Gymcastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

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 COMM

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-commis

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 f

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 mocktai

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 ticket

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

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 judge

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

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 Brazi

Live on location in Paris, Jessica reports on the competition in Bercy Arena today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. 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. We have the most important Olympic champions of all today, the Paris Olympic BARS, rings and men's vault Champions! Kaliya Nemour is an Olympic Champion! We gush over her revolutionary bars work And it's the first medal (and gold) for the continent of Africa for gymnastics. Qiu Qiyuan hit a fantastic 7.2 routine. We explain why it was silver. Suni 'Freakin' Lee! No pickle power needed to make her way back to the podium to collect her 6th Olympic medal. Carlos Yulo is golden again! Liu repeats

Live on location in Paris, Jessica reports on the competition in Bercy Arena today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. 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. We have the most important Olympic champions of all today, the Paris Olympic Floor, Vault and Pommel Horse Champions! Carlos Yulo is the first man ever to win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines Rhys McClenaghan wins the first ever gymnastics gold for Ireland Simone wins her 3rd gold in her 3rd Paris final, making that her 7th Olympic gold medal She doesn't shut the door for LA 2028 Jade Carey gets her redemption, capturing vault bronze Nariman Kurbanov is the first man to win an Olympic gymnasti

Live on location in Paris, Jessica reports on the competition in Bercy Arena today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. We have the Women's Paris Olympic All-Around Champion We'll discuss every detail of the meet and the latest news Our thoughts on the Suni vs. D'Amato for the bronze medal Simone making things interesting Jessica attempts to mutter a few words about Espoito Ellie Black is 6th all around with a fall! Flavia's bellyflop Suni and Andrade go criss-cross apple sauce for some personal time The first all women of color Olympic all around podium Nemour is just getting started Vault predictions for event finals GymCastic Meet Up in Paris Saturday, August 3rd at 7:30 pm, Anco Restaurant, 108 Rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris Get tickets to our Paris Live Show. Here is our full Olympic podcast schedule  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 ma

Live on location in Paris, Jessica reports on the competition in Bercy Arena today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. We have the first all-around champion of the Paris Games Lots of news from the U.S. women's win last night, including Simone's epic clap back at MyKayla Skinner's comments after the Olympic Trials Get tickets to our Paris Live Show. Here is our full Olympic podcast schedule  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. PARIS HEADQUARTERS: podcasts, schedules and fantasy game

Live on location in Paris from the Bercy Arena, Jessica reports on the competition today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. The first women's Olympic Champions have been crowed. We will discuss all the details! What the U.S. team has decided to call themselves, hint F.A.A.F.O. The meeting the U.S. team had last night that helped them win today How Italy won their glorious silver Flavia's fall and why she looked like a wrestler on her way to helping Brazil win their Olympic bronze. More moments from the press conference and why the U.S. team had us in stitches. Get tickets to our Paris Live Show. Here is our full Olympic podcast schedule  To watch the episode being recorded live and ask questions, login to your Club Gym Here’s how to ask questions live. 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 her

Live on location in Paris from the Bercy Arena, Jessica reports on the competition today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. The first Olympic Champions have been crowed in the men's team final A major update in the story of the French women's team Get tickets to our Paris Live Show. Here is our full Olympic podcast schedule  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. LINKS & ARTICLES 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 e

Live on location in Paris from the Bercy Arena, Jessica reports on the competition today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. Who qualified and who did not; surprise, heartbreak and triumph Simone Biles potential injury and what Cecile Landi and Chellsie Memmel had to say post-meet Jade Carey's statement  Was there something up with the bars in rotation one? Get tickets to our Paris Live Show. Here is our full Olympic podcast schedule  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.  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. LINKS & ARTICLES What Scores Get You a Medal How to Bu

Live on location in Paris from the Bercy Arena, Jessica reports on competition today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. Who qualified and who did not; surprise, heartbreak and triumph What Carlo Maccini (ITA) said about his high bar fall and the judges starting the remount clock while he was still down. Updates from the women's side including the health of Jade Carey's (USA) father and Pauline Schäfer (GER) Get tickets to our Paris Live Show. Here is our full Olympic podcast schedule  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. LINKS & ARTICLES What Scores Get You a Medal How to Build The Paris Olympic Team Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It incl

Live on location in Paris from the Bercy Arena, Jessica will talk about what she saw at podium training today and in the training hall yesterday. Spencer will give us all the deep analysis. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. New skills submitted and upgrades from Rebeca Andrade, Nina Derwael and Suni Lee Who won podium training: Jordan Chiles and Italy Sarah Voss diagnosis, Levi Jung Ruivivar's's terrifying emergency on Monday Who's floating in the opening ceremonies and living their best life in the village How Luisa Blanco ended up training at Suni Lee's gym in Minnesota 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.   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

Full Paris Olympic Games gymnastics preview; teams, all-around, event medal favorites, the unbelievable scandal rocking the Japanese team and fluffy, heartwarming backstories. Plus, in part two of our interview, Dr. Hugues Mercier describes how the judges are selected for the Olympics Games with the F.I.G. Judge Evaluation Program (JEP) and what he thinks of the NCAA 10.0 system. PARIS OLYMPIC PODCAST SCHEDULE here  Simone Biles' coach for 15 World and Olympic medals, including Olympic all-around gold, has a book coming out. Pre-order Aimee Boorman's book now.  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for: Daily live podcasts in Paris at the Olympic Games GymCastic were the first and remain the only podcasters credentialed for the Olympic Games 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 messa

Emmy winnig director, Katie Walsh talks about  Deciding what to show and dicusss about the abuse that triggered Simone's twisties The waffles and hair braiding logistics Why Kerri Strug did not appear in the movie How they will film and with what level of access at the Olympics in Paris When the next two episodes are coming out and more!  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Daily podcasts live on location from the Paris Olympic Games 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 favor