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**GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast**

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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Tokyo Olympics: Women's Gymnastics Team Final Jul 27, 2021

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Historic moment when Simone scratched for mental health reasons
Russia winning team gold for the first time EVER!
British winning bronze for the first time in 90+ years!
Heroic moments abound in this super competitive, mega exciting women's team final

Tokyo Olympics: Men's Team Final Jul 26, 2021

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Tokyo Olympics: Women's Qualifying Jul 25, 2021

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Our instant reactions after watching a full day of the women's gymnastics qualifying round at the Tokyo Olympics:

Simone didn't have her best competition, Rebeca Andrade placed second AA.
The US finished behind Russia by more than a point going into Team Finals.
Defending Olympic medalists failed to even make finals including Sanne Wevers on beam.
Danusia Francis may have gotten the highest Execution score of the meet.
Chuso got the standing ovation farewell she deserved.
Tom Forster used the words of survivors to justify his poor decision making.

Throughout the entire gymnastics Olympic competition we will be recording a live show from Tokyo. Our regular weekly public podcast will resume after the Olympics. In the meantime, here is a sample of our coverage for everyone; and our club members, who have made this coverage possible, have access to the full episodes.

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Tokyo Olympics: Men's Gymnastics Qualifications Jul 24, 2021

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Men's qualifications: our instant take after watching a day full of heartbreak (Kohei), triumph (Japan, Yoder, Rhys and Dalaloyan) and amazing careers come to an end (Epke).

Tokyo Olympics: WAG Podium Training Jul 22, 2021

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Olympic gymnast, Luciana Alvarado from Costa Rica kneels for Black Lives Matter during the choreography for her floor routine. This it the first known Black Lives Matter artistic expression ever used in an elite gymnastics routine. Simone Biles lands the yurchenko double pike at the Olympics for the first time in podium training. China, Japan, Nina vs. Suni, Brooklyn Moors, Eythora and more.

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Tokyo 2020: MAG Podium Training Jul 21, 2021

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Kara Eaker and the case of the positive alternate test. Did British Gymnastics break the rules? Dalaloyan did vault and floor three months post-op on an achilles tear. The vault acted like a bridge troll who didn't want anyone to get over it, including the US men.

Olympic Preview Part 2; Justice for Bower and Juda Jul 13, 2021

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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 may be re-traumatizing for those who have experienced 2-per-country or are sensitive to 2-per-country issues. Please take care of yourselves and watch with care. If you need support, please contact the Jordyn Wieber Fan Club at 1-800-Not-Over-It.
- Brace yourselves: We predict Simone Biles will win the women's all-around. But who are the next-best contenders for medals?
- It's going to be Oksana Chusovitina's 8th Olympics. Why are people talking about anything else?
- Why pommel horse is going to be the most exciting final
- Nina vs. Suni
- Jessica's feelings standouts
- There aren't enough spots in this beam final
- Spencer tries to make Jessica choose between Brooklyn Moors and Eythora Thorsdottir
- Can anyone catch Kohei on high bar?

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Tokyo Olympics Women's Gymnastics Team Preview Jul 07, 2021

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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 all-around medal?
- China: How China is changing the tired narrative, both in age and event strength. You want 2-per-country drama? Check out the Chinese team trying to make the beam final.
- Japan: How will the team handle the host-country pressure? And how do we bring #JusticeforMai full circle?
- Italy: It's Vanessa Ferrari's 4th Olympics. Will a year of injuries compromise Italy's chance of another bronze medal?
All your US questions post-trials in a rapid-fire Q&A. Well, medium-fire. OK, slow-fire. Plus what happened to Charlotte Drury and many other trampolinists. We discuss why the women's alternates changed since Olympic Trials.
- France: It's Melanie time! Plus, can Boyer do it again? How will the team fare without Lorette Charpy?
- Canada: Never count out Ellie Black. The proper response to Brooklyn Moors' floor. How will an event-final focused selection strategy affect the team score?
- Netherlands: Eythora's voice-floor, Sanne's beam, and everything else about the most artistic team at the Olympics.
- Belgium: Will Nina win bars gold? Plus an intense breakdown of her very divisive floor routine.
- Germany: The sentimental underdogs of the Olympics bringing the age and unitard revolution. Also, why does Seitz not have more medals, and what are we doing about that?
- Spain: How do we get Roxana Popa back a floor final?

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Olympic Trials Party and Postmortem Jun 30, 2021

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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 couple of tenths higher, we're so so fortunate that our athletes are so strong that I don't think it's going to come down to tenths of a point in Tokyo. We didn't feel like it was worth changing the integrity of the process simply for a couple of tenths." - Tom Forster
  - US Championships, Jessica asked, "Regarding the two team positions that will be selected, is it going to be closer to the 3-up-3 count highest score potential or just the top four all-around?"
    - "Erm, well no, it will be.. you know the job is to put forth the strongest team that we believe can hit 3-up-3 count. And so, by rule, the top two all-rounders will be automatically on the team. And then Pro Score has a whole query system that shows us every possible scenario of team formation to get the highest score. So, we'll look at that to try to determine how to complete the team."
- The blatant self-sabotage that is the US women's use of the +1 spot
- Justice for Shilese Jones and Riley McCusker! Why did the women not select a 5th alternate?
- TIME Magazine enters the Hall of Shame
- A RAGE-O-METER that we swear we didn't write ourselves
The Actual Competition for a Second
- Sunisa Lee outscored Simone on day 2. We gush about her everything, with a reminder about gymnastics goldfish memories
- Jordan Chiles is the most consistent gymnast in the United States
- Sparing a thought for Leanne Wong's very important floor routine
- Who do we think got Senoh-bars-ed off the Olympic team?
- And update on Emily Lee, as well as Jade Carey's Olympic plans
The Men's Team
- We...agree with it? Good work, men's team.
- What went into the selection of Alec Yoder for the +1
- The case for selecting Alex Diab
- Comparing the men's selection process with the women's and what the women's program could learn from the men's

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We Have Olympic Teams Jun 28, 2021

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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 Gym Nerd members. U.S. Women's Olympic Team Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, Grace McCallum. Jade Carey +1 and MyKayla Skinner +2. Replacement Athletes: Kayla DiCello, Kara Eaker, Leanne Wong, Emma Malabuyo. U.S. Men's Olympic Team Brody Malone, Belfast, Tenn./Stanford University Sam Mikulak, Newport Coast, Calif./U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center Yul Moldauer, Wellington, Colo./5280 Gymnastics Shane Wiskus, Spring Park, Minn./U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center Alec Yoder, Indianapolis, Ind./Ohio State University Replacement athletes Cameron Bock, Tustin, Calif./University of Michigan Allan Bower, Chandler, Ariz./University of Oklahoma Brandon Briones, Gilbert, Ariz./Stanford University Alex Diab, Glen Ellyn, Ill./University of Illinois Akash Modi, Morganville, N.J./Stanford University Going live after the women's Olympic Team is announced on Sunday. An hour and a half to two hours after the meet ends. Direct from Olympic Trials in St. Louis immediately following the conclusion of athlete interviews. Usually that's about an hour after the meet ends. BTS is a weekly live Q&A podcast just for club gym nerd members! It's our appreciation love letter to club members for supporting the show. Here's how to ask questions live.

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