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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:

210: Women's Podium Training from RIO Aug 05, 2016

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IN THE NEWS

In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer and Jessica chat about:

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How to watch live on BBC, CBC or NBC (details here).
INDYSTAR Expose: How USA Gymnastics protected coaches over kids
- "IndyStar tracked down four cases in which USA Gymnastics was warned of suspected abuse by coaches but did not initiate a report to authorities. Those coaches went on, according to police and court records, to abuse at least 14 underage gymnasts after the warnings."
- Episode 56: Preventing Abuse in Gymnastics
- 163: ENOUGH Marvin Sharp accused of sexual abuse.
- We created #GymUnsafe
  - Because the USA Gymnastics system is wildly inadequate, we created a spreadsheet to track coaches who make the news for suspected abuse–filling the gap between the time coaches are investigated and subsequently banned or exonerated. For example, USAG permanently ineligible member, Zac Lawson, has opened a new gym.
Skills Highlights:
- Ponor, Mustafina, Hong Un Jong, Paseka, Shang Chunsong, Chusovitina, Team Brazil and Larisa Iordache finds a gym, finally.
Team USA Podium Training
- The all-around spot is between Laurie and Aly and will be decided tonight, BUT based on today's podium training, what could one conclude?
  - FX: Gabby, Laurie, Simone, Aly
  - VT: Laurie, Gabby, Aly, Simone
  - UB: Aly, Simone, Gabby, Maddy
  - BB: Gabby, Aly, Laurie, Simone
- Maggie Haney is as upset about it as Jessica is.
Our favorite off-the-cuff comments from the arena, equipment "decorations," fashion news, and reality of living in Rio.

GYMTERNET NEWS

Round-up of the latest news from Rio includes:

NY Times: "The Bedazzling of the American Gymnast"
There is a petition to remove Al Trautwig from NBC gymnastics coverage!
The Russians have finally been cleared to compete.
- Australian Chef de Mission claims the Australian gymnasts were "on standby" and ready to compete! We are skeptical.

CONTEST: A winner every other podcast in August!

What: The Bronze Movie Watch Party Kits (gym bag with goodies and the movie), The End of the Perfect 10 book, a U.S. Olympic Trials T-shirt or GRAND PRIZE*: A Bronze Movie gym bag filled with real props used in the film and a one-of-a-kind Aliya Mustafa handmade cross-stitch by Spanny Tampson. How: Tweet, Instagram, Voicemail or Tumblr tag us and use the hashtag #BronzeContest to tell us which retired gymnast you would want to coach you, The Bronze style, to Olympic glory and why? Winners Announced: On every other podcast for the entire month of August! Starting with the women's podium training podcast. Grand Prize Deadline: August 21st at midnight. Open to Club Gym Nerd members only*

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Buy one of our awesome gym nerdy gifts and goodies here.

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209: Men's Podium Training at the Rio Olympic Games Aug 04, 2016

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IN THE NEWS

In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer and Jessica chat about:

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How to watch live on BBC, CBC or NBC (details here).
Skills Highlights:
- Kenzo did yurchenko 3.5
- Bretschendier tried his double double release laid out
- New skill submitted to the FIG
- Igor Radiviolov tried his handspring triple front (video)
The US Men's live stream training
- Is Mark Williams the Marta Karoyli we've been waiting for?
- Do we think it's wise for Chris Brooks to do the all-around?
- Our highlights from training, including lots of overhead hot mic moments.
Arena impressions, fashion news, and reality of living in Rio

GYMTERNET NEWS

Roundup of the latest news from Rio includes:

It's official. Laurie Hernandez went pro.
Stretovich replaced Ignatyev on the Russian men's team and it may have been a clear IOC rules violation, but it's really the least of Russia's problems.
Our favorite Bogi+Chuso celebrity couple names
Will Aly be doing all-around tomorrow? Jessica says no.

CONTEST: A winner every other podcast in August!

