Gymcastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

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

Every Olympics there is a non-gymnastics rule that changes an outcome. Today we delve into the Competition Attire and Undisciplined Behavior rules that change final scores. If you've ever wondered who is in charge of selecting Olympic judges and how the judges evaluation system was created? In part one of our interview, Dr. Hugues Mercier discusses the research and development of the F.I.G. Judge Evaluation Program (JEP). We discuss: 00:01:55 - Simone Biles docuseries 00:02:21 - German docuseries Turnen - 60 Sekunden Perfektion premiers on ARD 00:02:33 - How to find an adult gymnastics class or camp 00:03:41 - Male vs. Female attire rules in artistic gymnastics 00:04:41 - All the extra words about women's aesthetic in the artistic Code of Points competition attire rules that aren't in the men's rules 00:07:16 - A elite gym nerd's guide to obscure gymnastics rules that have effected the outcome of a competition many times 00:07:57 - Deductions for undisciplined behavior in gymnastics 00:08:30 - How long can a

Gymnastics is well aware of its role in the wider Olympic ecosystem: to have judging drama. That's why we are here. We explain judging scandals offering simplifications that normies can understand; prompting them to go on and have very strong and newly informed opinions about. So… the biggest judging scandals in Olympic gymnastics history We discuss: 00:01:14 - Rebeca Andrade (BRA) video fo Triple Twisting Yurchenko 00:04:11 - Biggest judging scandals in Olympic gymnastics history, setting the stage for Paris 00:05:13 - The Case of the Ill-Given Gold: 2004 Yang Tae-Young lost gold because of judging error 00:13:23 - The Case of the Bogus Bronze: Drăgulescu give impossible score knocking Shewfelt to fourth 00:18:45 - The Case of the Sexy Stoppage: Alexei Nemov's score causes crowd to protest and judges to adjust his score 00:23:45 - Fallout from the multiple men's judging scandals at the 2004 Athens Olympics 00:26:03 - Can you still get a 10.0 score in Olympic gymnastics? 00:28:00 - How to spell the Chéng vaul

Jessica is back from Olympic Trials in Minneapolis, Spencer watched and scored every routine from home. Hear directly from athletes and selection committee member, Alicia Sacramone, in this episode. We discuss: Why, for once, the rank all-around team is not controversial Adult gymnast facts and returning all-around Olympic Champions Simone Biles and Suni Lee The Women's Paris Olympic Team: Simone Biles Jade Carey Jordan Chiles Suni Lee Hezly Rivera Traveling alternates: Joscelyn Roberson and Leanne Wong Non-traveling alternates: Tiana Sumanasekera and Kaliya Lincoln Injury armageddon taking out Shilese Jones, Skye Blakely and Kayla DiCello The lows and highs from failing to honor all injured athletes to NBC doing something really cool with science The Men's Paris Olympic Team: Asher Hong Stephen Nedoroscik Frederick Richard Brody Malone Paul Juda Traveling alternates: Shane Wiskus and Khoi Young Non-traveling alternates: Patrick Hoopes, Yul Moldauer and Donnell Whittenburg Why Shane Wiskus went home ea

Jessica is reporting from Olympic Trials in Minneapolis in person, Spencer is watching from home making spreadsheets. The answered your 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 here. Non-member version available after the live. We discuss: The selection procedure that automatically chose the Paris Olympic Team of: Asher Hong Stephen Nedoroscik Frederick Richard Brody Malone Paul Juda Why Fredrick Richard is the only hope to save men's gymnastics in the United States Asher and Khoi's coach, Thom Glielmi of Stanford on the vault judging controversy Is a one-event specialist a smart strategy? Who was missing from the LA Olympic Team honors Why DJ's for men's floor is the way of the future Revenge alternate spot for Shane Wiskus The crowd's love for Donnell Whittenburg What Khoi would have had to do to make the automatic spot Shilese Jones withdraw from Trials

Jessica is reporting from Olympic Trials in Minneapolis in person, Spencer is watching from home while lighting all his spreadsheets on fire.  We discuss the injury carnage and what it's going to the Olympic team favorites. Who's moving up and who's still got a shot. 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. OLYMPIC TRIALS BONUS PODCAST SCHEDULE Wednesday 6/26 after Women's podium training Friday, 6/28 after Women’s Day One 09:45ish pm CT Saturday, 6/29 after Men’s Final 6:45ish pm CT Sunday 6/30 Live Show live from Minnesota Olympic Trials Live Show starts about 40 minutes after the team is announced. No need to rush, the staff will be watching the fan fare in the arena too. Join us virtually at the link below. Get your virtual tickets now because we are a very small business. We don't have customer support on the day of

