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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.

Latest Episodes:

US Classic Preview Starring Chellsie and Simone May 18, 2021

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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 attempts? SIMONNNEEE piked double yurchenko? Do it!

OLYMPIC NEWS

The Japanese women's Olympic team has been named. We celebrate, and Spencer has some concerns
British women's team selection has been pushed back to allow Becky Downie a chance to trial

GYMTERNET NEWS

The US men's Pan Am team was chosen but no one told us about it
The 2022 codes of points are out. Quick reactions to the headlines for the new women's code
An update on Kevin Mazeika

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- Behind The Scenes: No Catsuits Allowed
- Behind The Scenes: More Project K (for Karolyi) Details
- Behind The Scenes: Project K
- Behind The Scenes: LIVE after NCAA Finals
- Behind The Scenes: Aimee Boorman to the Netherlands
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Chinese Champs plus Project K Decoding Romanian Secret Police Files on The Karolyis with Dr. Simona Petracovschi May 12, 2021

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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 Mazeika has been put on the USAG restricted list and cannot coach minors without adult supervision.

PROJECT K: The Romanian Secret Police Files on the Karolyis Interview with Professor Simona Petracovschi, PhD, faculty of Physical Education and Sport West University of Timisoara, Romania, to discuss the relationship between the Securitate and the athletes in communist Romania.

What was the Securitate and what was their relationship to the athletes vs average Romanian citizens in Communist Romania?
Can reports from the Securitate files be trusted?
The level of extreme privilege Marta and Bela Karolyi had even compared to the average coach.
Her thought on the conclusions the Athlete A documentary draws about the arrival of the Karolyis in the US.
The allegations of physical abuse dating back to the first year of Bela Karolyi coaching gymnastics.
Child Protective Services in communist Romania.
How was Olympic and World Champion, Maria Olaru treated after she published her book detailing abuse under the Romania gymnastics system in the late 80's through 2000. And the accidental live television admission about abuse made by the Minister of Sport to Maria.
The current state of Romanian gymnastics and the importance of these documents for the sports culture worldwide.

CHINESE NATIONALS

The rise of the veterans – Lu Yufei and Zhang Jin top the AA, and three of the four event champions are 20+
Beam-to-beam-to-beam comparison of Li Shijia, Ou Yushan, and Guan Chenchen, that mostly ends up being Jessica sound effects
Why Ou Yushan needs to be on the Olympic team anyway, and why weren't all the event champions added to the Olympic selection squad?
Updates on all of our beloveds

GYMTERNET NEWS

Canada won't send athletes to Pan Ams, and Manrique says he's not going to the Olympics.

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- Behind The Scenes: More Project K (for Karolyi) Details
- Behind The Scenes: Project K
- Behind The Scenes: LIVE after NCAA Finals
- Behind The Scenes: Aimee Boorman to the Netherlands
- Behind The Scenes: Beam Smash Regionals
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Jessica Bendinger Interview May 06, 2021

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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 and Mattie Larson as both a gymnast and bad ass hero.
Gymnastics, PTSD and nervous breakdowns.
Jessica pitches Stick It 2, genderless mafia gymnastics revolution or Stick It 2, the horror version: Escape from the Ranch.
Listen to our full episode about the movie 422: Stick It (Commissioned)

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Unitard Revolution Apr 27, 2021

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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 health; get event specialists to Level 10 Championships.
Russian dominance, and how Listunova's victorious AA score compares internationally
The glory of Jessica Gadirova (GBR)
Vanessa Ferrari's first Euro or world medal in 7 years
Giulia Steingruber's (SUI) first Euro medal in 5 years
Melanie de Jesus dos Santos (FRA) busting out a full-twisting double tuck beam dismount to beat Sanne
Our trauma for Rhys McClenaghan, Max Whitlock, Tin Srbic, Epke and Bart Deurloo
Shock pommel horse champion Artur Davtyan and his Armenian genocide remembrance flower
Kensley's ode to David Belyavskiy (RUS)

AMERICAN CLASSIC

FLO...
Skye Blakely won the AA title
Sunisa Lee's bars and beam victory, and Spencer and Jessica get into a fight about where she fits in the US Olympic picture if her leg won't heal in time for all-around.
Kara Eaker's new beam composition. Did they fix the problems?

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NCAA Championships Recap and Jaime Santos Esq explains the NCAA case before the Supreme Court Apr 20, 2021

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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 will award her the spot. We are extremely proud of Jade's performance on the world stage, which earned her this well-deserved opportunity. This path – to pursue the opportunity for an individual qualification – was open to certain qualified national team athletes. No other eligible athletes opted to pursue this qualification route. We anticipate that Jade will be competing at Trials. Unless she accepts the individual spot beforehand, Jade would be eligible to make the four-person team. At this time, FIG has not announced when they will officially award the spot or whether they will impose a deadline for acceptance. In any event, the choice to accept or reject the qualified spot is hers, and she has the full support of USA Gymnastics in any outcome."
Golden is coming. A six-episode docuseries about Laurie Hernandez (produced by Deanna Hong), Morgan Hurd, Suni Lee, Konnor McClain, and MyKayla Skinner in the run-up to Trials.

NCAA NATIONALS

Michigan becomes the 7th team to win a national title! We gush about their performance, the excitement of nationals, and who's going to be the next team to win a title.
Valiant efforts from Oklahoma and Utah, plus we parse just what went wrong for Florida in the final month
The Cal COVID scare right before the semifinal
That nail-biter second semifinal where Utah advanced by less than a tenth over Alabama and LSU
Is 5-up, 5-count the way forward for NCAA gym?

JAIME SANTOS Esq. INTERVIEW

Ms Santos is a partner in Goodwin Procter's Supreme Court and Appellate Practice. She explains what NCAA vs. Alston case heard by the SCOTUS in March is about and what that outcome could mean for your favorite gymnast or college team.