What: The Bronze Movie Watch Party Kits (gym bag with goodies and the movie), The End of the Perfect 10 book, a U.S. Olympic Trials T-shirt or GRAND PRIZE*: A Bronze Movie gym bag filled with real props used in the film and a one-of-a-kind Aliya Mustafa handmade cross-stitch by Spanny Tampson. How: Tweet, Instagram, Voicemail or Tumblr tag us and use the hashtag #BronzeContest to tell us which retired gymnast you would want to coach you, The Bronze style, to Olympic glory and why? Winners Announced: on every other podcast for the entire month of August! Starting with the women's podium training podcast. Grand Prize Deadline: August 21st at midnight. Open to Club Gym Nerd members only*

SUPPORT THE SHOW

Join Club Gym Nerd here.
Buy one of our awesome gym nerdy gifts and goodies here.

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208: Rio Olympics Preview Aug 03, 2016

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IN THE NEWS

In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer and Jessica chat about:

How to watch live on BBC, CBC or NBC (details here). We will be doing a podcast every day of podium training and for every competition! (1:04)
The End of the Perfect 10 Book Contest winners announced (4:07)
Russia: Despite reports, IOC still hasn't cleared the Russians (6:39)
Individuals with cool skills and stories to watch in the Mixed Groups
- WAG (10:30): Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska double twisting gainer layout dismount, Vasiliki Millousi, Dipa Karmakar, Jessica Lopez, Zsófia Kovács, Catalina Ponor, Guilia Steingruber, Houry Gebeshian, Hong Un Jong (who may complete a gorgeous triple twisting yurchenko), Toni-Ann Williams, Oksana Chusovitina, Larissa Miller
- MAG (1:14:32): Manrique Larduet, Rayderley Zapata, Eleftherios Petrounias, Ri Se Gwang, Oleg Stepko, Enrique Tomas "porn 'stash" Gonzalez Sepulveda; and six-foot-tall World floor medalist, Alexander Shatilov. And of course, Igor Radivilov's triple front vault.
- MAG team medal predictions (1:20:00)
Our actual and fantasy world picks for team and individual medals (53:01).
Uncle Tim compares each men's all-around medal contender to great works of literature (1:34:00)
Three great websites to get rankings for your fantasy gymnastics pool 4for4.info has sexy data up the ying-yang. For rankings check out, The Gymter.net Best Scores in 2016 , The All-Around WAG Best Scores 2016 with D scores.
Average age of Olympic gymnasts at the 2016 Rio Games is 20. Breakdown here and full age spreadsheet here. (48:35)

GYMTERNET NEWS

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet includes(1:41:22):

Larissa Miller (AUS) had to vacate her room from the strong smell of gas.
Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson's Grander mentoring project is not their big #secretproject
The FIG has an app now.
Lauren Hopkins and Deanna Hong are working for NBC Olympics. Lauren is working on a show called The Daily Dismount
Simone Biles released her emojis - Simoji.
Al Trautwig (1:43:00) gave the worst PR interview that confirmed everything we already know about him; he's willfully ignorant, tries not to do his homework, and sees gymnastics as an "esoteric" sport too complicated for the average human. It was like listening to an old white man who hates anything non-baseball. His misogyny was evident when he compared two athletes with legitimate medal chances to each other. His factually correct statements about Gabby Douglas, "didn't look like a gold medalist" and "has fallen off the beam the last two times she's gone" to Sam Mikulak who he says, in stark contrast to Gabby, "every once in a while makes the odd mistake." Funny way to compare two potential medalists when Sam has fallen at almost every single competition he's entered into for years. The rage continues...
Despite Kellogg's tweeting to the contrary, Simone will not be walking in the opening ceremonies. Duh.
Aimee Boorman and Maggie Haney said they are getting Olympic tattoos and confirmed that Marta is on Twitter!
We created #GymUnsafe
- A spreadsheet to track coaches who make the news for suspected abuse--filling the gap between the time coaches are investigated and subsequently banned or exonerated. For example, this USAG permanently ineligible member has opened a new gym.

OLYMPIC BRONZE CONTEST: A winner every other podcast in August!

