GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

The dramatic video review that corrected the NCAA Team Finals (Photo Galleries) and Aimee Boorman and co-author Steve Cooper are here to talk about Aimee's memoire The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles  OUT  NOW! GymCastic LIVE SHOW at 2025 NCAAs What are people saying? Gymnerd808 said, "Hiiiii if youre not on the @GymCastic live show right now …... you're missing out! go purchase a replay ticket immediately. The tea being spilled is piping hot. Patrick is everything." REPLAY TICKETS: Virtual and In-Person tickets NCAA Championships Oklahoma overcame the 2024 vault gremlins and won its 7th NCAA Championship title! UCLA defied early-season expectations and finished as the runner-up Missouri went out with a BANG, earning its highest final placement in program history Utah finished in fourth after a late-meet beam inquiry for Amy Weir bumped Missouri ahead by 0.012  Why Frida Esparza wins the "fighting fascism even when it's inconvenient" award Our rotation-by-rotation recap of this meet, plus our favorite moments Oklahoma's beam domination vs. Utah's beam woes Why Chae Campbell is the only person allowed to do a Yurchenko full Helen. Motherfreaking. Hu. Was UCLA close to upsetting Oklahoma? Avery Neff's LEGIT 9.975 on vault "The Balance" Interview with Aimee Boorman and Fact Checker  The story behind why Simone underperformed at 2013 Classics What does it mean that Marta was great at discriminated skill selection? The story Aimee has about *checks notes* cadavers? How Aimee was able to put up with Steve Penny for all of those years How Aimee was able to teach Simone the INSANE skills she does Why this book is a departure from the typical coaching narrative and opens up an honest conversation about vulnerability in elite sports The toll elite sports coaching takes on family life and Aimee's advice for coaches Aimee Boorman Interviews Women’s Finals Recap with Aimee Boorman and Christian Gallardo  Aimee Boorman and Maggie Haney: The Olympic Experience Aimee addresses her co-interviewee in her book Behind The Scenes: Aimee Answers More Questions BONUS CONTENT  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here. 2025 College & (M)Cocktails menu (including mocktails of course) MERCH GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters  NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP EPISODES  Behind The Scenes: 2025 NCAA Team Finals Live from Ft Worth NCAA Championships 2025: All Around, Event Finals, Team Semifinals 2025 NCAA Championships Preview & Journalist’s First Gender-Diverse Gymnastics Meet RESOURCES Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE  Submitted by our listeners. ACTION Indivisible Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus 5Calls App will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items -  tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) ResistBot Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes ACLU Mobile Justice App Allows you to record encounters with public officials while streaming to your closest contacts and your local ACLU; REPORT any abuse by authorities to the ACLU and its networks. LAWSUITS Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, Northwest Immigration Law Project STAY INFORMED Suggested podcasts:  Amicus, Daily Beans, Pod Save America, Strict Scrutiny Immigrant Rights Know Your Rights Red Cards, We Have Rights Video, Your Rights on trains and buses video  

Transcribed - Published: 23 April 2025

Helen Hu, Brooklyn Moors, Kailin Chio, Jordan Chiles and Jordan Bowers are NCAA Champions! Utah, UCLA, Mizzu and OU advance. Alabama, Florida, MSU and defending national champion, LSU are out. Photo Galleries TICKETS ON SALE NOW  GymCastic LIVE SHOW at 2025 NCAAs How: Virtual and In-Person tickets When: Between meet days on Friday, April 18. Doors open at 6:30 PM; show starts at 7:00 PM CT Where: Fort Worth, Texas, or online from anywhere. Jessica and Spencer are joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner’s iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and the 2025 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships of course. They will also take your (virtual and in-person) questions live!  Live Show Season Pass now available (until 8 am Pacific Friday, April 18th) 2025 NCAA Championships Report Live The All-Around, Event Finals, Team Semifinal Post-Meet Show This is our live post-meet recap and Q&A episode. Today we are in Ft. Worth for NCAAs. We will go live after the meet (right here, on this page) Thursday, April 17th at 10:30-ISHpm Central/11:30pm Eastern (as soon as we can after the post-meet press conference). Login to reveal the full show. Full meet schedule. Watch the meet on ESPN2, follow scores Here's how to ask questions live. Can't make it live? Add Club exclusives to your favorite podcast player (instructions here). Every week we do a live Q&A, right here on this page to discuss our immediate thoughts about the week or the meets. For more info on how to watch your favorite elites, Olympic and World medalists in college and all year long, check out The Balance Beam Situation's schedule with links. College & Cocktails combines our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A live podcast with a college meet of the week. It's all part of the bonus content for our Club Members who support our work year around. BONUS CONTENT  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded, participate in watch-alongs with Spencer, access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here. 2025 College & (M)Cocktails menu (including mocktails of course) MERCH GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters  FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College Fantasy Game now open. Never too late to join! RESOURCES Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Kensley's all things men's gymnastics: Neutral Deductions RESISTANCE  Submitted by you. Action ResistBot Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes 5Calls App will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items -  tell them what you want then to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) Indivisible Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions ACLU Southern Poverty Law Center Northwest Immigration Law Project Stay Informed: Podcasts Amicus Daily Beans Pod Save America Strict Scrutiny Immigrant Rights Know Your Rights Red Cards We Have Rights Video ACLU Your Rights on trains and buses video

Transcribed - Published: 18 April 2025

The Elite season is heating up, we look ahead to this week's NCAA Championships, and chat with Will Graves about his piece on trans and non-binary athletes in NAIGC gymnastics LIVE SHOW at 2025 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Jessica and Spencer are joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner's iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and the 2025 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships of course. They will also take your questions live. How: Virtual and In-Person Tickets  When: Friday, April 18, Doors at 6:30, Show 7:00 CT  Where: Ft. Worth, Texas or online from anywhere Live Show Virtual Season Pass now available (For a limited time, four live show tickets for the price of three) Updates Meet and Show Schedule for NCAA Week Thursday, April 17 - All-around, Event Finals, Team Qualifying & LIVE Podcast Semifinal One: ESPN2 at 4:30pm ET/1:30pm PT featuring Oklahoma, Florida, Missouri, Alabama Semifinal Two: on ESPN2 at 9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT featuring LSU, Utah, UCLA, Michigan State After awards and press conference, we will go live for a post-meet podcast for club members after semifinals. The top two teams will advance to finals Friday, April 18 at 7 pm CT - GymCastic LIVE SHOW No meets, but our first live show of 2025! Expect games, shenanigans, and interviews Got a question? You can submit it with a virtual or in-person ticket Want to upgrade to an in-person ticket? Be sure to do it before Friday! Saturday, April 19 - Team Finals & Podcast 4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT on ABC The four teams battle it out for the 2025 NCAA title Join us after the NCAA Finals press conference and award ceremony for our live reaction podcast Headlines A mixed-gender gymnastics event is coming to LA 2028! We spent 300 hours discussion options on Behind The Scenes: Mixed Team Event Added to LA28. We still don't have details on the format, but expect more information in May after the next FIG meeting Livvy Dunne spoke at the House NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) settlement hearing about being consistnetly undervalued and not having a say in the process. GYMTERNET NEWS Italy won the team final Jesolo! Manila Esposito won the all-around with a 55.750 Zoey Molomo suffered a knee injury on vault during training Both of the D'Amato sisters made their return Osijek World Cup First-year senior Jun Iwai tied Tokyo Olympic Champion Artem Dolgopyat for the floor title Naya Howard announced she is transferring from Georgia Badass woman alert: Marta Pihan-Kulesza won the Polish national championships for the thirteenth time Carly Baumann and Reyna Guggino (University of Michigan) announced they will be returning for a sixth year Morgan Price (Fisk University) makes history again for HBCU gymnastics, repeating as the USA Gymnastics All Around Champion The University of Iowa opened its new $20 million training center for its spirit squads and gymnastics teams NCAA Nationals Four enter only two survive! Semifinal #1: Oklahoma, Florida, Missouri Semfinal #2: LSU, Utah, UCLA, Michigan State What does a victory look like for each team? Who is each team's secret weapon? What is each team's biggest roadblock to winning? Who is our favorite to win the all-around You may have heard of her, but we think Jadey Carey has a convincing argument Jordan Bowers' 39.900 at Regionals (with three 10s) could challenge Carey Chae Campbell won the Big 10 all-around title - how could she fit into the equation? What about our apparatus champions? We pick our likely and our dream winners for each event Olympic Team Draft: College Edition If we draft a hypothetical Olympic team made of gymnasts competing at NCAA Nationals, who would be on our teams? Round One: Pick any gymnast, but only one per school Round Two: Pick ONLY gymnasts who have never competed at a Worlds or Olympics Round Three: Using the NCAA code, pick ONLY gymnasts who have never competed at a Worlds or Olympics Interview: Will Graves Read Graves' article on how NAIGC gymnastics is provides trans and non-binary athletes an inclusive space to compete and thrive in the sport Fact Checker Wrote a Book with Simone's Coach Pre-Order Now! UP NEXT Two podcasts and a live show from NCAA Championships in Ft. Worth Pre-order Fact checker and Aimee Boorman's book "The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles" National Championship Fantasy Game is open now! BONUS CONTENT  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here. 2025 College & (M)Cocktails menu (including mocktails of course) MERCH GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters  NATIONALS FANTASY GAME: Lineups are now open (with new pricing!) Get your teams set before Thursday at 1 pm PT for the chance to win a mini-commission! GymCastic 2025 College Fantasy Game. Never too late to join! RESOURCES Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RECENT  Behind The Scenes: Mixed Team Event Added to LA28 The 5th Rotation: April 08, 2025 Regionals: Carnage and Courage College & Cocktails: Regionals Day Four NIL Gymnastics Deals & Regionals Debate Club RESISTANCE  Submitted by our listeners. 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Transcribed - Published: 14 April 2025

LIVE SHOW at 2025 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Jessica and Spencer are joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner's iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and the 2025 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships of course. They will also take your questions live. How: Virtual and In-Person Tickets When: Friday, April 18, Doors at 6:30, Show 7:00 CT Where: Rose Marine Theater, Ft. Worth, Texas or online from anywhere Live Show Virtual Season Pass now available (For a limited time, four virtual live shows for the price of three) GymCastic Updates NCAA Live Show Tickets are on Sale now! In-person and virtual ticket options. Purchase your ticket here We launched a new store! Check it out here Headlines We have our NCAA Championship teams! What are the rankings by qualifying score? What were our biggest lessons from regionals? Why note every team is invincible Why is the NCAA suddenly so concerned about athlete harassment from sports betting when it didn't say squat about the stalking, racism, verbal harassment, and cyberbullying athletes have already been facing for YEARS  USAG ends its contract with the healthcare provider that employs the National Team doctor, Dr. Marcia Faustin NIL Settlement News: Livvy Dunne will be speaking at the House vs. NCAA ruling, a multi-billion dollar settlement that will decide how college athletes can get paid Homophobia allegations from the FIG general secretary during a meeting on gender equity Russia withdrew rhythmic and artistic athletes from competition GYMTERNET NEWS Former Boise State gymnast, Hailey Okula (Gasper), passed away due to complications from childbirth Injury updates NCAA: Chloe Negrete (NC State), Csenge Bacskay (Georgia), Frankie Price (Arkansas) Shilese Jones had another surgery Kaliya Lincoln had shoulder surgery Gymnasts are among the 17 women filing a lawsuit against Michigan's ex-football coach, Matt Weiss, who is being indicted on 14 counts of unauthorized access to computers and 10 counts of aggravated identity theft The president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine said Illia Kovtun and his coach could face consequences for switching nationalities Gymnastics Ireland is now incorporating anti-racism training into its new diversity strategy The Italian Federation has fired its rhythmic coach of 29 years after alleged mistreatment of former gymnasts USAG has announced international assignments for Jesolo, Osijek, and Varna. Who is going where? Nina Derwael got engaged! NCAA Regionals Who are our team and individual national qualifiers? What did our eyes tell us from regionals? LSU cannot be making mistakes if they want to stay No. 1 Could Michigan State be the national champions? Who are our best teams by event from this weekend and why the best vault team was OBVIOUSLY Michigan State, duh! Can someone get the judges a new pair of glasses?  A WTF-off brought to you by the Alabama, Penn State, Utah, and Washington regionals BYU and Utah State tried to out-Utah each other by doing a mic'd up feature on the gymnasts' husbands in the audience HOT DAMN DENVER. The Pioneers tied Utah to knock out Stanford during round one California and Alabama looked nervy in that final rotation Florida showed they deserve to be in the top three Did Alabama get the benefit of home scoring? Did you see that Auburn vault rotation??? We debrief the close race between Auburn and Missouri for the last spot Injuries and unforeseen circumstances: Georgia didn't have a fun time at regionals Explanation please? The Lily Smith beam start value that makes zero sense Fact Checker Wrote a Book with Simone's Coach Pre-Order Now! UP NEXT College and Cocktails: Saturday at 6pm-ish Pacific after Regionals Regionals Fantasy Lineups Lock: April 2nd, 10:30am Pacific Pre-order Fact checker and Aimee Boorman's book "The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles" Add exclusive Club Content like College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions here). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar here   Join Our Fantasy League BONUS CONTENT  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here. 2025 College & (M)Cocktails menu (including mocktails of course) MERCH GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters  FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College Fantasy Game now open. Never too late to join! RESOURCES Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE  Submitted by our listeners. ACTION Indivisible Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus 5Calls App will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items -  tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) ResistBot Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes LAWSUITS Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, Northwest Immigration Law Project STAY INFORMED Suggested podcasts:  Amicus, Daily Beans, Pod Save America, Strict Scrutiny Immigrant Rights Know Your Rights Red Cards, We Have Rights Video, Your Rights on trains and buses video  

