympic Trials Preview, where we make the case for every athlete Canada named its Olympic team, and it makes total sense and is free from controversy and drama. Canada we love you so much. Coaching news out of the Netherlands, including the decision on whether Vincent Wevers can coach at the Olympics The first Chinese Olympic test produced more questions than answers. Can we get special dispensation to name a team of five especially since Ou Yushan got a

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01:48:30

Olympic Trials Preview: The Case for Every Athlete

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2021/06/20

OLYMPIC TRIALS PREVIEW The Favorites Simone Biles and the biggest question we have about her heading into trials Sunisa Lee and Jordan Chiles Who gets the second automatic team spot? What does each need to do to confirm her presumed spot on the team? Jade Carey She "has every intention" of taking her individual spot. So, good. Right? The Contenders From Wong to McCusker to McCallum to DiCello to Skinner and more, we make the Olympic team case for (and against—Spencer's part) every single

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01:07:30

Gymnastics International: It's Not Nabs!

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2021/06/15

BUT FIRST Updates on the US trials petition drama and the statement from USAG saying Tom Forster "misspoke" which only provoke more questions A palate cleanser of Laurie Hernandez's skill reveals GYMNASTICS INTERNATIONAL A deeper dive into the Becky Downie situation and how she says she was treated at her make-up trial Russian Cup Valentina just went ahead and announced the Olympic teams mid-competition "Likely Gerasimova" and whether that makes sense A deep interpretation of Viktoria

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02:18:15

2021 US Nationals Recap, Starring Petition Drama

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2021/06/10

US NATIONALS Morgan Hurd was not advanced to Olympic Trials. We discuss what Tom Forster said to the press about it, the confusion USAG fully brought on itself, and whether that decision actually makes sense Simone Biles. Gushing about the best parts of her 7th national championship Queen of Consistency Jordan Chiles and Queen of Bars Composition Sunisa Lee Who makes up the highest-scoring Olympic team based on nationals? Who's still in contention? Why Tom Forster's press conference was great news

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21:28

Day Two Women's Gymnastics Championships 2021

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2021/06/07

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19:55

Day One Women's Gymnastics Championships 2021

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2021/06/05

We discuss the results, the history makers this week from Jade Carey's triple twisting double layout to Olivierias arabian double pike out at Pan Ams; what the highest scoring 3-up-3-count team would be based on day one results and how all of your favorites did tonight.

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41:08

Don't Sign National Team Agreement Until You Listen

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2021/06/02

USAG National Team Agreement The USAG National Team Agreement as long been a point of contention for athletes and parents. On the eve of US Championships when the US National Team will be named, Jessica talked to attorneys Jaime Santos, partner at Goodwin in their Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation practice and Betsy Cooper, founding Director of the Tech Policy Hub at the Aspen Institute, about the currently available national team agreement for 2018-2019. The 2021 agreement is expected to be

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02:37:20

U.S. Nationals Preview plus Kyle Shewfelt on his new...

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2021/06/01

NATIONALS PREVIEW The biggest questions we have heading into nationals—featuring Konnor McClain's sudden gym move, Riley McCusker's injury status, whether Sunisa Lee will do the all-around, and who's going to write the worst article about Simone's vault Athletes opting out of doing interviews — good news or greatest news? What does two weeks more time look like for Morgan Hurd and Grace McCallum? Is Spencer still trying to make Leanne Wong happen? What does Kara Eaker need to do? Laurie Hernandez

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01:46:49

Simone Biles Yurchenko Double Pike Has Landed and US...

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2021/05/25

US CLASSIC Simone Biles officially debuted the Yurchenko double pike. We discuss how awesome it is, and Spencer has 84 things to say about the D score. What Tom Forster, US High Performance Coordinator, said when Jessica asked if USAG would fight the low D score given to Simone's vault. Simone gave credit to both of her coaching teams. She's been doing the Yurchenko double pike for over ten years (see our interview in 2013), first with Aimee Boorman and now competing it with Cecile and Laurent

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01:21:58

US Classic Preview Starring Chellsie and Simone

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2021/05/18

US CLASSIC PREVIEW Schedule change, plus how to watch Important PSA re: chilling out. It's not the end of the world if your favorite makes a mistake. What expectations do we have for the Chellsie Memmel revenge on Steve Penny tour of MEMMELING? What does Laurie Hernandez need to show here? Where is Morgan Hurd in her elbow comeback/organizing a solidarity amongst the entire US team demonstration against police brutality and anti-asian hate crimes? Will we see some patented US Classic vault upgrade

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01:40:26

Chinese Champs plus Project K Decoding Romanian...

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2021/05/12

HEADLINES British Gymnastics Olympic Trials: Updates on the Downies' personal tragedy and the British trials bars controversy. Georgia-Mae Fenton and Ondine Achampong won the two days of trials, throwing everything into chaos What do they even do with Olympic team selection now? In Australia news, the Human Rights Commission report is out, and Peggy Liddick wrote that horrible letter. Update - Liddick has been removed from judging at AUS Championships. Former US men's team coordinator Kevin

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46:18

Jessica Bendinger Interview

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2021/05/06

Jessica Bendinger Interview What got cut from the movie. Scary NYC punk shows in the 1980's and of course legendary punk band, Bad Brains who get a nod in the movie. The continued relevance of Stick It. Pitching movies about women to a Hollywood system constipated by gender and structural bias. Why she started her Mob Queens podcast Alternative to the Bechdel Test Training at Muriel Grossfeld's gym with Marcia Fredrick and Don Peters Needing more diversity in Stick It. Our mutual love for Oana Ban

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02:07:50

Unitard Revolution

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2021/04/27

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Four more Olympic spots have been clinched, including by Larisa Iordache (ROM)! We discuss her valiant triumph over kidney infection, her intent on giving us all heart attacks, her fast-forward award acceptance speech, and...maybe a little about the scoring. Nikita Nagornyy's (RUS)triple pike. That's all. Qualification was super easy to follow, the stream worked, the scoring worked, and we have no notes. The German unitard revolution! Related sign petition for longevity and

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02:04:34

NCAA Championships Recap and Jaime Santos Esq...

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2021/04/20

BREAKING NEWS We reached out to USAG about Jade Carey's Olympic spot, whether she's going to compete at Trials, and whether she'll be considered for the main team. Their answer was wild. And now we have some additional questions: "Based on our understanding of the current FIG qualification rules, we believe Jade Carey’s performances on the floor exercise in the World Cup Series have mathematically qualified her, by name, to the Tokyo Olympic Games. Barring any rule changes, we anticipate that FIG

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01:53:23

Soviet Gymnastics: Not the Specter of Evil...

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2021/04/13

Club Gym Nerd member Casey has commissioned an episode all about the greats of Soviet Gymnastics, and how they weren't exactly the "specter of evil" that NBC told us they were. What do you think of when you think of Soviet gymnastics? Dominance? Ballet? Caviar? How the Soviet Union changed the game immediately upon attending the Olympics for the first time Top 10 Soviet Gymnasts of All Time. Make your pick. No redos. No takebacks. Prof. O'Beirne's history of the cold war. When did the USSR compete

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