Jessica is at Olympic Trials in Minneapolis watching podium training in person, Spencer will join her to give you the full report and answer your 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 here. Non-member version available after the live. We will discuss: Every moment form podium training! Skye Blakey’s injury How Shilese looked after resting her shoulder Suni’s two upgrades and feelings about her Auburn team Simone Biles the giggle champion of podium training Who’s stock went up after today The updated start lists Spencer has his first chemo induced roid rage over uncalled for upgrades OLYMPIC TRIALS BONUS PODCAST SCHEDULE Wednesday, 6/26 after podium training (late afternoon/evening) CT Friday, 6/28 after Women’s Day One 10:15ish pm CT Saturday, 6/29 after Men’s Final 6:45ish pm CT Sunday 6/30 Live Show live from Minnesota Olympic Trials Live Show sta

The Selection Procedures Quiz to end all quizzes! The USAG appeals process A breakdown of each competitor at Trials Why realistic expectations are the key to happiness Brazilian Olympic Trails report from Renan of Roda de Ginastica The latest on the New Zealand debacle German Olympic Team Related: What scores get you a medal How to Build The Paris Olympic Team OLYMPIC LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW OLYMPIC TRIALS BONUS PODCAST SCHEDULE Wednesday, 6/26 after podium training (late afternoon/evening) CT Friday, 6/28 after Women's Day One 10:15ish pm CT Sunday 6/30 Live Show live from Minnesota Olympic Trials 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 m

The latest Paris Olympic Team news: Chinese Olympic Team: Qiu Qiyuan, Zhou Yaqin, Ou Yushan, Zhang Yihan, Luo Huan British Olympic Team: Alica Kinsella, Becky Downie, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Ruby Evans, Abi Martin We spend a lot of time talking about the amazingness of Becky making her third Olympic team at age 32 Watch Deanna Hong's documentary about Becky Downie's comeback this year Canadian Olympic Team so far: Ellie Black and Aurélie Tran German National Championships where all-around champ, Helen Kevric and veteran Ellie Seitz battle it out despite an incorrect D score Melanie winning French Championships in her Dior leo The Mixed Group draw for Paris qualifications where the defending Olympic bars champion, Derwael, ends that event! Hambuechen doing a Kovacs outdoors Special Guest: Parisian dance critic and sociologist, Dr. Laura Cappelle on artistry in gymnastics What she thinks of the artistry checklist Her new book on the cultural change in ballet companies around the world What team France chore

Marta Karolyi's last competition as head coach of the U.S. gymnastics team was the 2016 Olympic Games. Since then, everything at USA Gymnastics (USAG) has changed. The biggest sexual abuse scandal in sports history was uncovered and leadership at USAG turned over multiple times. What do the coaches of U.S. World Champions think about the cultural reshaping within USA Gymnastics? The special guests this episode are Cleo Washington, co-coach of 2017 all-around World Champion Morgan Hurd; Sarah Korngold, current coach of team World Champion Shilese Jones; and Owen Field, coach of team World Champion Leanne Wong and also associate head coach at Florida University. Club Gym Nerd members have a mini bonus episode from this interview to enjoy. They discuss: Why Sarah and Owen decided to answer questions on social media Their first experiences with USAG camps from dev to national team The positive experiences they've had at national team camps The changes they've seen over the years and the struggles to gain consens

Our weekly Q&A for Club Gym Nerd members. You asked:  Will the U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Selection Commitee go top five from Trials? Why and why not (AKA Suni Factor)?  Will Jordan Chiles be chosen just for her marketing savy?  Breaking down the artistry deductions of the top U.S. gymnasts The mystery of the fifth spot for the Olympic Team vs. Jade Carey where we go off the rails on the evil eye vs the Italian horn when we get to the hand gesture at the end of Jade's floor routine.  OLYMPIC TRIALS LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW

It's Simone Biles' world and we're all just living in it. Over a decade from her very first national championship title Simone swept all four events and won the all-around by nearly 6 points. Of course, collecting another belt buckle wasn't the only thing at stake in Fort Worth and we break it all down. Jessica is joined by special guest, filing in for Spencer, Ari Saperstein, host of the podcast Blind Landing .  We discuss who made it to Olympic Trials and why, standout performances and how Simone Biles showed her true character by helping her fellow Olympic all-around Champion. OLYMPIC LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW OLYMPIC TRIALS BONUS PODCAST SCHEDULE Wednesday, 6/26 after podium training (late afternoon/evening) CT Friday, 6/28 after Women's Day One 10:15ish pm CT 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