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2025

LIVE SHOW 2025 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Jessica and Spencer are joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner’s iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and the 2025 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships of course. They will also take your (virtual and in person) questions live! How: Virtual and In-Person Tickets here When: Between meet day on Friday, April 18, Doors at 6:30, Show 7:00 CT Where: Ft. Worth, Texas or online from anywhere  Live Show Season Pass now available (limited time only!) Welcome to College & Cocktails! The College Gymnastics Post-Meet Show Day Four of Regionals and we have our first NCAA Championship qualifiers: LSU, Michigan State's 198.00 (!), Utah, UCLA! This is our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A episode. Today we watched all the regionals. We recorded live on Sat night. Here's how to ask questions live. Can't make it live? Add College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions here). Get your complete 2025 College & Cocktails/Mocktalis menu here! Every week we pick a college meet to watch, then go live, right here on this page to discuss our immediate thoughts about the meet. For more info on how to watch your favorite elites, Olympic and World medalists in college and all year long, check out The Balance Beam Situation's schedule with links. College & Cocktails combines our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A live podcast with a college meet of the week. It's all part of the bonus content for our Club Members who support our work year around. Join Our Fantasy League BONUS CONTENT  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded, participate in watch-alongs with Spencer, access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here. 2025 College & (M)Cocktails menu (including mocktails of course) MERCH GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters  FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College Fantasy Game now open. Never too late to join! RESOURCES Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Kensley's all things men's gymnastics: Neutral Deductions RESISTANCE  Submitted by you. Action ResistBot Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes 5Calls App will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items -  tell them what you want then to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) Indivisible Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus Podcasts Amicus Daily Beans Pod Save America Strict Scrutiny Immigrant Rights Know Your Rights Red Cards We Have Rights Video ACLU Your Rights on trains and buses video Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions ACLU Southern Poverty Law Center Northwest Immigration Law Project

Transcribed - Published: 6 April 2025

LIVE SHOW 2025 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Jessica and Spencer are joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner's iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and the 2025 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships of course. They will also take your questions live. How: Virtual and In-Person Tickets When: Friday, April 18, Doors at 6:30, Show 7:00 CT Where: Rose Marine Theater, Ft. Worth, Texas or online from anywhere Live Show Virtual Season Pass now available (For a limited time, four virtual live shows for the price of three) MINI COMMISSION: NIL Deals This mini-comission is brought to you by Club Gymnerd member Jonathan who would "LOVE to hear you debate the best/worst/most ridiculous NIL deals and/or entrepreneurial endeavors of NCAA gymnasts. You can also go on a side tangent about dream partnerships from pre-NIL days” Our favorites Jordan Chiles on the face of Lucky Charms? Yes please Who wouldn't want a Leanne Wong seltzer water? Frederick Richard quashed the "ashy skin" allegations with this CeraVe partnership How do we get more gymnasts to do testicle soap collaborations? The most controversial deals? Livvy Dunne and Kayla DiCello doing an AI homework tool deal that didn't go great... MLM deals with schools and gymnasts Our dream NIL deals A TV deal for a viral floor routine, featuring the original, Llomincia Hall Akash Modi finally getting the Taco Bell sponsorship he deserved Suni Lee securing the ultimate pickle sponsorship GYMTERNET NEWS We have a Flying Banana Jesus half vault! You have to see Madita Mayr's front layout half from the DTB Cup LA2028 watch: Gymnastics bids for Crypto.com Arena to host Give me that money news: USA Gymnastics and Comcast renewed their contract through to 2028 Check out the Podium Club, USAG's giving society dedicated to support the growth of gymnastics nationwide The Gymnastics Rebalancing Act: Check out the recording from MIT's Sports Analytics Conference; you might see a familiar face! The Gymnastics for All Colloquium will now receive patronage from UNESCO NCAA Welcome to elimination season! What is the format for regionals? How do individuals qualify to nationals? Who is going to each regional? Who do we predict will qualify to nationals? Who are our dark horses? Penn State Regional Debate club: do we think Michigan State should advance to nationals with LSU over Kentucky or Arkansas? Can Michigan upset Arkansas to make the regional final? Who will make it past the play-in round? Maryland and its pride integrity? Or West Virginia with its stick plunger hat Utah Regional Debate club: is the Utah Regional going to be the most boring regional of the four? Do we think Denver was pretending to be bad on beam this whole season to lull everyone into a false sense of security heading into regionals? The stakes of the preliminary knockout round between BYU and Utah State Alabama Regional Do we think the Alabama regional judges are going to cook up some home scores for the home team? Are North Carolina, NC State, and Iowa really 197+ teams? Or is that just a figment of our imagination from some crazy scores? Why you have to watch round one between Clemson and Rutgers Washington Regional Debate: do we have a formatting flaw for all the seeded teams in this regional to be from the south/middle south?  What are Georgia and Auburn's chances to make it out of semifinals and upset Oklahoma and Missouri? The legacy team vs underdog battle between Illinois and UC Davis Feedback We predict how NCAA gymnastics might change in a 5 up 5 count and an open-ended code Fact Checker Wrote a Book with Simone's Coach Pre-Order Now!   UP NEXT College and Cocktails: Saturday at 6pm-ish Pacific after Regionals Regionals Fantasy Lineups Lock: April 2nd, 10:30am Pacific Pre-order Fact checker and Aimee Boorman's book "The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles" Add exclusive Club Content like College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions here). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar here   Join Our Fantasy League BONUS CONTENT  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here. 2025 College & (M)Cocktails menu (including mocktails of course) MERCH GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters  FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College Fantasy Game now open. Never too late to join! RECENT  Behind The Scenes: Thought Crimes The 5th Rotation: March 25, 2025 Conference Championships Regional Blastoff of 10s College & Cocktails: Bragging Rights Championships Fantasy News: 2025 NCAA Season, Week 11 The 5th Rotation: March 18, 2025 Jordan Chiles’ Book College & Cocktails: Battle Altitude UCLA at Utah RELATED EPISODES April Fool's episodes NEW! 2015 FIG Rules April Fool’s Day Show 2013 Episode 26.5: Oil Billionaire Funds Gymnastics Announcement! The Definitive Guide to the Paris Floor Bronze Debacle so far… RESOURCES Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE  Submitted by our listeners. ACTION Indivisible Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus 5Calls App will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items -  tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) ResistBot Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes LAWSUITS Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, Northwest Immigration Law Project STAY INFORMED Suggested podcasts:  Amicus, Daily Beans, Pod Save America, Strict Scrutiny Immigrant Rights Know Your Rights Red Cards, We Have Rights Video, Your Rights on trains and buses video  

Transcribed - Published: 2 April 2025

 Login for the full show.  Not a member? Join here Not sure if you are ready to join? Watch College & Cocktails sample free here This is our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A episode, while NCAA is on a bye, we have a week off of College & Cocktails. We went  live to answer your questions. Stories about what we would have missed had we only done college online Spy stories as told by Jessica’s Berlin stationed spy father  Explaining all the bars deductions, skills and code debates A listener asks if the era of OU over Suggestions on how to fix the SEC Championships 9th team out debacle  How to ask questions live. Can’t make it live? Add College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions here). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire schedule into your Google and iCal calendar here BONUS CONTENT  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenesepisodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded, participate in watch-alongs with Spencer, access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren’t a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here. 2025 College & (M)Cocktails menu (including mocktails of course) MERCH GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters  FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College Fantasy Game now open. Never too late to join! RECENT Behind The Scenes: Thought Crimes The 5th Rotation: March 25, 2025 Conference Championships Regional Blastoff of 10s College & Cocktails: Bragging Rights Championships Fantasy News: 2025 NCAA Season, Week 11 The 5th Rotation: March 18, 2025 Jordan Chiles’ Book College & Cocktails: Battle Altitude UCLA at Utah RESOURCES Spencer’s essential website The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Kensley’s all things men’s gymnastics: Neutral Deductions RESISTANCE - Submitted by you. Take Action  Indivisible Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus ResistBot Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes 5Calls App will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) Podcasts Amicus Daily Beans Pod Save America Strict Scrutiny Immigrant Rights Know Your Rights Red Cards We Have Rights Video ACLU Your Rights on trains and buses video Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions Lawsuit tracker  ACLU Southern Poverty Law Center Northwest Immigration Law Project  

Transcribed - Published: 29 March 2025

Live Show Season Pass now available (limited time) HEADLINES IT FINALLY HAPPENED, Brooklyn Moors got her 10! Jade Carey hard-lanched her girlfriend on Instagram Morinari Watanabe will not be the president of the IOC Two new skills at the Antalya World Cup Yang Fanyuwei: The full-twisting Jaeger aka the skill Suni competed at 2024 Winter Cup Okamura Mana: Piked half-turn to double pike dismount off bars What happened after Arkansas was booted from SEC Championships? Jordyn Wieber released a statement on Instagram What does this mean for Arkansas' NQS heading into the post-season? GYMTERNET NEWS Why everyone needs to learn a thing or two about longevity from this 74-year-old Danish gymnast Welcome to the club! Sac State's Grace Gilman joins the long list of gymnasts who shit their pants in competition LA 2028 Watch: Ellie Black says she has no plans of retiring and hopes to compete at the Los Angeles Games! Morgan Hurd, Missy Marlowe, Rebecca Sereda, Barry Weiner, Gary Anderson, and Marc Yancey were all inducted into USAG's Hall of Fame Baby alert: Alice Kinsella announced she's pregnant! She also does not plan on retiring  She can do everything! Peng Peng Lee won music video of the year at the Indie Short Fest The Utah vs UCLA meet was the 12th highest-ranked program on Fox The Gymnastics MIT Panel is available to view NCAA Our conference championship highlights including 11 10's Program records After winning SEC Championships, LSU enters the post-season with the No. 1 seed for the first time in program history Missouri heads into the post-season ranked No. 7, the highest placement in school history Florida went 49.85 on bars at SEC Championships, not only breaking its own school record but also the NCAA record HALLELUJAH BECAUSE BROOKLYN MOORS AND RILEY MCCUSKER GOT THEIR 10s!!! Chae Campbell is your Big 10 all-around champion Stanford performed an ancient Celtic ritual and it worked. Stanford, UCLA, and Utah, all former PAC-12 teams, won their new respective conference titles A nail-biting finish for regionals qualification Towson fumbled on bars and just missed Regionals qualification Keanna Abraham came in clutch and nailed her vault to help UC Davis qualify to regionals for the first time in over a decade Jade Carey had her last Oregon State meet and made it out of college as the only American woman to compete in four consecutive NCAA seasons between two Olympics Zyia Coleman (Fisk) has a creative floor routine that is everything we could have asked for Ui Soma (Stanford) showed she can hold her handstands longer than everyone else and got a 10 on bars It's elimination season: NCAA Regionals What happened at the NCAA Regionals selection show? The "Oklahoma was training" absence from the show is the most Oklahoma thing you could possibly ask for Who got Atler-ed? (AKA who was most victimized by the selection process?) Who is the real winner of conference championships and why is it Jay Clark? UP NEXT Behind The Scenes: Friday at noon Pacific Regionals Fantasy Lineups Lock: April 2nd, time TBD Add exclusive Club Content like College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions here). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar here Join Our Fantasy League BONUS CONTENT  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here. 2025 College & (M)Cocktails menu (including mocktails of course) MERCH GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters  FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College Fantasy Game now open. Never too late to join! RECENT  College & Cocktails: Bragging Rights Championships Fantasy News: 2025 NCAA Season, Week 11 The 5th Rotation: March 18, 2025 Jordan Chiles’ Book College & Cocktails: Battle Altitude UCLA at Utah Spencer’s Live Blog – Friday, March 14, 2025 Fantasy News: 2025 NCAA Season, Week 10 The 5th Rotation: March 11, 2025 RESOURCES Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE  Submitted by our listeners. ACTION Indivisible Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus 5Calls App will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items -  tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) ResistBot Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes LAWSUITS Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, Northwest Immigration Law Project STAY INFORMED Suggested podcasts:  Amicus, Daily Beans, Pod Save America, Strict Scrutiny Immigrant Rights Know Your Rights Red Cards, We Have Rights Video, Your Rights on trains and buses video  

