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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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338: Doha Worlds Event Finals Day One

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/11/02

WOMEN'S VAULT AND BARS, MEN'S POMMEL HORSE, RINGS AND FLOOR EVENT FINALS Simone Biles breaks Scherbo's event medal record with her bazillianth vault gold. Nina did it! She won the bar world championship gold! NINA DERWAEL!!! But do we agree with third and fourth place? NBC things The best stag jump on men's floor won gold and Kenzo was more excited for Yulo than himself. Pommel horse tie-breaker between Max Whitlock and Xiao. Why can't there be ties!? Eleftherios Petrounias (Greece) doesn't need

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337: Doha Worlds Women's All Around Final

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/11/02

WOMEN'S ALL-AROUND FINAL Simone wins her 4th world championship AA title—but how do we feel about someone winning with two falls? We break down the tight race for the remaining medals among Mai Murakami, Morgan Hurd, Nina Derwael, Angelina Melnikova, and Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos Mai and Nina make ALL THE HISTORY Plus, all the things that made Jessica well up with tears, scream at the world feed, hit Spencer in the leg, and sometimes all three WATCH ALONG WITH US ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL FURTHER

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336: Doha Worlds Mens AA Final

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/10/31

DOHA: WOMEN'S TEAM FINAL Kensley, Jessica and Spencer talk about the 2018 men's all-around final! Sam Mikulak was third going in to the finals but high bar got him again. Why the all around tie-breaker of dropping the lowest score is the stupidest thing ever. Artur Dalaloyan's come back from team finals was so heartwarming. Xiao, Kenzo and Nagorny all the hearts and so did Nastia who hates the world feed and tie-breakers as much as we do. TELL 'EM Nastia! Watch along with us on YouTube here

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335: 2018 Doha Worlds Womens Team Final

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/10/31

DOHA: WOMEN'S TEAM FINAL Jessica and Spencer talk about the women's team final! The US won by the largest margin of victor by a male or female team ever! Tom Forster actually told us the criteria for the lineups, asked for the gymnast's opinions and even told us the team goals which are completely reasonable! Russia and US rotation world peace. Historic finish for Canada. Don't worry Japan will be safe. The World feed might be ever worse than NBC with Trautwig. Our hearts broke for Brazil and

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41:25

334: Doha Worlds Men's Team Final Day Five

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/10/30

DOHA: MEN'S TEAM FINAL Kensley, Jessica, and Spencer talk about this super exciting disaster of a men's team final! China vs. Russia – China wins by 0.050! How it all went down, shock by shock, rotation by rotation Was the result fair? How do we feel about this new alternating-routines format? Plus, good-luck hickies and nose-hair close-ups Japan and the US and the fight for bronze Kohei comes through! Duh. But even Japan was not immune to the splat-monster How should the US feel about this 4th

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333: Doha Worlds WAG Prelims Day Four

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/10/28

DOHA WORLDS: DAY THREE WOMEN'S PRELIMS Spencer, and Jessica chat about the results of the final day of women's prelims at the 2018 Doha Artistic Gymnastics World Championships: The team final is set. We discuss: US, Russia rough vault, will they bring in the alternate? China lots of room for improvement but TingTing and Zhang made beam finals. Canada were all Ellie Black and fantastic. Brazil won the leo competition and hit like beasts. Japan still hanging in for finals. France and Melanie de

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332: Doha Worlds WAG Prelims Day Three

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/10/27

DOHA WORLDS: DAY THREE WOMEN'S PRELIMS Spencer, and Jessica chat about the results of women's prelims at the 2018 Doha Artistic Gymnastics World Championships: Simone's kidney stone (which she has nicknamed, "The Pearl of Doha") couldn't stop her leading by almost five points and making the Biles Vault official. We rave about Morgan Hurd peaking at exactly the right time to make AA finals. Kara Eaker's glorious beam, Riley McCusker's bars, Grace McCallum being money, and Ragan Smith being able to

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33:55

331: Doha Worlds MAG Prelims Day Two

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/10/26

DOHA WORLDS MEN'S PRELIMS DAY TWO Spencer, Jessica and Kensley chat about: THE POMMEL-POCALYPSE claimed many lives, almost every favorite is out. ALKASS.NET is streaming non-geoblocked but mostly video of people in the stands China was amazing. Sam Mikulak is in four event finals plus the AA final. First American man to do that since 1979! Team qualifications: Russia, China, Japan, US, Great Britain, Brazil, Netherlands, Switzerland Non-PH event finals are promising. Simone has kidney stones.

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330: Doha Worlds MAG Prelims Day One

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/10/25

DOHA WORLDS MEN'S PRELIMS DAY ONE Spencer, Jessica and Kensley chat about: The Russia show Heartbreak of Igor on vault, Belyavskiy missing all-around and Manrique Larduet not even trying for AA. Netherlands kicking ass, especially on HB even though Epke didn't do his full difficulty . New star Yulo Carlos Edriel from Philippines. Vault E scores are still wrong. Updates from the pool to women's start lists. FURTHER READING WORLDS 2018 – MEN’S QUALIFICATION DAY 1 (RUSSIA) Women's Podium

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01:47:50

329: Steve Penny Arrested & Doha Worlds Preview

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/10/24

THE NEWS Steve Penny got arrested Indicted on felony charges of tampering with evidence Oh. That's too bad. What are these alleged documents allegedly that he allegedly tried to remove from the ranch allegedly? Some things about this arrest...don't add up. What's really going on? Steve Penny has now been banned by USAG. LOLOLOLOLOLOL. The FBI emails We discuss the totally inappropriate-seeming emails exchanged between Steve Penny and an FBI agent Why everything about this is SOOOO Steve Penny

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02:02:29

328: The US Worlds Team & CEO Dumpster Fire

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/10/17

IN THE NEWS BREAKING TUESDAY UPDATE: Mary Bono has resigned. We perform a dramatic reading of her resignation letter. Now, to the show. USAG appoints Mary Bono as its interim CEO, and Jessica and Spencer have no opinions about that. Oh wait, the opposite. The Nike tweet and why that (and her fake apology) is so, so bad She worked for the damn USAG law firm Meanwhile, Simone is being a CHAMPION Has USAG learned NOTHING? (Spoiler: yes) On what planet was a politician the right person right now?