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

It's coming this week. We run through the schedule, what's at stake in terms of Olympic spots, and the latest news out of training.

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Soviet Gymnastics: Not the Specter of Evil (Commissioned) Apr 13, 2021

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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? What made them so successful? Are wolf turns their fault? And why don't we spend more time talking about Maria Tyshko, Galina Urbanovich, and Maria Gorokhovskaya?
That time the Soviets lost, and the epic 1981 world championships cheating conspiracies
What might have been for Elena Mukhina
What would have happened if the Soviets had competed at the 1984 Olympics?
Bogi, Chuso, the fall of the Soviet Union, and the lasting legacy

THE POSTS

THIS FRIDAY
Behind The Scenes: Live After NCAA Semifinal I
Things Are Happening – April 9, 2021 April 9, 2021
Keeping Up with the Cool GIFs – Regionals April 7, 2021
Top Scores of Regional Championships April 6, 2021
Onward to Nationals April 6, 2021

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2021 NCAA Championship Preview Apr 13, 2021

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THIS WEEK

NCAA Nationals are here. We preview the action, with expectations for each teams and key gymnasts to watch.
- SEMIFINAL I: Florida, Michigan, Cal, Minnesota
  - The semifinal of gymternet darlings
  - What does a victory look like for these teams? What should our expectations be for Michigan?
- SEMIFINAL II: Oklahoma, LSU, Utah, Alabama
  - The semifinal of teams that will outright murder you for a trophy
  - Was Utah's regionals victory over LSU foreshadowing or an aberration?
- Who's going to win the AA title, and if justice could be done, who would win each event?
- Team title picks, and one final insane prediction.

Schedule Friday, April 16 1:00pm ET/10:00am PT - Semifinal I

LIVE BTS between sessions

6:00pm ET/3:00pm PT - Semifinal II Saturday, April 17 3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT - Team Final

How to Watch Semifinal I and II on ESPN2, Team Final on ABC. All sessions will have event streams and four-event view on ESPN3.

THE POSTS

Things Are Happening – April 9, 2021 April 9, 2021
Keeping Up with the Cool GIFs – Regionals April 7, 2021
Top Scores of Regional Championships April 6, 2021
Onward to Nationals April 6, 2021

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Regionals Got Weird Apr 06, 2021

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THIS WEEK

NCAA Regionals Recap
- Who advanced to nationals and who didn't
- Is competing back-to-back(-to-back) days unfair to the athletes?
- LSU survived a challenge from Kentucky and Arizona State. We HAVE to talk about that beam judging.
- An injury apocalypse and vault balk-pocalypse in the Athens regional final
- The Case of the Georgia Floor Lines
- Larissa Libby has no lies about the regionals format, and we discuss Adeline Kenlin's beam moment
- Did the correct teams qualify?
- Of the nine 10.000s this weekend, which one was the 10iest?
Plus
- Evan Manivong's vaccine card vault
- MORGANNNNNNN. She spoke at the Stop Asian Hate event in NYC and it was perfect.
- Tisha Volleman's beam innovation from the Dutch/Belgian friendly
- Eythora's Onodi to illusion
- Spencer has ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS with the Olympic qualification procedure at Euros
- Maggie Haney wrote a letter. It was...djkflaksdjflaksdjflk
- A world medalist writes in about saluting rules

THE POSTS

Regionals Live Blog Day 3 – Regional Finals April 3, 2021
Regionals Live Blog Day 2 – AHHHHH April 2, 2021
Regionals Live Blog Day 1 – Play-Ins April 1, 2021
Keeping Up with the Cool GIFs – Conference Championships March 23, 2021

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All About Aly (Commissioned) Mar 30, 2021

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THIS WEEK

We have a commissioned episode all about Aly! A Club Gym Nerd member asked for a deep dive into the gymnastics and activism career of one of the true champions of the sport, our beloved Aly Raisman. We discuss
- Consistency and muscles and cardio (and tugboats for some reason)
- Owning things we thought about Aly when we first saw her as a junior elite that turned out to be false
- Her 2010 American Cup performance and what that beam routine told us about Aly
- The "mini-Alicia" years, and when she broke out to establish her own identity
- The 2012 Olympics, an AA tiebreak, and a beam petition
- The lie of "she'll never get those scores internationally"
- Behind the scenes memories of Aly at competitions
- 1.5 to double Arabian to layout. We gush for a while, and discuss why no one else has done it
- The comeback, and why her final competition was also her best one
- The post-gymnastics years, her platform, her activism, her quest for justice and commitment to sending monsters to prison and getting receipts
- What is Aly's ultimate legacy?

THE POSTS

Aly Raisman's Darkness To Light Training for adults
Regional Championships – Schedule and Links March 29, 2021
Keeping Up with the Cool GIFs – Conference Championships March 23, 2021
Top Scores of Conference Championships March 23, 2021
2021 Regionals Draw March 22, 2021

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Conference Championship of Upsets Mar 24, 2021

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THIS WEEK

USAG announced the 18-member US women's national team. We discuss why Konnor McClain and Skye Blakely aren't on it and whether it matters.
The NCAA conference championships had UPSETTTS. Denver beat Oklahoma after Oklahoma's apocalyptic floor rotation and hilarious OOB moment, Alabama beat LSU and Florida (what?), and Minnesota beat Michigan. It was a lot, and we have thoughts.
The regionals draw is out and Spencer has numerous logical complaints with how stupid it is. But it's going to be exciting.
Plus, gymternet news updates on the dumpster fire, Tokyo Olympics, Gymnova, Vanessa Ferrari, and Pan Ams, and feedback on exhibition routines and Lexy Ramler.

THE POSTS