Transcribed - Published: 25 March 2025

  Live Show Season Pass now available (limited time only, four live shows for the price of three) Welcome to College & Cocktails! The College Gymnastics Post-Meet Show Conference Championships drama, Jade's last home meet surprise and was Arkansas blocked from competing in this weekend? We'll discuss everything from the last meet weekend before Regionals.  This is our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A episode. Today we watched all the regionals. Login  to your Club Gym Nerd account  to listen or watch the full show. Not a member yet? Join here. Here's how to ask questions live. Can't make it live? Add College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions here). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar here Get your complete 2025 College & Cocktails/Mocktalis menu here! Every week we pick a college meet to watch, then go live, to discuss our immediate thoughts about the meet. For more info on how to watch your favorite elites, Olympic and World medalists in college and all year long, check out The Balance Beam Situation's schedule with links. College & Cocktails combines our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A live podcast with a college meet of the week. It's all part of the bonus content for our Club Members who support our work year around. Join Our Fantasy League BONUS CONTENT  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded, participate in watch-alongs with Spencer, access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here. 2025 College & (M)Cocktails menu (including mocktails of course) MERCH GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters  FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College Fantasy Game now open. Never too late to join! RECENT College & Cocktails: Bragging Rights Championships Fantasy News: 2025 NCAA Season, Week 11 The 5th Rotation: March 18, 2025 Jordan Chiles’ Book College & Cocktails: Battle Altitude UCLA at Utah Spencer’s Live Blog – Friday, March 14, 2025 Fantasy News: 2025 NCAA Season, Week 10 The 5th Rotation: March 11, 2025 Olympic Team Draft: Every Gymnast At Their Quad Peak College & Cocktails: Michigan at Oklahoma RESOURCES Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Kensley's all things men's gymnastics: Neutral Deductions RESISTANCE  Submitted by you. Action Indivisible Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus ResistBot Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes 5Calls App will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items -  tell them what you want then to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) Podcasts Amicus Daily Beans Pod Save America Strict Scrutiny Immigrant Rights Know Your Rights Red Cards We Have Rights Video ACLU Your Rights on trains and buses video Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions ACLU Southern Poverty Law Center Northwest Immigration Law Project  

Transcribed - Published: 23 March 2025

Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 12 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more. Help a Fellow Gym Nerd - https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-eyal-itzhaki-walk-again Season Pass on sale now: https://gymcastic.com/2025-gymcastic-live-shows-season-pass/ Week 12 Lineups lock at noon on Friday, March 21 at 02:30pm PT 00:00 Intro 00:52:13 Roster Bargains 01:10 Roster Bargains - Vault 03:48 Roster Bargains - Bars 06:58 Roster Bargains - Beam 09:46 Roster Bargains - Floor 14:01 League Leaders 16:15 League Stats 16:40 Byes & Injuries Link to the College & Cocktails Schedule: https://gymcastic.com/community/postid/4336/

Transcribed - Published: 19 March 2025

This week we discuss Jordan Chiles' new book "I'm That Girl", and the meaningful meaningless-ness of NCAA Conference Championships  2025 LIVE SHOW SEASON PASS ON SALE (limited time)   BUY NOW A FELLOW GYM NERD NEEDS YOUR HELP If you've been enjoying the new badges in your fantasy trophy case, you can thank fellow gym nerd and designer, Eyal Itzhaki. Unfortunately Eyal recently had a fluke accident that required spinal surgery and has left him with a long recovery ahead. He has started a GoFundMe to support this effort. Book Club: Jordan Chiles' "I'm That Girl" Chiles' frank, unprecedented discussion of abuse and her parents the acknowledgment of the role played during that time Our highlights from the book On sexism: why can't women act competitively like in men's sports without being labeled "rude"? Therapy rewards Woodwind instrument stans rise. Did you know Jordan was a band kid? The dark side of elite gymnastics culture The lack of black represention in her gymnastics community growing up 7 hour training schedule with a 15-minute snack break  Normalizing not having your period Sneaking into the kitchen at the Karolyi Ranch for food Erika Bakacs Jordan's gymnastics coach, and also Tanya Harding's choreographer Several accusations made against Bakacs in the book Calorie restrictions, racism, obsessively controlling Jordan's diet, relationships, and personal life outside of the gym Exploiting gymnasts' parents for personal favors Drunk coaching Role of SafeSport Perspective and Context Fact-Checking The publisher did not do their job Opportunities to clarify and give context - discussion of body fat, gymnasts' heights, hip-hop floor routines, competing in NCAA and elite simultaneously Luci Collins the first black woman to make a U.S. Olympic gymnastics team Other GymCastic Book Club episodes GYMTERNET NEWS Our beloved Irish king of the pommels won Irish "Dancing With the Stars" You guys, it's a college sports thing. Speedo boy, Michael Phelps joins the college sports curtain of distraction at a basketball game The National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs (NAIGC) is surveying the adult gymnastics community. Fill out the survey here Grace McCallum is returning to Utah next season as a student coach Try not to get too excited, but Trinity Thomas announced she mayyy not be done with gymnastics NBC extended their media rights on all platforms in the United States for the Olympic Games through to 2036 under a $3 billion contract NCAA What's on the line for conference championships besides titles? Oklahoma, LSU, and Florida are all in a close race for the no. 1 spot to finish the season. What scores does each team need to win? Spencer's bracketology corner Why does Alabama need to be moved? Arkansas is locked in at no. 16 despite not having a conference championship score Our 12 bubble teams for who could grab the last three spots to regionals Greg Marsden's Instagram post about NCAA Gymnastics growth Q&A Thoughts on a reality show about an Irish Men's Gymnastics house with a dramatic game of drunk chess for each episode Are there scoring advantages for elite gymnasts in NCAA? Brown Skin tone turning shoes for gymnasts UP NEXT College & Cocktails: Saturday, March 22 at 7:00pm PT after Conference Championships  Fantasy Lineups Lock: Friday, March 21 – 2:30pm PT Add exclusive Club Content like College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions here). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar here Join Our Fantasy League BONUS CONTENT  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here. 2025 College & (M)Cocktails menu (including mocktails of course) MERCH GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters  FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College Fantasy Game now open. Never too late to join! RECENT  College & Cocktails: Battle Altitude UCLA at Utah Spencer’s Live Blog – Friday, March 14, 2025 Fantasy News: 2025 NCAA Season, Week 10 The 5th Rotation: March 11, 2025 Olympic Team Draft: Every Gymnast At Their Quad Peak College & Cocktails: Michigan at Oklahoma Spencer’s Live Blog – Friday, March 07, 2025 The 5th Rotation: March 04, 2025 RESOURCES Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim  Will Graves article on Chiles coaching abuse 2021 U.S. Nationals Recap (41:44) Cleo Washington Interview RESISTANCE  Submitted by our listeners. TAKE ACTION Indivisible Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus 5Calls App will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items -  tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) ResistBot Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes  LAWSUITS -  Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, Northwest Immigration Law Project  Suggested podcasts:  Amicus, Daily Beans, Pod Save America, Strict Scrutiny Immigrant Rights Know Your Rights Red Cards, We Have Rights Video, Your Rights on trains and buses video  

Transcribed - Published: 18 March 2025

Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 11 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more. Help a Fellow Gym Nerd - https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-eyal-itzhaki-walk-again Season Pass on sale now: https://gymcastic.com/2025-gymcastic-live-shows-season-pass/ Week 11 Lineups lock at noon on Friday, March 14 at 02:30pm PT 00:00 Intro 01:09 Roster Bargains 01:26 Roster Bargains - Vault 03:30 Roster Bargains - Bars 06:01 Roster Bargains - Beam 08:08 Roster Bargains - Floor 10:38 League Leaders 11:45 League Stats 12:31 Byes & Injuries Link to the College & Cocktails Schedule: https://gymcastic.com/community/postid/4336/

Transcribed - Published: 12 March 2025

Update from the FIG about Fujitsu judging at Jakarta Worlds, Melnikova is back, NCAA updates, and a commissioned episode where we draft Olympic teams as if everyone in the entire quad was at their peak by Trials. LIVE SHOW SEASON PASS ON SALE NOW  Support independent journalists by joining here.  GYMTERNET NEWS Will Fujitsu robot judging be used at Jakarta Worlds? We have an answer See episodes on Judges Evaluation Program here  LSU set a program-record 198.5 for senior night Several Russian gymnasts, including Olympic Champion Angelina Melnikova, were approved for AIN status Chusovitina won the vault World Cup with improved form at age 49 COMMISSIONED EPISODE: Repicking the U.S. Olympic Teams This week Alex AKA the "I love you Tasha guy" gave us the task to put on our National Team Coordinator hats and retroactively pick U.S. Olympic teams from Sydney to Paris using gymnasts who were at their quad-peak. Click here to see Alex's detailed spreadsheet outlining our contenders. The Rules: For each quad, pick the number of gymnasts based on the rules at that time (e.g. the Sydney format is 6-5-4, Athens is 6-3-3, London is 5-3-3, Tokyo is 4-3-3 + 2 individuals) If you are too heartbroken to leave an athlete at home, you can name 2 travelling alternates. You can even name two non-travelling alternates if you must  With all of the best gymnasts from the quad competing at their quad-level peak with no injuries, burnout, and retirements, who do you pick? Go through quad by quad and determine your Olympic team (plus alternates, if necessary) and select team final lineups. Remember, the ultimate goal is to WIN  UP NEXT Spencer is doing a watch-along live blog here before the podcast. College & Cocktails: Saturday, March 15th after UCLA vs. Utah Fantasy Lineups Lock: Friday, March 14th at 2:30pm PT Add exclusive Club Content like College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions here). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar here Join Our Fantasy League BONUS CONTENT  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here. 2025 College & (M)Cocktails menu (including mocktails of course) MERCH GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters  FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College Fantasy Game now open. Never too late to join! RECENT  College & Cocktails: Michigan at Oklahoma Spencer’s Live Blog – Friday, March 07, 2025 The 5th Rotation: March 04, 2025 A.I. Judging at Worlds in Jakarta? Fantasy News: 2025 NCAA Season, Week 9 College & Cocktails: Alabama at Arkansas Spencer’s Live Blog – Friday, February 28, 2025 Fantasy News: 2025 NCAA Season, Week 8 RESOURCES Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE  Submitted by our listeners. ACTION Indivisible Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus 5Calls App will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items -  tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) ResistBot Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes ACLU Mobile Justice App Allows you to record encounters with public officials while streaming to your closest contacts and your local ACLU; REPORT any abuse by authorities to the ACLU and its networks. LAWSUITS Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, Northwest Immigration Law Project STAY INFORMED Suggested podcasts:  Amicus, Daily Beans, Pod Save America, Strict Scrutiny Immigrant Rights Know Your Rights Red Cards, We Have Rights Video, Your Rights on trains and buses video

Transcribed - Published: 10 March 2025

HEADLINES Russian Olympian Nikita Nagornyy has been sanctioned by the European Union Aimee Boorman will become Stuttgart's elite coach Boorman's move to Stuttgart comes after allegations of abuse from former gymnasts Shannon Welker of Mizzu gave us the details on the piercing controversy GYMTERNET NEWS Move over basic two-pass floor routines, Brie Clark (Clemson) just became the first person to compete a Biles in NCAA! Watanabe's opinions on transgender athletes, artificial intelligence, and judging How Kyen Mayhew just leveled-up the hair game for everyone In an exclusive, Air Force Gymnastics told us why, they were forced to take down an Instagram post To make us all feel better, watch this video of a full-twisting split leg double layout USA Gymnastics announced international assignments Jessica Gadirova made her beam comeback at English Championships without a dismount Injury updates: Viktoria Listunova tore her achilles Jennifer Gadirova suffered another ACL injury Ansel Meadows-Rader competed with blades and won floor! NCAA Say it louder for the people in the back! Greg Marsden on viewership growth in NCAA women's gymnastics Elimination season is approaching! What are the biggest surprises of the 2025 season? CORRUPT OR CORRECT? Audrey Davis vs Cienna Alipio's beam Selena Harris is the first gymnast to earn a vault 10 this season The judges-with-guts award goes to: the Maryland beam judges Feedback Nola Matthew's new floor routine as a critique of artificial intelligence and data privacy concerns Regionals questions: how are host team regionals placements decided? How does Brooklyn Moors' side pass fulfill compositional requirements? BEAM SABOTAGE AT SPRINGFIELD? UP NEXT Spencer is doing a watch-along live blog here before the podcast. College & Cocktails: Friday at 7pm Pacific after Michigan vs. Oklahoma Fantasy Lineups Lock: Wednesday at 8:30 am Pacific Add exclusive Club Content like College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions here). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar here Join Our Fantasy League BONUS CONTENT  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here. 2025 College & (M)Cocktails menu (including mocktails of course) MERCH GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters  FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College Fantasy Game now open. Never too late to join! RECENT  Fantasy News: 2025 NCAA Season, Week 9 College & Cocktails: Alabama at Arkansas Spencer’s Live Blog – Friday, February 28, 2025 Fantasy News: 2025 NCAA Season, Week 8 The 5th Rotation: February 25, 2025 Winter Cottbus Pajama Revolution Preview: 2025 Winter Cup College & Cocktails: Florida at Oklahoma RESOURCES Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE  Submitted by our listeners. ACTION Indivisible Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus 5Calls App will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items -  tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) ResistBot Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes ACLU Mobile Justice App Allows you to record encounters with public officials while streaming to your closest contacts and your local ACLU; REPORT any abuse by authorities to the ACLU and its networks. LAWSUITS Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, Northwest Immigration Law Project STAY INFORMED Suggested podcasts:  Amicus, Daily Beans, Pod Save America, Strict Scrutiny Immigrant Rights Know Your Rights Red Cards, We Have Rights Video, Your Rights on trains and buses video  

Transcribed - Published: 4 March 2025

IMPORTANT - Week 10 Lineups lock at noon on Wednesday, March 05 at 08:30am PT Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 10 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more.  IMPORTANT - Salaries have been updated and lineups have been reset. If you did not change your lineup last week, you will need to draft a new team with the new salaries.  00:00 Intro 01:20 Roster Bargains 01:36 Roster Bargains - Vault 04:35 Roster Bargains - Bars 07:14 Roster Bargains - Beam 10:06 Roster Bargains - Floor 12:56 League Leaders 14:18 League Stats 15:19 Byes & Injuries Link to the College & Cocktails Schedule: https://gymcastic.com/community/postid/4336/

