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EXCLUSIVE CLUB CONTENT Club Gym Nerd members can listen to the full interview, uninterrupted, and have access to the original documents discussed in this episode. Please login to your Club Gym Nerd account to listen and/or watch this episode. Not a member? Join here.The public episode includes evidence, obtained by GymCastic, directly from the secret police archives.  Nadia and the Secret Police Project K Episode 1 We continue this week with the second and final part of Jessica's interview with Dr. Stej Olaru, whose book Nadia and the Secret Police is currently available for pre-order in English. They discuss: The unverified report that Bela tried to sabotage Teodora Ungureanu to ensure a Hungarian would win a medal The Ellen Berger/Bela Karolyi feud and what may have really been behind it Nadia's mom's official complaints View the original files and translations here. Project K: Secret Police Documents on the Karolyis Introduction to Project K Operation Olympia explained Project K: Romanian Gymnast

Nadia and the Secret Police Today, the start of Project K, our dive into the files and transcripts from "Operation Olympia," the Romanian secret police's multi-year surveillance project investigating the Karolyis. We have the first part of Jessica's interview with Dr. Stej Olaru, whose book Nadia and the Secret Police is currently available for pre-order in English. They discuss: What the secret police did and whether their reports can be trusted as reliable primary sources The sheer extent and complexity of the surveillance project of Nadia How many people tried to sound the alarm about the Karolyis in the 1970s Would anything have changed if this had been public knowledge? Plus, transcripts from the actual files about the Karolyis from 1976, detailing physical and verbal abuse, an "atmosphere of terror," and the insistence on ignoring physicians and experts. NCAA Preview To lighten the load, we also talk a little bit about this year's very important and real preseason coaches poll, the finally-announ

Headline News This week, Morgan Hurd blessed us with a double layout to make it all better, and we have a preview of our major exposé Project K—where gymnastics and spycraft run into each other at full speed inside 1970s Romania—which will finally be coming to your ears over the next two weeks. NCAA Preview We're one month out from the NCAA season, and we're talking new first years like Kayla DiCello, eMjae Frazier, Faith Torrez, and more. Plus, which teams face the biggest upheavals in the 2023 season (cough, Georgia), why we're a little too excited about literally just some lines of tape, and the biggest storyline of the preseason: 5th-year transfers. Mini-Commissions A mini-commission on the history of South African gymnasts at the Olympics and other major competitions: the biggest accomplishments and what the future holds A mini-commission on Soviet training conditions and techniques of the 1980s and how that resulted in pushing the limits of difficulty. Plus, all the gymternet news you need JOIN C

Please login to your Club Gym Nerd account to watch this episode. Not a member? Join here Headline News Since we've been gone... Suni Lee announced her impending returning to elite, Sydney Barros registered a nationality switch, and there are big big changes to the US men's resident program in Colorado Springs. Meet News The post-worlds period brought an opportunity for gymnasts to earn some actual money in Switzerland with the Swiss Cup and Arthur Gander Memorial. We discuss the weird-but-kind-of-awesome format of these meets, the US team of Yul Moldauer and Addison Fatta just edging the Italian team of Nicola Bartolini and Martina Maggio for the Swiss Cup title, Spencer's hyper-interest in the strategy of which events everyone should compete when, and the floor routine that earned Jessica's seal of approval. How does the prize money for these meets compare to the...actual world championship? Plus... News on constant vigilance, bribery, NCAA coach movement, being resilient AF, and most importantly...the

OLYMPIC TRIALS CONTROVERSIES This week, we have a commission from Club Gym Nerd member Jasmine, who asked for an episode on the history of US Olympic Trials—how teams were selected and all the major scandals. And there have been plenty. 1980 - Olympic boycott hypocrisy and what happens when gymnasts tie for the last spot? (Or have alligators?) 1984 - The case of Dianne Durham and the Olympic petition 1988 - The Perils of Rank Order: The Early Years 1992 - The back-room meeting that kept Kim Kelly off the Olympic team 1996 - Only controversial if you're a Forster? 2000 - Atler. Nuff said. The Martha Years - Were teams really chosen months in advance? Plus, we make our proposals for an ideal Olympic team selection process for the United States   JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd or buy a gift membership for access to Behind the Scenes episodes. Behind the Scenes: Kensley's Wedding Behind The Scenes After Olympic Trials We Have Olympic Teams! Olympic Trials Day Two for Men & Women Live From Oly

2000 Olympic Trials This week, we have a group commission from Brianna, Stephanie, Atwood, Laura, Karla, and Emma, all about [deep breath] the collective nightmare that was the 2000 Olympic Trials. We discuss: The breaking news that there actually was official selection criteria, and it was technically followed. The significance of 2000 Trials as the worst thing that has ever happened ever, the controversy of the selection process, the low point this represented in athlete-first commentary, and just...the Bela of it all Shannon's comeback What if Atler had been able to compete on the "new" vault? The way the commentators talk about Alyssa Beckerman The infamous Rybacki fluff piece DLO + Punch front Shannon's vault injury BEIGE DRAPES Steve Nunno's performance piece The Moceanu sadness forest Why they selected the team they did, and was it the right call?   JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd or buy a gift membership for access to Behind the Scenes episodes. Behind the Scenes: Rodeo Exercise Machine B

