Gymcastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

Manrique Larduet (CUB) urges the crowd to show their appreciation after his parallel bars routine in prelims of the Pan American Games. © Grace Chiu This week Mary-Anne "Mez Monckton from the Australian national team, Uncle Tim and Jessica chat about: Pan Am Games Team Finals and All-Around Competitions: Do we like Elfi Schlegel better on on ESPN or NBC? We answer the most important question of the meet: Where’s Marta? Cuba, Cuba and more Cuba! Manrique Larduet and Marcia Videaux Jimenez thrilled us. Yamilet Peña (DOM)and the Execution score vaulting problem; should Yamilet Peña have gotten credit for her Produnova/buttahara/chalk skid mark landing? If Manrique was deducted for excessive celebration, was it justified? Was Daniele Hypolito (BRA), aka "Hypolito The Great” and "No Gripz Hypolitz," unfairly deducted for a fall on her beam dismount? Yes, darling of the Games, Flavia Saraiva (BRA)  touched the beam for a 1.0 deduction but Jessica doesn’t care. Winning with a fall: the Sam Mikulak (USA) vs M