Transcribed - Published: 4 March 2025

Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 9 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more. I MPORTANT - Salaries have been updated and lineups have been reset. You need to draft a new team with the new salaries. Lineups WILL NOT carry over from last week. Week 09 Lineups lock at noon on Friday, February 28 at 2:15pm PT 00:00 Intro 01:50 Roster Bargains 02:10 Roster Bargains - Vault 05:34 Roster Bargains - Bars 09:24 Roster Bargains - Beam 12:21 Roster Bargains - Floor 16:25 League Leaders 17:11 League Stats 18:11 Byes & Injuries Link to the College & Cocktails Schedule: https://gymcastic.com/community/postid/4336/

Transcribed - Published: 26 February 2025

Elite season is back with the Cottbus World Cup and Winter Cup, where Frederick Richard debuted his genius marketing campaign uniform revolution, impossible scores, and the Oklahoma mini-documentary! Support independent journalistism. Join Club Gym Nerd here.  AWARDS The Most Winter Cup Award Zoey Molomo's unintentional dismount Runner up: Claire Pease getting a full point of OOB deductions on floor The Best Way to Get People Talking About Men's Gymnastics Award Frederick Richards' revolutionary basketball pajamas at Winter Cup Best Reason to Cancel NCAA Gymnastics as a Sport One judge gave Kayli Boozer a 9.550 WITH A FALL. Injury updates Anya Pilgrim (Florida), Sloane Blakely (Florida), Charlotte Booth and Jennifer Gadirova (GB), Brianna Taurek (Cal) Winter Cup Ashlee Sullivan is your 2025 Winter Cup Champion! Jayla Hang came in second despite a fall on beam, and Simone Rose came in third Wait a second... did the U.S. get the memo about beam choreography? Why NASA needs to hire Kelise Woolford because have you seen her Jaeger? Why everyone and their mother is suddenly doing a second vault Event Champions Zoey Molomo is looking ready for college Alicia Zhou won bars with her amazing E-score Tatum Drusch and Claire Pease shared the beam title How we know Nola Matthews actually read the new Code The skill that Vivi Crain did that made us all swoon GYMTERNET NEWS Serenity gardens, chandeliers and “We can say that’s better but better is still a deduction, right? And better is less than you are capable of.” - what learned from the SEC Networks's "Inside Oklahoma Gymnastics" mini-documentary. We have another all-Black podium! This time at Elite Canada Eythora will be competing at Gymnix Cottbus World Cup Why we have problems with the award ceremonies The vaulting is for grown-ass women club: all vault medalists were 30+ The German audience applauded the men who could actually hold a scale Noah Kuavita understands the assignment and threw all the big-D skills Thoughts on the new 0.2 women's post-flight bonus Why Artur Davtyan's vaulting could lead to a potential Doordash sponsorship NCAA What are the ranking shakeups after week 8? LSU, UCLA, Cal, Georgia, and Florida Florida had an injury apocalypse at Oklahoma and had to count a fall on beam Cal scored a season-high 197.775 against Pittsburgh We have problems with BTN's coverage of gymnastics Pride meet alert: Cal hosted a pride meet with very prominent pride flags Ondine finally made her beam lineup debut! We hand Clemson the "Gaslighting the Judges" award Mika Webster-Longin and her Yurchenko 1.5 wins the "Figuring it Out" award UP NEXT College & Cocktails: The Live NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show after Arkansas v Alabama on Friday, Feb 24th at 6:30pm Pacific Spencer is doing a watch-along watch along live blog at 3:00pm Pacific before College & Cocktails  Not sure if you are ready to join? Watch College & Cocktails sample free here. Can’t make it live? Add College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions here). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar here FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College Fantasy Game now open. Never too late to join! ALL TEAMS MUST REDRAFT THIS WEEK before Friday at 2:15pm Pacific Play the Fantasy Gymnastics League BONUS CONTENT  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails. Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here. 2025 College & (M)Cocktails menu (including mocktails of course) MERCH GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters  RECENT  College & Cocktails: Florida at Oklahoma Spencer’s Live Blog – Friday, February 21, 2025 Fantasy News: 2025 NCAA Season, Week 7 The 5th Rotation: February 18, 2025 Rhys “The Prodigy” McClenaghan Interview College & Cocktails: Oklahoma at LSU Spencer’s Live Blog – Friday, February 14, 2025 RESOURCES Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Kensley’s all things men’s gymnastics: Neutral Deductions RESISTANCE  : Submitted by you, our listeners. ACTION Indivisible Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus 5Calls App will call your Congress people by issue with a script to guide your call. Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items -  tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) ResistBot Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes ACLU Mobile Justice App Allows you to record encounters with public officials while streaming to your closest contacts and your local ACLU; REPORT any abuse by authorities to the ACLU and its networks. 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Transcribed - Published: 25 February 2025

Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 7 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more. Week 07 Lineups lock at noon on Friday, February 21 at 2:30pm PT 00:00 Intro 00:00:35 Roster Bargains 00:00:50 Roster Bargains - Vault 03:09 Roster Bargains - Bars 06:13 Roster Bargains - Beam 08:32 Roster Bargains - Floor  11:22 League Leaders 14:09 League Stats 15:09 Byes & Injuries Link to the College & Cocktails Schedule: https://gymcastic.com/community/postid/4336/

Transcribed - Published: 19 February 2025

What happens when there is a fire smoking out an arena? Apparently the meet goes on. Irish World and Olympic Champion Rhys is here with all the stories and NQS has begun. Extended interview for Club Gym Nerd members here.  Not a member? Support independent journalism join here. HEADLINES The Georgia vs. Arkansas meet was literally on fire NQS kicked in this week. New NQS ranking shakeups have UCLA in second, Florida to fifth and Missouri into eighth. No. 2 LSU defeated no. 1 Oklahoma in Baton Rouge. How did the Tigers drop a spot in the rankings? NCAA Our total amount of 10s for the 2025 NCAA season doubled in week 7 Grace McCallum (UB), Kennedy Griffin (FX), Leanne Wong (BB), Sloane Blakely (FX), Lilly Hudson (FX) What are the NQS Ranking Shakeups? GYMTERNET NEWS USAG's FlipNow streaming schedule has been released for the 2025 season Frida Esparza played the national anthem on electric guitar at UCLA's Pride meet Irina Viner, former head coach of Russia's national rhythmic gymnastics team, stepped down from her position, marking the end of a long standing fued between her and rumored Putin mistress, Alina Kabaeva Here is the documentary, Over the Limit, of Viner's abusive coaching INTERVIEW: RHYS McCLENAGHAN  The Irish double World Pommel Horse Champion and reigning Olympic Champion talks about judging, speaking up, taking advice from other gymnasts, what he really thinks about the lack of artistry in MAG, the broken PH at 2018 Worlds, most difficult meet experiences and of course an anti-sex bed update. Q&A What are the skill differences between DI and DIII programs? Why are people upset about groin injuries being mentioned UP NEXT College & Cocktails: The Live NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show after Florida at Oklahoma on Friday, Feb 21st at 7:30 Pacific  Not sure if you are ready to join? Watch College & Cocktails sample free here. Can’t make it live? Add College & Cocktails to your favorite podcast player (instructions here). Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar here Spencer is doing a watch-along live blog at 4:30pm Pacific before College & Cocktails. RELATED EPISODES McKayla Maroney interview Three World Champion coaches get candid NCAA Gymnastics with Vanessa Atler Steve Butcher on what happened in Tokyo when Simone pulled out of finals Things you only know if you are a gymnast, with Bram Cecile Landi and Elvire Teza  Judging The Judges: How Judges Are Chosen For the Olympic Games RESOURCES Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim RESISTANCE  Submitted by our listeners. ACTION Indivisible Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus 5Calls App will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices) State your name and zip code or district Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ) Wait for answer Ask for action items -  tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.) ResistBot Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes ACLU Mobile Justice App Allows you to record encounters with public officials while streaming to your closest contacts and your local ACLU; REPORT any abuse by authorities to the ACLU and its networks. LAWSUITS Donate to organizations suing the administration for illegal actions ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, Northwest Immigration Law Project STAY INFORMED Suggested podcasts:  Amicus, Daily Beans, Pod Save America,  Professor Heather Cox Richardson, Strict Scrutiny Immigrant Rights Know Your Rights Red Cards, We Have Rights Video, Your Rights on trains and buses video

Transcribed - Published: 18 February 2025

Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 7 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more. Week 07 Lineups lock at noon on Friday, February 14, at 3:30pm PT 00:00 Intro 00:00:35 Roster Bargains 00:00:45 Roster Bargains - Vault 03:21 Roster Bargains - Bars 06:08 Roster Bargains - Beam 09:16 Roster Bargains - Floor 11:55 League Leaders 12:45 League Stats 13:32 Byes & Injuries Link to the College & Cocktails Schedule: https://gymcastic.com/community/postid/4336/

Transcribed - Published: 12 February 2025

Elite season is warming up again, Morgan Price got the first EVER 10 for an HBCU, and the NCAA bans transgender women from women's sports. HEADLINES History! Morgan Price just became the first gymnast to ever score a perfect 10 from an HBCU A FIG Judge was stripped of their brevet status for interfering with Olympic qualification results. Can you guess the discipline? Boxing lost it's IOC accreditation in 2023 NCAA banned transgender women from women's NCAA sports. Nancy Armour said, "it's a solution in search of a problem", especially after the NCAA President Baker testified that there are less than10 trans athletes in all of college sports, in other words, 0.00173%. Baker further testified that an NCAA study found that abuse and harassment of female athletes is a massive issue. the White House reversed Title IX rule from the Biden administration that offered more protections for the abused and instead now offers more protections for the accused and lessens the liability for the colleges. PRIDE MEETS: We applaud Pitt and Maryland for staying true to their communities despite a hostile political climate GYMTERNET NEWS If you're into the sportsballs, you may have noticed Jordan Chiles' Nike commercial Elite season is warming up again with Series A in Italy Nemour said naps are for losers and competed all-around Listunova competed internationally again for the first time in forever Why AA winner Giulia Perotti needs to give everyone a workshop on how to transition into a wolf turn like a spider detective trying to solve an underwater mystery Ellie Black did a Hanes period underpants campaign Sam Oldham made a short YouTube feature on Harry Hepworth and Luke Whitehouse 2025 US Classic is going to be in not "Chicago" again Utah gymnastics coach pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting minors Dreams do come true! Trinity Thomas made her ESPN debut as a commentator  Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens will be members of the 2025 Met Gala host committee Frederick Richard was named as a finalist for the AAU James E. Sullivan Award NCAA: Why you should love DIII Spencer watched a few DIII meets and has some things to share with the class We need time to gush over Madison Zimmerman's smooth like buttah beam (Ursinus) Erin Roe (Ursinus) has some big skills Daria Gregory needs to teach some of these gymnasts how to do "fun" choreography correctly Charm offensives aimed at Jessica Sidney Schreiber's butterfly Coaches who take their shoes off to walk on mats <3 Brockport beam triumphs, UW-Oshkosh saving us from cookie cutter bar routine fatigue, and justice for DIII scores where the math isn't matching NCAA Week 5 Highlights Morgan Price is killing the FTY game Morgan Price and Mya Lauzon join the 10 club Honorary mention for Jaye Mack (Illinois State) who almost got a perfect score for her FTY BONUS CONTENT  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded and see some of the gymnastics we discuss, plus get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews and Behind The Scenes episodes. Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren’t a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here. 2025 College & (M)Cocktails menu (including mocktails of course) MERCH GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters  FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College Fantasy Game now open. Never too late to join! RECENT College & Cocktails: LSU at Alabama Spencer’s Live Blog – Friday, February 07, 2025 Fantasy News: 2025 NCAA Season, Week 5 The Gymnastics East Conference Opts Out of The SCORE Board Judging Pilot Program The 5th Rotation: February 04, 2025 RESOURCES Spencer’s essential website The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim

Transcribed - Published: 11 February 2025

Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 6 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more. Week 06 Lineups lock at noon on Friday, February 7, at 3:30pm PT  00:00 Intro 00:00:33 Roster Bargains 00:01:33 Roster Bargains - Vault 04:12 Roster Bargains - Bars 07:16 Roster Bargains - Beam 10:18 Roster Bargains - Floor 13:12 League Leaders 13:30 League Stats 14:01 Byes & Injuries