What: The Bronze Movie Watch Party Kits (gym bag with goodies and the movie), The End of the Perfect 10 book, a U.S. Olympic Trials T-shirt or GRAND PRIZE*: A Bronze Movie gym bag filled with real props used in the film and the one of a kind, Aliya Mustafina cross-stitch handmade by Spanny Tampson. Open to Club Gym Nerd members only* How: Tweet, Instagram, Voicemail or Tumblr tag us and use the hashtag #BronzeContest to tell us which retired gymnast you would want to coach you, The Bronze style, to Olympic glory and why? Winners Announced: on every other podcast for the entire month of August! Starting with the women's podium training podcast. Grand Prize Deadline: August 21st at midnight.

SUPPORT THE SHOW

Join Club Gym Nerd here.
Buy one of our awesome shirts here.

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207: A History of Political Protests in Gymnastics Jul 27, 2016

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IN THE NEWS

In the news, Uncle Tim, Dvora and Jessica chat about:

Russia has not been banned as a country, but the FIG must decide on individuals. (3:00)
- Valentina has declared Ksenia Afanasyeva retired, might not be true but Afan is out.
- Kuksenkov was cleared of all Meldonium doping charges earlier this year and is in Rio.
Marta Karolyi Press Conference (9:25)
- We've decided Rhonda Faehn and Simone Biles/Aimee Boorman have started working Marta's mouth like a puppet because she held an open practice and even said the gymnasts must all be trained as individuals! Praise the gym gods!
Germany, Steingruber Win in Chemnitz (14:00)
- Sophie Scheder scored a 15.25 on bars (better at German Nationals with 15.5 which ranked her 8th in the World)
- Catalina Ponor scored a 14.700 on VT in Chemnitz. She outscored Larisa Iordache (FX, double Y turn immediate illusion turn!) on every event (except bars, which Ponor didn't do)
- Ponor has a full twisting DLO
- Ponor took on her haters on Instagram--straight up Gabby Douglas style.
Insane Skill Alerts (17:40)
- Kirsten Polderman (NED) switch-half Dick. What should the Dick Half be rated?
- Will Sae Miyakawa (JPN) compete her front full to double front on the Gymnova floor in Rio?
- Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) is doing a triple back.
- Takahiro Goshima (JPN) doing a back 3.5 to punch 2.5; He can also do a front 3.5 but he won't be in Rio.
A History of Political Protests in Gymnastics (27:45)
- Are political protests allowed by the IOC and what are the rules about free speech for athletes?
- Vera Caslavska (CZE) wasn't punished for her protest against the Soviets by the IOC but Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos were expelled from the Games.
- 1991 World Championships, Kuwait's thank you t-shirts.
- Statements by gymnasts that could have been taken as protest speech.
- Politically charged uniforms: Korea vs. Japan's rising sun throwback flag leotards.
Black Lives Matter (56:30)
- Should the US gymnastics team be prepared to answer questions about Black Lives Matter?
Rio Olympic Athlete Village update. (1:02:00)
Dvora's experience interviewing Oksana Chusovitina and Svetlana Boginskaya for Elle magazine.
Khorkina "Biles will always be second."
Maggie Nichols continues to be a shining light of joy.

INTERVIEW Because the end of the quad is a time for competitive retirements and new artistic beginnings, we have a little glimpse into a gym nerd dream job with the casting director of Le Rêve, Louanne Madorma. (1:17:19)

They have self-taught, level 8 and Olympians all in the show, there are knitting circles and dance contests, but unfortunately it's nothing like the movie DreamGirls.
Louanne was in the roller-skating sensation, Starlight Express, and has hilarious blooper stories.
The Wynn hotel, where Le Reve lives, pays for college at nearby UNLV!
Contact Louanne Madorma at Le Rêve casting here.
Listen to Jessica's review of Le Rêve in episode 41 here.

CONTEST Win: The End of the Perfect 10: The Making and Breaking of Gymnastics' Top Score – from Nadia to Now by Dvora Meyers What: Write a new rule for the next quad How: #Endofthe10Book @GymCastic on Instagram or Twitter Deadline: Sunday, July 31st at midnight.

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