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57:31

327: 1993 NCAA Nationals (Commissioned)

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/10/11

This episode has been commissioned by Club Gym Nerd member Kerry, who requested an episode all about the 1993 NCAA Nationals, saying “This was the first NCAAs I ever watched as a kid growing up in Georgia, so this obviously got me hooked!” Setting the scene - what was college gymnastics like in the ancient year of 1993? A new format called "Super Six" was taking the college gymnastics world by storm Bonkers scoring and unrealistic 10s dominated the conversation (we wouldn't know anything about

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01:12:26

326: The Great Individual vs. Team Debate

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/10/10

THIS WEEK We have TWO episodes this week, so be sure to catch our 1993 NCAA Nationals commission as well on Thursday! Updates on some of the other difference makers we could have talked about last week but didn't. Like idiots. Plus, many more American collegiate medalists. More on the Jade Carey situation Jessica thinks it's AWESOME, Spencer thinks it's strategically unsound, and they both think USAG botched it (but whaaaaa?) The great INDIVIDUAL vs. TEAM debate, years in the making In the

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01:06:49

325: Olympics of Difference Makers (Commissioned)

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/10/04

This week, we have a special episode commissioned by InterGalactic Champion level Club Gym Nerd member Matt who, inspired by Queen Alexandra Raisman, requested an episode about athletes who were bold enough to make a difference in the quality of life for others. He said, "Thus, for my commissioned episode, I would like for you to name your All-Olympic team of difference makers. Honorees must be Olympic gymnasts from any country or era who made a positive impact." Let's do this! Here are the athletes

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01:44:04

324: The Jade Carey Situation & a Miss Val Book...

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/10/04

IN THE NEWS The roster for the US worlds selection camp has been named—and Jade Carey isn't on it! What the LKJDF;LKSJDF is going on around here? Why this doesn't make strategic sense for the US women's program Why this might make strategic sense for Jade Carey herself We foresee several dozen cans of worms this could open The Paris World Cup and the Case of the Missing Touch Warmup Why that's bad and also probably against the rules Ellie Black and the French dominate Igor was so incredibly

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01:57:32

323: Miss Val Retires, Inside Men's Doha Selection,...

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/09/26

CONTEST What: 5 winners get a copy of Miss Val’s book: Life is Short, Don’t Wait to Dance Grand Prize: Book and 15 minute personal phone call with Miss Val. How to Enter: Using the #DontWaitToDance on Twitter or Instagram tag us @GymCastic with a 5 second video doing your favorite UCLA floor choreography. Doesn't have to be you, use your dog, fingers, make a friend do it. Bonus entries: Link to the book. Enter as many times as you want. When: Now to October 5th *Conflict of Interest Disclaimer:

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02:10:19

322: Mary Lee Tracy Truth & Reconciliation

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/09/19

THIS WEEK'S INTERVIEW Mary Lee Tracy (MLT) has coached two Olympic gold medalists (four Olympians total) and has had over 25 national team members. Mary Lee was recently hired as USA Gymnastics Developmental Coordinator, only to be asked to resign after survivor backlash and "contacting a survivor." She was joined by Valorie Kondos-Field (Miss Val), UCLA head coach and advocate for culture change at USAG. This interview was conducted on September 9th 2018. We discuss: Criticism of MLT's coaching

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01:37:06

321: Consequences, Felonies, and Tumblers

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/09/12

GYMTERNET NEWS Jessica spent the day with Mary Lee Tracy. WHAT???????? Dumpster Fire News A post-mortem on the Perry Years (year) (nine months). Where does USA Gymnastics go from here? The DOJ is investigating why the FBI didn't open a formal investigation for nine months. MMMhmmmm. Debbie van Horn was arrested upon returning to Texas from China. Kathie Klages is being charged with lying to investigators and could face jail time Reflections on the interview with Aly and Lynn Raisman The

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320 Spencer Blogcast: USA Gymnastics Is an Exploding...

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/09/04

This week, it's a special Spencer Blogcast all about the latest USA Gymnastics disasters, from the appointment of Mary Lee Tracy, to the resignation of Mary Lee Tracy, to the resignation of our least favorite scarf model, Kerry Perry. It's been quite a little week. ESSENTIAL ARTICLES AND SCREENSHOTS -Mary Lee Tracy defends Larry Nassar as "amazing" (Dayton Daily News) -Mary Lee Tracy defends the ranch as "a learning environment" -Dominique Moceanu and Alyssa Beckerman recall MLT's coaching -Tom

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01:32:36

319: Aly and Lynn Raisman

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2018/08/29

THE ALY INTERVIEW Aly's experience, in her own words. On August 19th, the morning before the women's final at US Championships, Jessica had the opportunity to visit the amazing Raisman vegetable garden and spend the morning with Aly and Lynn Raisman, speaking about...well...everything—from USAG's insane official policies about abuse, to Steve Penny's shady business dealings, to what Aly really thinks about Martha. Plus, How Aly feels about being victim-shamed by coaches on social media Why she

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