Transcribed - Published: 5 February 2025

Jordan Chiles gets another 10, judging oversight updates, and Jay Clark had a lot of tired old feeling about judging oversight and he's not alone. Headlines Collegiate judges received an email from the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) that there will be no judging feedback shared for the first year of the SCORE Board pilot program The target for this year is on data collection and analysis Jay Clark (LSU) had A LOT to say about the SCORE Board, we have thoughts (see full quote at bottom of notes page) Gymternet News Everyone is rightfully obsessed with Isla Gie's musical theater floor routine Kyrstin Johnson (Temple) plays tribute to hip-hop culture in her badass floor routine Betty Okino was named the Developmental Lead for the U.S. women's artistic program A Tale of Three Cities: USAG narrows its options down to three cities for the USA Gymnastics facility of the future Injury updates: Tyler Turner, Trinity Brown, Sam Phillips, Sasha Fujisaka Because of Elon Musks' double nazi salute, going forward, GymCastic will no longer link  to Twitter. We encourage listeners to follow #Ncaagym and other gymnastics starter packs on Bluesky  Opinion: Sports leagues, athletes put their reputations at risk by staying on toxic X by Nancy Armour NCAA Corrupt or Correct Beam credit: Layouts for E  Keanna Abraham (UC Davis) vs. Layout Pike or back pike NCAA Week 5 Highlights Jordan Chiles clenched her second 10.0 of the season, this time on FX Is Michigan State the best vault team in the country? Kara Eaker is back, this time at Georgia and she hasn't missed a beat Opportunity for comedy: friends don't let friends do squat-ons in NCAA Feedback What does it mean to be a Brevet judge and what does each FIG judging category mean? What is the appropriate way to address gymnasts? Hint it's not by calling them "girls" Our British listeners are wondering what is the culture like at Oklahoma? UP NEXT:  College & Cocktails live Q&A podcast: Friday, February 7th Immediately following the Meet of the Week: LSU at Alabama Full NCAA schedule and links here Never miss a live episode! Import the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar here Fantasy Lineups Lock: Friday, Feb. 7 - 3:30pm PT Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!): Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum Get Huel today with this exclusive offer for New Customers of 15% OFF + a FREE Gift at https://huel.com/GymCastic Join Our Fantasy League MERCH GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters  FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College Fantasy Game now open. Never too late to join! THE LATEST  College & Cocktails: MSU at UCLA Fantasy News: 2025 NCAA Season, Week 4 The 5th Rotation: January 28, 2025 Bronze Debacle: GymCastic Has Entered the Chat College & Cocktails: Oregon State. vs Auburn RELATED Opinion: Sports leagues, athletes put their reputations at risk by staying on toxic X by Nancy Armour GymCastic Interview: Three World Champion coaches share their experience  Sexism in Ski Jumping Spencer’s Clickable Code of Points Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Men’s Gymnastics coverage from Kensley Neutral Deductions LSU Head Coach Jay Clark quotes from Jan 31 press conference Question “I hear there might be a mid-season change [re Scoreboard/judging oversight] in the way they do scoring is that is that possible do you want to see?” “It that just adds to the Ridiculousness right so what so the the the issue it is not that I think scores should remain unduly high the issue is that this thing we've put in place either intentionally or unintentionally has only attacked one part of scoring and it is tamped down the ceiling and done very little about anything else and so it's not Equitable across the board I'm all for credibility and scorting I'm all for uh you know increased um accuracy understanding that we are a subjective Sport and you will never remove the subjectivity I just don't think that this thing has been rolled out in a manner and it's supposed to be a pilot program and yet we're getting newsletters and we're getting we're getting told you know what the deductions are that are being missed most says who judging in venue is a different deal than sitting somewhere who knows where in a living room on a video screen and then that's that level of subjectivity is supposed to add more credibility and so I think what we have created is that with a with a targeted part of the scoring Spectrum we have judges looking over their shoulder and there's better ways to do this I I am not about like everything should get a 10 that's not it at all but there there has to be it's got to be whatever we do to increase uh credibility or or or Tamp down or whatever like no one has I've never had anyone present to me that on a consistent basis the wrong team wins or the wrong gymnast wins or whatever now you could say the score might have been too high but was it ranked correctly on that night that's the that's the real question right was it the best routine on that night and you know to the point where people SC scream and clamor enough that that you know at some point Trinity Thomas issued a public apology for getting a 10 for crying out loud here's the thing when you go to a sporting event Scott when you go to a baseball game what's one of the things you hope you see a home run what when you go to a when you go to a football game you you want to see an explosive play a long touchdown pass or things like that you hope to see those things that's sport controversy is also sport and there's nothing wrong with there's never going to be a time when we're when we're all happy with all the scores we see because all of us have biased all of us coaches fans everyone the point is is it ranked correctly is it consistent across the board and by any real objective measure we haven't created a more consistent situation this year we've created a more erratic situation here and and and I'm don't blame the judges one bit because they're doing the best they can to do the job that that that we've asked them to do there are easier ways to correct wrongs in venue and it should be in my opinion given the meat referee authority to convene a conference right now our meat referees have no authority to do much of anything um and and so in tennis the chair umpire can overrule the line judge in in uh the the home plate umpire in baseball can can walk out and call a conference if they thought something was missed at second base these are things that are common in other sports our meat refs are to sit on their hands they judge every routine and many most in almost every venue we we were required to have them but yet they really can't do anything except be a liason to deliver papers from a coach to to the panel to me if I'm if I'm an official I'm going to feel a whole lot better about somebody who's in venue with me as part of the official panel in the meet to be able if something egregious happens to be able to have the authority to walk over and say hey guys let's talk this over and and let's make sure we get this right um that's a simpler solution than than having to use technology from different angles not in venue it's a whole different ball game when you're not judging in venue and so I you know I don't want anything I say or anything live tweeted by the way I had nothing to do with that she just knows how I feel about it and and uh but she's right and and we're we're in a time where where Collegiate athletics's Olympic sports programs many are in Peril for funding and revenue share is is is coming in and scholarships are going to be moved from sport to sport all this everybody got an increase in scholarship no they didn't they got an increased limit and not every school is going to be able to do that and so at a time when when that uncertainty exists for at least 50 or 60% of our programs in our sport we drop this little poison pill into our scoring so that the fans sit there and wonder what the heck's going on so it's ill-timed it's incomplete it's illc conceived and and and it it just is and we keep having to make adjustments and now we're not going to put suggested uh deductions in the in the newsletter anymore I hear and we're not going to put those things out there we're just data collecting that's what we were supposed to be doing in the first place but and then but but there's all this information leaking about what's being looked for and what's not being taken and so it it's just been in my opinion an abject disaster and uh it was fairly predictable that it would be and I hope uh there's growing sentiment that we need to go about this a different way let's examine what we do in scoring let's try to create more accuracy yes but in a time like this we cannot be some kind of purist we can be marketable or we can be purist we're probably not going to be both and and and if we're going to be purist then let's look at the run the gamut let's look at the routine that goes 975 that should go 96 as well you know let's let's let's look at all of it not just the the the higher end scores because these kids work hard and then you see things like this you know where where kids they know they just did the best Vault their life it goes 9925 the next kid's like man what do you got to do to get a 995 I'm not even talking about a 10 Helen Hu should have got a 10 Helen that beam set is the best beam set in the country and she did it flawlessly I dare anybody to tell me where the real deduction was now I was standing I wasn't sitting where the judges were and I'm not questioning their credibility I'm questioning our judgment as a coaches group for for doing this thing that has just created some pendulum swing back and forth where the judges keep trying to find themselves and it's it's just unfortunate so thanks for putting me on my soap box I mean it's not affecting the rankings if you look year to year over the last several years I mean the rankings and the teams that are in the top 15 or what ever you know it's it's The Usual Suspects but if you look at where the uh at the at the higher end scores on each team and where they're capped there's where the change is and so the fans don't get to see their home run they see them and they clear the fence we just don't call them home runs anymore I said that on the air um but it's that was kind of what I meant anyway...” - Jay Clark

Transcribed - Published: 4 February 2025

Your fantasy gymnastics update as you enter week 5 of the 2025 NCAA season: who’s a steal, who’s on a bye, who's competing twice, who's a bargain and much more. Week 05 Lineups lock at noon on Friday, January 31st, at 2:30pm PT 00:00 Intro 00:00:29 Roster Bargains 00:00:43 Roster Bargains - Vault 03:17 Roster Bargains - Bars 07:11 Roster Bargains - Beam 10:15 Roster Bargains - Floor 14:10 League Leaders 15:23 League Stats 16:20 Byes & Injuries Link to the College & Cocktails Schedule: https://gymcastic.com/community/postid/4336/

Transcribed - Published: 30 January 2025

The GEC Conference refuses to participate in the S.C.O.R.E. board judging accountability system. Wondering what happens now? We have answers from the oversight committee. Romania and the U.S. are both using GymCastic to argue their sides in the Paris bronze medal debacle, Livvy Dunne has thoughts on scoring, plus Corrupt or Correct and all the gymternet news. Headlines Because of Elon Musks' double nazi salute, going forward, GymCastic will no longer link  to Twitter. We encourage listeners to follow #Ncaagym and other gymnastics starter packs on Bluesky  GymCastic confirmed Friday that the Gymnastics East Conference (GEC) refuses to participate in the S.C.O.R.E. Board pilot program Related episodes How Olympic Judges are Chosen, Interview with Dr. Hughes Mercier Romania and the United States both use GymCastic to argue their sides in the Paris floor bronze medal case appeal before the Swiss Supreme Court Related episodes: The Definitive Guide to the Bronze Medal Debacle Simone Biles Rising Director Katie Walsh Interview Part One Simone Biles Rising Docuseries Director, Katie Walsh Part Two Gymternet News Ella Zirbes' (Utah) social media update about her floor troubles. Why former Russian rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva and her alleged relationship with Putin could help her win a political battle against Irina Viner People are mad at Livvy Dunne for her Tweet about NCAA scoring Anna Li's gymnasts and #itsnottrue reposts Follow-ups from last week  What is Helen Hu's valdez-thing called? NCAA Surprise, surprise. Oklahoma still tops the NCAA rankings while Jade Carey leads the all-around Florida is the first team of the season to break into the 198s but we have thoughts LSU forgot to sacrifice another high heel this week and had some issues at Arkansas Aleah Finnegan (LSU) accidentally got ejected from the floor on her double Arabian Opportunities for comedy Eastern Michigan hosted the first annual Golden Girls Meet! Raphaelle Perreault (LIU) accidentally launched herself into the guard rails and it was hilarious A boy at the Alabama vs Oklahoma meet tried to distract Audrey Davis on vault but she was too locked-in to care Corrupt or Correct Kaliya Lincoln and Amari Drayton both got 9.85s for their Yurchenko one-and-a-halfs. Neither vault score is possible.  Follow-up question: is cowboying a deduction? This is why we need front and back judges. NCAA Week 4 Highlights Brenna Neault's (Stanford) ring leap is the ONLY one that should be getting credit Feedback Can individuals qualify to SEC Championships? How to watch NCAA gymnastics abroad UP NEXT:  College & Cocktails: The NCAA Post Meet Show, our live Q&A podcast: Friday, January 24th Immediately following the Meet of the Week: Battle Fine Arts! Michigan State at UCLA Full NCAA schedule and links here Listener Brooke has created a link that imports the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar Fantasy Lineups Lock: Friday, Jan. 16 - 3:30pm Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!): Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum Join Our Fantasy League MERCH GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters  FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College Fantasy Game now open. Never too late to join! THE LATEST  College & Cocktails: Oregon State. vs Auburn The 5th Rotation: January 21, 2025 We Have 10s and Suspensions College & Cocktails: Florida at LSU The 5th Rotation: January 14, 2025

Transcribed - Published: 28 January 2025

0:01:25 Headlines Kaliya Lincoln: Olympian, or Not? Correction/Clarification: in the U.S, the USOPC recognizes traveling alternates as Olympians, but the IOC does not. Non-traveling alternates are not officially considered Olympians. West Virginia gymnasts did a photoshoot in a coal mine and now they have a Plunger Stick Crown Rutgers head coach, Umme Salim-Beasley, on administratie leave after investigation. The investigation concluded that there was an inappropriate relationship between Salim-Beasley and the former AD Pat Hobbs. Salim-Beasley refused to answer any questions about her relationship with Pat Hobbs, a violation of her employment contract. The gymnasts on the Rutgers team noticed things that seemed wrong with the relationship between Salim-Beasley and Pat Hobbs. Parents and gymnasts had complaints that were not being addressed. Pat Hobbs forwarded emails with the names of the parents and gymnasts that were complaining to Salim-Beasley. Children at practice were unattended and running around, causing dangerous situations. Gymnasts reported their complaints to the head coach and AD, but felt unsatisfied with the results. Rutgers investigation stated that they are keeping records of complaints. Avery Neff  (Utah) suffered double sprains on a rebounding pass. Yul Moldauer (USA) has been suspended for whereabouts violations from USADA. 0:25:37 Spencer is Raising an Army of baby bloggers 0:26:58 GymCastic Updates  0:29:24 Gymternet News The Gymnastics Canada CEO, Andrew Price, is leaving. Donnell Whittenburg is joining EVO. 0:30:48 NCAA Jade Carey is ranked number one in the all-around. Brooklyn Moors competed on three events, and her vault has improved over the last two weeks. The crowd at the Maryland meet was large and supportive. Chae Campbell wants to be a dancer, and her floor routine is her audition tape. Jordan Chiles finally got a 10 on bars. The First 10's OF 2025 Helene Hu beam at Oklahoma with a Johnson (Valedez full turn to handstand) Jordan Chiles bars at Maryland  Dominique Dawes went to the Maryland meet. Simone Biles went to the Georgia meet and participated in some of the athletic traditions. 0:48:52 Corrupt or Correct Aleah Finnegan floor routine at LSU received a 9.975, which is impossible. She stepped back on her final pass, which was a forward landing. A step back on a forward landing is a mandatory tenth deduction, making the score a 9.85. Audrey Davis's beam routine received a 9.925 She had a balance check on her aerial and soft knees throughout the routine. Oklahoma gymnasts are very good at covering up errors with choreography. Use choreography to gaslight the judges! Faith Torrez's beam routine received a 9.80. Defining built-in deductions 0:59:05 NCAA Week 3 Highlights Riley McCusker is back on bars for Florida. Sloane Blakely looks amazing this year. What makes a meet entertaining versus boring.  exhibitions, time to go or save for your favorite who can't make the lineup Bring back phones on desks to make judges conferences shorter. Iowa State was a beam team on Friday night. Grace McCallum hit her routines after witnessing Avery Neff's injury. Jaycie Ranger needs a radar gun to clock her DLO speed. 1:09:40 Where Would 90's Romanians go for ncaa gymnastics? 1:17:53 Feedback 1:22:30 Sisters in Lineups McBride and Co sisters competed in the same lineup for Southern Utah in 2023. The Blakely sisters being the first sisters in the same lineup for Florida since 2014 . 1:28:02 Judging News  FIG Intercontinental Judging exam are available. The majority of level one judges from the last cycle did not make it back to level one this cycle. There is no U.S. judge with a level one rating (the World and Olympic rating). Cheryl Hamilton received a level three rating.This is not the first time Cheryl Hamilton has not passed the exam for the top level. The U.S. has a big disadvantage because there are no level one judges. The hosts discuss how the U.S. brevet testing invitation system works and why some people have complaints about it. UP NEXT:  College & Cocktails live Q&A podcast: Friday, January 24th Immediately following the Meet of the Week: Full NCAA schedule and links here Fantasy Lineups Lock: Friday, Jan. 16 - 3:30pm   Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!): Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. 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Transcribed - Published: 21 January 2025

