185: 2008 Olympic All-Around Finals (Commissioned)
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2016
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Our first ever commissioned podcast! Club Gym Nerd member, Red, ordered a recap of the 2008 women's Olympic all-around finals with "fairytale expectations as if we didn't know what happened to the competitors." We talk about the medal contenders, the fan favorites, sideline shenanigans, judging flubs, standout skills and routines, with routine play by plays. From Anna Pavlova, Stelliana Nistor, Chusovitina, Jiang Yuyuan, Kesenia Semenova, Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin, Yang Yinlin; we cover all the juicy details and include leotard fashion reports. Spencer, Uncle Tim and Jessica take you through every last drop. 
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| 0:00.0 | Remember the show is PG-13, so you might hear a naughty word or two. |
| 0:04.3 | Sean is doing her very new Yurchenko 2 and a quarter that she performs once again this time |
| 0:11.0 | with her crossover, I got a a peace step that we have come to know |
| 0:15.3 | this year from that vault. She's basically doing your Chanko 2 and a quarter |
| 0:19.5 | directly connected to the peepy dance. This is episode 185. |
| 0:27.0 | Welcome to our very first ever commissioned episode from the number one gymnastics |
| 0:34.5 | podcast in the world I am Jessica and I'm here with Uncle Tim from Uncle Tim |
| 0:38.4 | Talks Men's Jim and Spencer from the Balance Bean situation It is our first commissioned episode by a member of our club |
| 0:46.5 | gym nerd. Our member red commissioned this episode and here is what he asked for. |
| 0:51.8 | Recap the 2008 Beijing all-around finals, make sure you include |
| 0:56.8 | Leotard's descriptions. Covered, we're gonna do that. He also asked, please provide |
| 1:02.1 | fairy tale expectations as if you didn't know what happened to these people. |
| 1:07.0 | So we're going to do this in present tense. |
| 1:11.0 | Done. That is the plan today. If you want to order your own |
| 1:13.8 | Commission podcast you can do so by joining club gym nerd and we'll show you exactly how to do it and |
| 1:19.3 | if you want to commission a podcast in a group send us an email like, hey, here are the name of the gym nerds, |
| 1:24.4 | here's how much we all sent in, and you can all go in on a group and commission one of these shows. |
| 1:29.1 | Commission episodes are in limited supply, and we have several back orders right now so please order now |
| 1:34.2 | before as they say on Downton Abbey our dance card is full now let's take a |
| 1:40.0 | trip back in time to Beijing. The year is 2008 for the 29th Olympic Act. |
| 1:47.0 | We are broadcasting live from the beautiful city of Beijing where we have not actually had instant asthma attacks as soon as the |
| 1:54.8 | airplane doors open despite all media reports to the contrary. The arena here is |
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