Anna Li and Jiani Wu have been suspended after a six year investigation We have an update on Ella Zirbes (Utah) floor incident. Olympic floor medalist, Ana Barbosu (ROM) is headed to Stanford. The Sprouts Meet: Oklahoma vs. LSU and Leanne Wong taking the AA crown. Plus the return of all the elites around the NCAA to competition. Q&A When is it a bail and when is it an overshoot? Corrupt or Correct: Should it get credit -  back pikes, 2 foot back layouts and layout pikes on beam. A Mini-Commission on the Best UCLA Choreography of all time. Kim Hamilton, Chae Campbell, Ariana Berlin, Stella Umeh, Yvonne Tousek,  Nia Dennis, Sophina De Jesus, Kristina Comforte, Leah Homma, Katlyn Ohashi, Brittney McCullough, Alison Stoner NEXT PODCAST: College & Cocktails -  Friday at 6:15pm PT after Florida/LSU Full NCAA schedule and links here Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!): Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum UP NEXT:  College & Cocktails: Friday, January 17 6:15pm PT Meet of the week: Florida @ LSU (ESPN 2) Fantasy Lineups Lock: Thursday, Jan. 16 - 3:30pm Join Our Fantasy League MORE GOODIES: GymCastic newsletters  College & (M)Cocktails menu GymCastic Fantasy Games Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic storeGymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast!

Transcribed - Published: 14 January 2025

Interview: Luisa Blanco (48:17) NCAA champion for Alabama, Colombian Olympian and Paris all-around finalist talks about her career and what's next. In this week's interview we discuss: Her next chapter in gymnastics Growing up at WOGA What her parents did to afford gymnastics Her most embarrassing fall of all time Learning a Patterson Why she went elite and what she learned about herself Details about her shoulder injury The Paris Olympic experience Gymternet News German gymnasts are speaking up about abusive coaching practices. (2:31) Oceanside quad meet's organizational disaster and the 2019 article in Variety detailing a lawsuit against the organizer. We said goodbye to Olympic great and holocaust survivor, Agnes Keleti. Watch her gorgeous beam routine under trees. Week 1 Meet News Jessica and Spencer attended the American Gold Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Classic in Oceanside, CA and share their impressions How Jade Carey, even after all her success, continues to improve The return of Brooklyn Moors to three events Cal's steady performance to open the season Reactions to the scoring and Score Board from Cal co-head coach, Justin Howell (27:02) Ondine Achampong (Cal/GB) on adjusting to life at Berkeley and her ACL recovery (46:26) Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!): Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  College & (M)Cocktails menu GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED Things You Only Know if You Are A Gymnast Growing Up at Round Lake Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them all here Behind The Scenes: GOAT Tour & Jordan's Swiss Appeal COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules  GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary  The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters Find them all here

Transcribed - Published: 7 January 2025

WATCH REPLAY for a limited time only!  GET MOHINI LIVE SHOW REPLAY NOW! Gymnastics' Dumbest Rules (Best of GymCastic) Recorded in June 2023. We’re calling out the worst, stupidest, most self-defeating and awkward rules and conventions in gymnastics, starting with... Leotard Rules - aka the Olympics of regulating women's bodies Venture with us to a world where "elegant," "proper," and "modest" are all words found in the official rule book of a competitive sport in the year 2023—and breasts are expressly prohibited Why Is Gymnastics Still the Military? Saluting and lining up in front of the generals for inspection? Where are we? (with a Simone Paris update) The Apparatus World Cup of Stupidity From the assumption that all women are the same height, to what the FIG considers to be "undisciplined and abusive behavior," to that thing where a double front doesn't fulfill the front tumbling requirement, we take on the worst rules on each event Rules Mythbusters Things someone (usually Martha) pretended were rules, and everyone believed it, but they actually aren't Plus, they may not be rules, but some old-fashioned and infantile gymnastics conventions are on our list! JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded and see some of the gymnastics we discuss, plus get access to all of our exclusive interviews and Behind The Scenes episodes. Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES Behind The Scenes: The Bladder Suni's Home Sportsball Straight Breaks News Steve Butcher Interview Asian Championships & Worlds Qualification 1984 Fight: Olympics vs Olomouc She Was Robbed! Mexico's Moment Logistical Sweating & the Emma Spence Interview History's Best Beam Routines Gymnastics Mythbusters 4.0 Romanian Gymnastics Secret Police Files Project K Episode 2 Project K Episode 1 Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim The Highest D and E scores from The Gymternet MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE  

Transcribed - Published: 25 December 2024

WATCH REPLAY for a limited time only!  MOHINI LIVE SHOW! Headlines Finally: Utah brought in a live piano Jordan Chiles did a genius farewell last ever performance of her bronze medal winning floor routine Kentucky had a proposal at their instrasuqad Rhys McClenaghan on Dancing with the Stars We have a New Skill Alert Interview: Vanessa Zamarripa Stunt woman, author, NCAA Champion, national team member while in college, first U.S. woman to ever successfully compete a Cheng tells us about her career and her new children's book, Mia and the Win From Within. Zam also shares her best advice for other gymnasts or athletes looking to break into the stunt world and what skills she recommend they sharpen up on. Gymternet News The FIG announced an increase to the number of athletes competing in the 2025 world championships in Jakarta, Indonesia  It was also announced that the 2027 Worlds will be hosted in Chendu, China Illia Kovtun is leaving Ukraine for Croatia Hezly Rivera expressed her intentions of competing a full elite quad WCC announced new coaches Monica Phelps has died ‪The Japan Gymnastics Association has decided not to “penalize” Shoko Maya Utah NCAA Champion, Jayden Rucker, is out Follow up: Arrest of Matthew Shriver, co-owner of Everest Gymnastics in New Jersey Are we getting a mixed event in the 2028 Olympics? Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!): Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes during NCAA season. Discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board forum. More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  College & (M)Cocktails menu GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED Gift Guide Slaying the Trolls! Why the Trolls are Very, Very Wrong About Women and Sports Andrea Joyce's gymnastics picture book Mia and the Win From Within The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles by Aimee Boorman Jordan Chiles book Maggie Nichols book  Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them all here Behind The Scenes: GOAT Tour & Jordan's Swiss Appeal COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules  GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary  The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters Find them all here Image courtesy of Utah Gymnastics; Illustration: Steve Cooper

Transcribed - Published: 18 December 2024

VIRTUAL TICKETS ON SALE NOW:  MOHINI  LIVE SHOW Interview: Amelie Morgan It had been 93 years since the British women's gymnastics team had won an Olympic team medal, then Amelie and her teammates took home a historic bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Now entering (and excelling in) her senior season at Utah, Amelie has hit 86 of 87 career routines. In this week's interview we discuss: What she wished she had known about communication and time off as a young elite Her decision to move on from elite gymnastics, and specifically why she didn't try to make the Paris Olympics team The extraordinary loophole that now allows her, as a foreign athlete, to earn NIL money Homeschooling Changes in the British Gymnastics system Competing in the high altitude in Utah Doing gymnastics at a height of 5'6" and more! Gymternet News West Virginia took their team photos in a coal mine We ponder other stereotypes that we are ridiculous, but also make us giggle Rebeca Andrade named Woman of the Year by GQ Brazil Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  College & (M)Cocktails menu GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED Lisa Mason interview  Beth Tweddle interview  Things You Only Know if You Are A Gymnast Growing Up at Round Lake Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them all here Behind The Scenes: GOAT Tour & Jordan's Swiss Appeal COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules  GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary  The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters Find them all here

Transcribed - Published: 9 December 2024

VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON TICKETS ON SALE NOW: MOHINI LIVE SHOW   Interview: Elle Reeve Elle Reeve is an award-winning journalist renowned for her incisive reporting on pivotal moments in recent American history. She gained national acclaim for her Vice News coverage of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, delivering an unflinching look at the event that highlighted the rise of white nationalism. Her work, praised for its depth and courage, earned a Peabody Award. Reeve has continued to report on critical political and social issues, including the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Known for her immersive storytelling and empathetic approach, she has contributed significantly to public understanding of extremism and its impacts on democracy. Much of her reporting is chronicled in her new book, "Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics." In this interview Reeve explains how her years of gymnastics training help keep her safe while reporting from the violent frontlines of domestic extremism. She explains how her many hours of watching fluff pieces about gymnastics teams living and training under fascism sparked her interest in politics from a young age. Elle's gymnastics background helped her embed with neo-Nazis to cover the now infamous white nationalists, “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia where a white nationalist killed a counter protester. Gymternet News: Tonya Paulson sparks change in Sweden with her switch to Taiwan Igor Radivilov announced his retirement Jordan Chiles has a memoir coming out in March Margzretta Frazier is the new alternate for athlete rep on the USAG board U.S. Nationals is heading to New Orleans in 2025 LSU has set a new season ticket record for LSU Gymnastics Writer and editor of International Gymnast magazine for 38 years, Dwight Normile, has passed away Ohio State is set to provide direct payments to student athletes next year, and their men's gymnastics team will maintain their scholarships  Plus more! Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  College & (M)Cocktails menu GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED The GIF-tacular story for the Atlantic Elle did in 2012 Elle Reeve's documentary on Charlottesville  The Karolyi Secret Police Files Interview with Nadia & The Secret Police Author Dr. Stejarel Olaru Part One Episode 2: Interview with Nadia & The Secret Police Author Dr. Stejarel Olaru Part Two The Dark Legacy of Bela Karolyi Growing Up at Round Lake Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them all here Behind The Scenes: GOAT Tour & Jordan's Swiss Appeal COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules  GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary  The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters Find them all here

Transcribed - Published: 3 December 2024

TICKETS ON SALE NOW: PORTLAND LIVE SHOW From romanian candles  to Mohini's pizza- all your favorite fluff pieces revisited. Originally published on July 15, 2017. It's the commissioned episode you've all been waiting for...the FLUFFCAST! We jump into all the most insane, hilarious, horrifying, sexist, perfect, amazing, diva-tastic, butterfly-gazing, Romanian candle-holding fluff pieces in the history of gymnastics broadcasts. Thank you so much to Fluff Feels for commissioning the episode we were born to do, and thank you to everyone who sent in suggestions! Jessica and Spencer dissect: 2000 Olympic All-Around fluff  NBC's Living-Parents Championship, starring Russian daddy issues and soldiers kidnapping Zamo. Prod's shaved eyebrow Prod's convertible flexing fluff, the only verifiably true fluff ever The legendary Romanian candle cups Elise Ray and the butterfly NBC's weird obsession with 1950s-style nuclear families 2000 Atler v. Dantzscher v. Beth Rybacki's tears How much resentment and blame? ALL OF IT! What's the deal with that wild west picture? And that helicopter-parent one? 1996 Kerri Strug lives in everyone's shadow fluff  Is this the most sexist fluff of all time? Jessica's expletive parade Invention of the Bechdel Test for gymnastics fluff pieces "A diva is magical" That time Khorkina was perfect in every way Was saying, "I want to win as much as I want to mother my own child" really such a big deal? 1994 Romanian terrifying fluff of horrors The twist ending and the LITERAL DEAD BODY Trouble with keeping communist narratives straight NBC's fascination with Romanian people's eyes Freakonomics episode update "Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Update)" 2024 1995 Moceanu fluff A creepy pedophile wonderland of a fluff piece Why is Bela so bad at boats? That insane 1997 "I Will Remember You" fluff Moceanu standing in a forest in a leo clawing that tree in 2000 1992 Bogi and her coach fluff How respectfully and maturely do we think NBC handled the issue of suicide? Bogi has no time for family or your sexist coach narratives Kim Kelly gets bumped Blurry smoke-filled rooms! Shadiness! “Who’d they drop?” “You, Kim.” Mohini delivers pizzas (1) (2) Why let fact get in the way of narrative? Important question: what are raffle bars? The most upsetting and bizarre fluff you will ever see A lesson on which issues should never be addressed in fluff pieces Elvire Teza 1998 More fun with racist Chinese music! Why we want to move to France and live with the French team JOIN CLUB GYM NERD or give it as a gift! Join Club Gym Nerd here with brand new membership tiers, commission your own episode, or commission your own segment. Buy some of our awesome merchandise here. RELATED EPISODES 257: The Daniels Report 256: 1996 Olympic All-Around Final (Commissioned) 255: 1996 Olympic Team Final (Commissioned) 254: Vanessa Atler 200: Alicia Sacramone 197: Betty Okino 187: McKayla Maroney 38: Svetlana Boginskaya 31: Elise Ray 28: Kristen Maloney 19: Andreea Raducan 17: Growing Up In The Soviet Gymnastics System And Training At Round Lake 225: 1992 Olympics Recap with Wendy Bruce (Commissioned) 185: 2008 Olympic All-Around Finals (Commissioned) 252: Myths, Legends, and Unexpected Moments in Gymnastics History (Commissioned)

Transcribed - Published: 27 November 2024

TICKETS ON SALE NOW PORTLAND LIVE SHOW Bela's Legacy Bela Karolyi helped usher many gymnasts over decades to the pinnacle of the sport. If medals are the measure of success, few can match his accomplishments. When addressing his legacy, however, it would be irresponsible to ignore the wake of destruction he left behind and the culture he helped cultivate that resulted in the largest sexual abuse scandal in American sports history. Many gymnasts, even those who have shared their own stories of abuse by him, have equally expressed gratitude and admiration. It's possible to recognize his accomplishments while also addressing the physical and emotional scars he left on the sport. We are sensitive to those grieving, but we also feel an obligation to honor those who have suffered by sharing a more complete picture of Bela Karolyi. In an exclusive, we have decided to share the most serious allegation against Bela, which we unearthed in our reporting while scouring the Romanian Secret Police documents. The accusation is of sexual assault. We have redacted the names and specific dates to protect the other individuals involved. At the time, the accuser was a teenager less than half Bela's age. It’s important to note that this document was recorded in the Secret Police files, but it has not been substantiated. With that said the police files corroborated the story from the survivor noting that the accuser confided in two adults, over two separate occasions a year apart. The decision to disclose a sexual assault allegation against Bela is not one taken lightly, especially in the wake of his passing. However, this revelation serves an essential purpose, not only for historical accuracy, but also for societal accountability and justice. Only by confronting uncomfortable truths can we honor the experiences of survivors, learn from systemic failures, and create a safer, more just society. Silence and deference to power have already caused immeasurable harm. It is time to prioritize truth and healing over the preservation of a mythological past. SEE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT and TRANSLATION HERE From the National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives. Document: I 0005189 Volume: 001   MORE PROJECT K Project K: Operation Olympia Project K: Romanian Gymnastics Documents of Abuse, Neglect & Authority Project K: Documents of Alexandrina Comaneci’s Warning Project K: Interview with Nadia & The Secret Police Author Dr. Stejarel Olaru Project K Episode 2: Interview with Nadia & The Secret Police Author Dr. Stejarel Olaru Part Two Chinese and British Trial Chaos, and Project K: Decoding Romanian Secret Police Files on The Karolyis with Dr. Simona Petracovschi CREDITS: Original Reporting by Jessica O’Beirne and Cosmin Bogdan, freelance journalist. Contributions by Steve Cooper. Translations by Beatrice Gheorghisor and Cosmic Bogdan. Official document transcription and translation by Transperfect. SUPPORT OUR WORK - JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Or give it as a gift!. It includes: Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED The Karolyi Secret Police Files Olympic coach John Geddert criminal charges and death Doug Boger: OC Register: Doug Boger banned Story on Colorado resident, Doug Boger: "Gymnasts Accuse Colorado Coach Of Sex Abuse, Torture" GymCastic episode Preventing Abuse in Gymnastics Episode where we predict the future: Biggest Olympic Judging Scandals  Find all our recent episodes here Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them all here Behind The Scenes: GOAT Tour & Jordan's Swiss Appeal COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules  GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary  The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters Find them all here

Transcribed - Published: 20 November 2024

PORTLAND LIVE SHOW HALL OF SHAME Update about Monica Phelps and her banned, pedophile husband Sexually inappropriate comments about minors: Nope. Sexually inappropriate comments about adults: Double nope. Infantilizing adults and calling them little girls: Triple nope. Weight Shaming: The Monica Phelps Chapter Being weirdly obsessed with adoption: The Al Trautwig Chapter Tragic moments in college commentary Tragic moments in putting on accents GYMCASTIC'S OFFICIAL BROADCAST DOs and DON'Ts 18 Dos and (mostly) Don'ts for gymnastics broadcasts concerning comparing gymnasts to dented cars, being the smile police, "Bela's girls," and talking about a gymnast's "personality." BANNED WORDS AND PHRASES From "supple" to "weight" to "international look" to "ancient" to "4 inches wide," we have some words and phrases that are hereby banned from gymnastics commentary. The most important message for any commentator to reiterate before they begin broadcasts re smashing the patriarchy for the witches they couldn't burn. JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Or give it as a gift!. It includes: Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED Nellie Kim Code episode  Support Donnell Whittenburg's coach, Anthony Ingrelli here Olympic coach John Geddert criminal charges and death Doug Boger: OC Register: Doug Boger banned Story on Colorado resident, Doug Boger: "Gymnasts Accuse Colorado Coach Of Sex Abuse, Torture" GymCastic episode Preventing Abuse in Gymnastics The Karolyi Secret Police Files Episode where we predict the future: Biggest Olympic Judging Scandals  Unionize and Profit Share: The Money Game LSU Docuseries Find all our recent episodes here Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them all here Behind The Scenes: GOAT Tour & Jordan's Swiss Appeal COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules  GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary  The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters Find them all here

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2024

Director Katie Walsh is back to answer your questions about the making of the Simone Biles Rising documentary and talk about what it was like to be on the floor filming during the Paris Olympic Games. This episode was recorded October 30th in our weekly Behind The Scenes episode where Club Gym Nerd members asked questions live or afterwards on their favorite podcast player. Behind The Scenes is a weekly live Q&A podcast and post-meet live exclusive. It's all part of the bonus content for our Club Members who support our work year around. Last live show of the year! Tickets on sale soon. Sign up for our newsletter to be notified first. Add all the exclusive Club Gym Nerd bonus content to your favorite podcast player -  instructions here. Not a member? Join here. Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  2024 College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules  GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary  The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters The 1992 Barcelona Olympics with Wendy Bruce Find them all here

Transcribed - Published: 5 November 2024

This week: Absolutely everything about the final two episodes of the Netflix docuseries, Simone Biles Rising. Plus lots of audio clips of Simone's interview Q&A from the premier in Hollywood that Jessica attended last week (all the details on the premier on Behind The Scenes here). No big deal, but Jessica is in the last two episodes. We also discuss the FIG election news and some Halloween-worthy gymnastics horror stories thanks to that Hart to Hart's gymnast-cat-burglar-cruise-ship-bar-routine tv episode we talked about last week. Our final live show of the year will be in Portland, Oregon in December! Details coming soon! Club Gym Nerd members will get early access to tickets and a discount.   Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  2024 College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED Nellie Kim Code episode  Support Donnell Whittenburg's coach, Anthony Ingrelli here Doug Boger: OC Register: Doug Boger banned Story on Colorado resident, Doug Boger: "Gymnasts Accuse Colorado Coach Of Sex Abuse, Torture" GymCastic episode Preventing Abuse in Gymnastics The Karolyi Secret Police Files Episode where we predict the future: Biggest Olympic Judging Scandals  Unionize and Profit Share: The Money Game LSU Docuseries Find all our recent episodes here Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them all here Behind The Scenes: GOAT Tour & Jordan's Swiss Appeal COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules  GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary  The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters Find them all here

Transcribed - Published: 29 October 2024

This week: we discuss the gymnastics revenge horror short, "Stuck"; Simone's tour blooper; Jessica is going to the Simone Biles Rising documentary Premier this week; journalist Alina Alexoi has been suspended from European Gymnastics and the Romanian Gymnastics Federation (details here); FIG faces mass resignation in Parkour and lots of technical committee Presidents running unopposed; there are subjective judging problems in every ball sport, so don't let anyone tell you gymnastics is "a subjective sport"; should judges be able to watch replays at will; the time an acro world championship was almost lost after a judge incorrectly input the digital scores; college gymnastics commit updates; the most exciting meets on the NCAA schedule for 2025; the most ridiculous gymnastics episode of TV: Hart to Hart's gymnastics cat burglar cruise ship bar routine.    Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  2024 College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED The Karolyi Secret Police Files Episode where we predict the future: Biggest Olympic Judging Scandals  Unionize and Profit Share: The Money Game LSU Docuseries Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them all here Behind The Scenes: GOAT Tour & Jordan's Swiss Appeal COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules  GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary  The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters Find them all here

Transcribed - Published: 22 October 2024

Mini-Commission on the Karolyi's and why they've never faced consequences When Beyonce met Suni Major NCAA news: no more letters of intent and Florida is getting everybody Vanessa Ferrari retirement Florida racks up the commitments Plus other signings And a Letter Extravaganza! We read through all your letters covering... Simone / Skinner beef Suggested changes for the Chinese team More bronze controversy feedback and thoughts The modesty of a $10,000 leotard Diuretics in Gymnastics 2016 Highest Scoring Team–Ashton over Gabby Bros talking about women sports Christianity in Gymnastics The changing age narrative VPNs Hacking the pommel horse dismount How to Become a Career Coach Why doesn't Simone dominate on uneven bars? Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  2024 College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED The Karolyi Secret Police Files Episode where we predict the future: Biggest Olympic Judging Scandals  Unionize and Profit Share: The Money Game LSU Docuseries Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them all here Behind The Scenes: GOAT Tour & Jordan's Swiss Appeal COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules  GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary  The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters Find them all here

Transcribed - Published: 14 October 2024

This week: All the gymternet news; Szombathely World Cup of artistry dominance and B dismounts; a mini-commission on the best and worst college for everything but gymnastics rankings; and Jessica watched the first two episodes of "The Money Game," a docuseries on the LSU NIL system and their top athlete earners.  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  2024 College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED EPISODES Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them all here Behind The Scenes: GOAT Tour & Jordan's Swiss Appeal All About Aly Raisman Battle Amanar Vault Funerals, Brandy Johnson and the gymternet news COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules  GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary  The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters Find them all here

Transcribed - Published: 8 October 2024

All about the legend, Dominique Dawes. How was she treated by the media, what backstories were told, the many barriers she broke though, the skills, the records, the iconic Prince video.  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  2024 College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED EPISODES Behind The Scenes every Friday: find them all here Behind The Scenes: GOAT Tour & Jordan's Swiss Appeal All About Aly Raisman Battle Amanar Vault Funerals, Brandy Johnson and the gymternet news COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules  GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary  The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters The 1992 Barcelona Olympics with Wendy Bruce Find them all here

Transcribed - Published: 2 October 2024

The latest gymternet news; retroactively applying the artistry checklist to historic routines; revisiting the 2008 Olympic Team Final; Aly Raisman the 2010-2011 era. Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters 2024 College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED EPISODES Behind The Scenes: GOAT Tour & Jordan's Swiss Appeal All About Aly Raisman Battle Amanar Vault Funerals, Brandy Johnson and the gymternet news COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters The 1992 Barcelona Olympics with Wendy Bruce Find them all here

Transcribed - Published: 24 September 2024

Today's exclusive episode is about Simone Biles GOAT tour rehearsals, but then Jordan Chiles' law firm made her bronze medal appeal public along with the video evidence, so we've got to talk all about it. Jessica spoke with experts, attorneys and Cecile Landi about the evidence showing that Simone Biles Olympic FX final inquiry was never processed. For everything you need to know about the medal fight listen to The Definitive Guide to the Paris Floor Bronze Debacle so far... Behind The Scenes is a weekly Q&A live podcast and post-meet live exclusive. It's all part of the bonus content for our Club Members who supporting our work year around. Here's how to ask questions live. Can't make it live? Add all the exclusive Club Gym Nerd bonus content to your favorite podcast player - instructions here. Not a member? Join here. PARIS HEADQUARTERS: podcasts, schedules and fantasy game Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters 2024 College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even "tapestries" (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED EPISODES The Definitive Guide to the Paris Floor Bronze Debacle so far... Behind The Scenes: Back from Paris with the Cluster Fuggle of Bronze Event Finals Day Three live from Paris Event Finals Day Two live from Paris Event Finals Day One live from Paris Women’s All Around Live from the Paris Olympic Games Men's All Around Final and Simone Biles Epic Clap Back at Skinner Women’s Team Final Live from the Paris Olympic Games Men’s Team Final Live from the Paris Olympic Games Women’s Qualifications Live from the Paris Olympic Games Men’s Qualification Live From The Paris Olympic Games Women’s Podium Training Live From The Paris Olympic Games Paris Olympic Preview and Olympic Judging Evaluation System (part two) Judging The Judges: How Judges Are Chosen For the Olympic Games Biggest Olympic Judging Scandals and Paris Rules Update Behind The Scenes: Back from Trials RESOURCES Spencer's Clickable Code of Points Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim The Highest scores, D scores and World Cup rankings at The Gymternet Men's Gymnastics coverage from Kensley Neutral Deductions MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE

Transcribed - Published: 19 September 2024

Breaking News: emergency episode coming tomorrow, Tuesday Sept 16th, because Jordan Chiles has filed her own appeal against the C.A.S. bronze medal decision and included the evidence. This week we talk about Simone Biles GOAT tour pommel horse injection now featuring Simone; the lost 1982 generation including early gymnast-for-change hero, Alexandra Marinescu (ROM); answer a question about how Marta Karolyi really acted; rank our top three Amanars and rage-o-meter about tv camera angles. Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters 2024 College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters The 1992 Barcelona Olympics with Wendy Bruce Find them all here

Transcribed - Published: 17 September 2024

A Mini Commission on Brandy Johnson's time with the Karoyi's and her kidneys A Mini Commission where we break down the reputations of gyms and give you our first thoughts that come to mind when we hear a gymnasts is from a certain gym Gymternet news including: a GiF history of gymnast's first pitch fails The Rutgers situation Rebeca Andrade making her NFL debut Simone Biles holding a funeral for her vault The passing of Kara Welsh Li Li Leung recognized for making an impact Jordan Chiles making her runway debut Ellie Black winning the Fair Play Award at the Paris Olympics and much more Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters 2024 College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters The 1992 Barcelona Olympics with Wendy Bruce Find them all here

Transcribed - Published: 10 September 2024

The year: 1986 The film: American Anthem The quality: low Spencer and Jessica spend way too long this week on a deep dive into what is perhaps the most significant film in the gymnastics pantheon, teen sports-drama-romance American Anthem. Jessica lovvvveeed this movie as a middle schooler. Spencer hates everything. It's gonna get good. We discuss it all: very excellent gymnast acting, backlit hair and 13-foot-wide denim jackets, THE TRIFFUS OF MURRRDERRR, an 11-week-old Jenny Rowland putting Daniela Silivas to shame, the lovely and sensitive handling of domestic abuse (jk it's monstrous), storing your grips IN THE LEAVES, excessive gymnastics grunting sounds, and the true hero of this story—Becky Cameron. *originally recorded in April 2020 Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters 2024 College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store COMMISSIONED EPISODES Gymnastics Dumest Rules GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters The 1992 Barcelona Olympics with Wendy Bruce Find them all here

Transcribed - Published: 4 September 2024

It wouldn't be a meet recap without deep moral lessons, receipts, robots, prophesies and pantheons. In this episode we discuss: USAG no longer has a senior national team training center (juniors do). FIG President, Watanabe, calls the floor final a tragedy. We'll tell you what that means for the future. How to implement robot judging properly. Romania has filed an appeal against their own gymnast's medal From concussion protocols to lessons on being iconic, all the takeaways from Paris. Washington Post gym nerd article on Simone Biles Domination Data Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters 2024 College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even "tapestries" (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store PARIS HEADQUARTERS: podcasts, schedules and fantasy game RELATED EPISODES Behind The Scenes: The Officers The Definitive Guide to the Paris Floor Bronze Debacle so far... Behind The Scenes: Back from Paris with the ClusterFuggle of Bonze Event Finals Day Three: Beam, Floor, PBars, High Bar live from Paris Event Finals Day Two: Bars, Rings, Men's Vault live from Paris Event Finals Day One: Vault, Men's Floor, PH live from Paris Women’s All Around Live from the Paris Olympic Games Men's All Around Final and Simone Biles Epic Clap Back at Skinner Women’s Team Final Live from the Paris Olympic Games Men’s Team Final Live from the Paris Olympic Games Women’s Qualifications Live from the Paris Olympic Games Men’s Qualification Live From The Paris Olympic Games Women’s Podium Training Live From The Paris Olympic Games Paris Olympic Preview and Olympic Judging Evaluation System (part two) Judging The Judges: How Judges Are Chosen For the Olympic Games Biggest Olympic Judging Scandals and Paris Rules Update Behind The Scenes: Back from Trials RESOURCES Spencer's Clickable Code of Points Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim The Highest scores, D scores and World Cup rankings at The Gymternet Men's Gymnastics coverage from Kensley Neutral Deductions MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE

Transcribed - Published: 28 August 2024

Everything you need to know about the Paris Floor Final Bronze Medal Debacle featuring Jordan Chiles (USA), Ana Barbosu (ROM) and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea (ROM), Women's Technical Committee President, Donatella Sacchi and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Is this a nationalist fight between Romania and the USA or just poor decision making and execution of procedures by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG)? Did CAS act fairly and impartially? This is a guide from gymnastics insiders on everything that led to Jordan Chiles being told to return her bronze medal days after the competition ended. For our first series of FAQ's on this topic, listen to Behind The Scenes: Back from Paris with the ClusterFuggle of Bronze. In this episode we discuss: Who's at fault here (hint: it's not the gymnasts, don't @ them) What the heck happened that led to the game of bronze medal hot potato? Who got what score, was it changed, and why? Who made the decision to change Jordan Chiles score? Why might the line judges have thought Voinea went out of bounds? Why didn't they fix the out of bounds call for Voinea? Why was Jordan's score changed? Why didn't they review Jordan's entire routine? What happened when Romania challenged results? What did CAS decide and how did they screw that up? What did the FIG and International Olympic Committee decide, and how did they screw it up? What is the USOPC now arguing? Who won the bronze medal? Who has the bronze medal now? Do Barbosu and Jordan both have bronze medals? What about Voinea (who should be the outright bronze winner); has anyone acknowledged her performance in a meaningful way? What happens next? Spoiler: we're watching Switzerland for the final appeal with the Federal Swiss Tribunal PARIS HEADQUARTERS: podcasts, schedules and fantasy game LINKS & ARTICLES The Top Gymnast in France is Competing For Algeria The careers of Olympians like Simone Biles mirror the rise of adult gymnastics. ‘I’m never leaving.’ The intimate relationship between gymnasts and chalk Emily Giamvalvo's gymnastics data nerd stories for Washington Post USA Gymnastics emerged from scandal with a rebuilt sponsor roster and a chance to shine in Paris and beyond What Was It Like Teaching Simone Biles Her Out-of-This-World Skills? Her First Coach Aimee Boorman Explains In New Book Will I Lose My Gold Medal Because of My Leotard? Uncovering Elite Gymnastics’ Rules What Scores Get You a Medal How to Build The Paris Olympic Team Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters 2024 College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even "tapestries" (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED EPISODES Event Finals Day Three: Beam, Floor, PBars, High Bar live from Paris Event Finals Day Two: Bars, Rings, Men's Vault live from Paris Event Finals Day One: Vault, Men's Floor, PH live from Paris Women’s All Around Live from the Paris Olympic Games Men's All Around Final and Simone Biles Epic Clap Back at Skinner Women’s Team Final Live from the Paris Olympic Games Men’s Team Final Live from the Paris Olympic Games Women’s Qualifications Live from the Paris Olympic Games Men’s Qualification Live From The Paris Olympic Games Women’s Podium Training Live From The Paris Olympic Games Paris Olympic Preview and Olympic Judging Evaluation System (part two) Judging The Judges: How Judges Are Chosen For the Olympic Games Biggest Olympic Judging Scandals and Paris Rules Update Behind The Scenes: Back from Trials RESOURCES Spencer's Clickable Code of Points Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim The Highest scores, D scores and World Cup rankings at The Gymternet Men's Gymnastics coverage from Kensley Neutral Deductions MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE

Transcribed - Published: 20 August 2024

We are back from Paris and we are going to discuss the trip and every single insane thing about the Bronze Debacle (so far). We discuss: Coming on Monday's episode: The Definitive Guide To Bronze Debacle What happened in Paris with the floor scores? What should have happened? How did CAS, FIG and IOC respond? What role did Donatella Sacchi play? The lie that Sabrina Voinea's coach challenged the OOB deduction What changes might happen within the FIG because of this debacle? What the Swiss Federal Tribunal will be looking at? Lots of listener questions Plus a few Paris and "vacation" stories For the full episode login to your Club Gym Nerd account to reveal the member podcast. Here's how to ask questions live. Can't make it live? Add all the exclusive Club Gym Nerd bonus content to your favorite podcast player - instructions here. Not a member? Join here. Non-member version available after the live. Behind The Scenes is a weekly Q&A live podcast and post-meet live exclusive. It's all part of the bonus content for our Club Members who supporting our work year around. LAST WEEKEND: Get tickets to our Paris Live Show replay. Here is our full Olympic podcast schedule PARIS HEADQUARTERS: podcasts, schedules and fantasy game LINKS & ARTICLES The Top Gymnast in France is Competing For Algeria The careers of Olympians like Simone Biles mirror the rise of adult gymnastics. ‘I’m never leaving.’ The intimate relationship between gymnasts and chalk Emily Giamvalvo's gymnastics data nerd stories for Washington Post USA Gymnastics emerged from scandal with a rebuilt sponsor roster and a chance to shine in Paris and beyond What Was It Like Teaching Simone Biles Her Out-of-This-World Skills? Her First Coach Aimee Boorman Explains In New Book Will I Lose My Gold Medal Because of My Leotard? Uncovering Elite Gymnastics’ Rules What Scores Get You a Medal How to Build The Paris Olympic Team Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters 2024 College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even "tapestries" (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED EPISODES Event Finals Day Three live from Paris Event Finals Day Two live from Paris Event Finals Day One live from Paris Women’s All Around Live from the Paris Olympic Games Men's All Around Final and Simone Biles Epic Clap Back at Skinner Women’s Team Final Live from the Paris Olympic Games Men’s Team Final Live from the Paris Olympic Games Women’s Qualifications Live from the Paris Olympic Games Men’s Qualification Live From The Paris Olympic Games Women’s Podium Training Live From The Paris Olympic Games Paris Olympic Preview and Olympic Judging Evaluation System (part two) Judging The Judges: How Judges Are Chosen For the Olympic Games Biggest Olympic Judging Scandals and Paris Rules Update Behind The Scenes: Back from Trials RESOURCES Spencer's Clickable Code of Points Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim The Highest scores, D scores and World Cup rankings at The Gymternet Men's Gymnastics coverage from Kensley Neutral Deductions MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE

Transcribed - Published: 16 August 2024

Live on location in Paris, Jessica reports on the competition in Bercy Arena today and on her interviews with athletes. Spencer is watching, rewatching and judging from home. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. 00:00 We have beam, floor, high bar and p-bars Olympic Champions! Beam, survive and medal. High bar, survive and medal. Floor, we have an inquiry! 01:38 Why did Simone Biles get a neutral deduction during beam finals? The failure to salute controversy explained. 3:03 Why Simone Biles saluted all the way off the floor for ever and ever at the judges 4:34 What happened during Simone Biles floor routine that cost her gold Simone Biles win silver on floor and becomes the second most decorated Olympic gymnast of all time 8:32 The bronze medal floor final controversy explained between Ana Barbosa, Jordan Chiles and Sabrina Voinea Jordan Chiles enters her first event finals and walks away a bronze medalist Rebeca Andrade wins floor and becomes the most decorated Brazilian Olympian of all time 12:36 How inquires work in gymnastics, what can be inquired about the score and what cannot 16:54 The beam final in detail Alice D’Amato wins Italy’s first women’s gymnastics Olympic gold And teammate Manila Esposito took bronze making the two beam medals a first for Italy 23:28 There’s no shushing in gymnastics! Why did the French crowd shush people yelling encouragement to the gymnasts as they competed on beam? 25:07 A French perspective on the shushing controversy. 27:31 Do male gymnasts get a pass for poor behavior while women like Simone Biles get deductions. More on the alleged deduction for failing to salute. 37:59 High Bar Finals 42:24 Does the FIG need to change event finals format to prevent the number of falls that happened today? 51:29 P Bars, the drama free final of the day Get tickets to our Paris Live Show replay. Here is our full Olympic podcast schedule PARIS HEADQUARTERS: podcasts, schedules and fantasy game LINKS & ARTICLES The Top Gymnast in France is Competing For Algeria The careers of Olympians like Simone Biles mirror the rise of adult gymnastics. ‘I’m never leaving.’ The intimate relationship between gymnasts and chalk Emily Giamvalvo's gymnastics data nerd stories for Washington Post USA Gymnastics emerged from scandal with a rebuilt sponsor roster and a chance to shine in Paris and beyond What Was It Like Teaching Simone Biles Her Out-of-This-World Skills? Her First Coach Aimee Boorman Explains In New Book Will I Lose My Gold Medal Because of My Leotard? Uncovering Elite Gymnastics’ Rules What Scores Get You a Medal How to Build The Paris Olympic Team Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters 2024 College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even "tapestries" (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED EPISODES Event Finals Day Three live from Paris Event Finals Day Two live from Paris Event Finals Day One live from Paris Women’s All Around Live from the Paris Olympic Games Men's All Around Final and Simone Biles Epic Clap Back at Skinner Women’s Team Final Live from the Paris Olympic Games Men’s Team Final Live from the Paris Olympic Games Women’s Qualifications Live from the Paris Olympic Games Men’s Qualification Live From The Paris Olympic Games Women’s Podium Training Live From The Paris Olympic Games Paris Olympic Preview and Olympic Judging Evaluation System (part two) Judging The Judges: How Judges Are Chosen For the Olympic Games Biggest Olympic Judging Scandals and Paris Rules Update Behind The Scenes: Back from Trials RESOURCES Spencer's Clickable Code of Points Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim The Highest scores, D scores and World Cup rankings at The Gymternet Men's Gymnastics coverage from Kensley Neutral Deductions MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE

Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2024