Liverpool World Championships 2022 Event Finals & Mega Worlds Recap We'll discuss both days of event finals, the breaking (?) of the white leo curse and our favorite and least favorite moments of this World Championships.LOGIN TO JOIN US LIVE  Club Gym Nerd members can ask questions live, watch the podcast being recorded, see the gymnastics we discuss, plus get access to all of our exclusive interviews and Behind The Scenes episodes. Here's how to ask questions live.JOIN CLUB GYM NERD World Championships Viewer's Guide Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have a Ukraine Fundraiser design, all proceeds go to the CARE Ukraine Crisis fund. RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES Liverpool World Championships Men's AA Final  Liverpool World Championships Women's AA Final  Liverpool World Championships Men's Team Final  Liverpool World Championships Women's Team Final  Liverpool World Championships Women's Qual

Liverpool World Championships 2022 Men's All-Around Final Carlos Yulo invented a new skill on vault while Asher Hong did a no-handed giant on high bar. All the details and we answer your questions about women's all around final. LOGIN TO JOIN US LIVE  Club Gym Nerd members can ask questions live, watch the podcast being recorded, see the gymnastics we discuss, plus get access to all of our exclusive interviews and Behind The Scenes episodes. Here's how to ask questions live. LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW   JOIN CLUB GYM NERD World Championships Viewer's Guide Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have a Ukraine Fundraiser design, all proceeds go to the CARE Ukraine Crisis fund. RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES Liverpool World Championships Women's AA Final  Liverpool World Championships Men's Team Final  Liverpool World Championships Women's Team Final  Liverpool World Championships Women's Qua

Liverpool World Championships 2022 Women's All-Around Final Rebeca Andrade (BRA) is finally the world all-around champion! Shilese Jones (USA) and her arabian won silver and for the first time ever, a British gymnast is on the all-around podium, Jessica Gadirova. LOGIN TO JOIN US LIVE  Club Gym Nerd members can ask questions live, watch the podcast being recorded, see the gymnastics we discuss, plus get access to all of our exclusive interviews and Behind The Scenes episodes. Here's how to ask questions live. LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW JOIN CLUB GYM NERD World Championships Viewer's Guide Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have a Ukraine Fundraiser design, all proceeds go to the CARE Ukraine Crisis fund. RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES Liverpool World Championships Women's AA Final  Liverpool World Championships Men's Team Final  Liverpool World Championships Women's Team Final  Liverpoo

Liverpool World Championships 2022 Men's Team Final Did they fix the leak? Why didn't Donnell Whittenburg vault? Did China make a miraculous comeback?   LOGIN TO JOIN US LIVE  Club Gym Nerd members can ask questions live, watch the podcast being recorded, see the gymnastics we discuss, plus get access to all of our exclusive interviews and Behind The Scenes episodes. Here's how to ask questions live. LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW JOIN CLUB GYM NERD World Championships Viewer's Guide Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have a Ukraine Fundraiser design, all proceeds go to the CARE Ukraine Crisis fund. RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES Liverpool World Championships Women's Team Final  Liverpool World Championships Women's Qualifying Day Two Liverpool World Championships Women's Qualifying Day One Liverpool World Championships Podium Training Day Two Liverpool World Championships Podium Trainin

Liverpool World Championships 2022 Women's Team Final The leak on the beam that may or may not have affected the results of the competition. USA won six teams golds in a row (a World record), The British got their highest-ever team medal at Worlds and Canada got their first team medal! Plus the amazing success of Japan and the heartbreak of so many, many falls. Join us live (on this page) at 9:30pm-ish local time to discuss. LOGIN TO JOIN US LIVE  Club Gym Nerd members can ask questions live, watch the podcast being recorded, see the gymnastics we discuss, plus get access to all of our exclusive interviews and Behind The Scenes episodes. Here's how to ask questions live. LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW JOIN CLUB GYM NERD World Championships Viewer's Guide Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have a Ukraine Fundraiser design, all proceeds go to the CARE Ukraine Crisis fund. RELATED EPISODES & RE

  Liverpool World Championships 2022 Men's Qualification Day Yet another near death experience on vault today and China maybe have lost an all-around mid-meet. We'll discuss the meet, the standout performances and what you didn't see on the live stream. Join us live at 11:45pm-ish local time. LOGIN TO JOIN US LIVE  LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW JOIN CLUB GYM NERD World Championships Viewer's Guide Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have a Ukraine Fundraiser design, all proceeds go to the CARE Ukraine Crisis fund. RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES Liverpool World Championships Women's Qualifying Day Two Liverpool World Championships Women's Qualifying Day One Liverpool World Championships Podium Training Day Two Liverpool World Championships Podium Training Day One Liverpool World Championships Mega Preview US Women's World Team Trials live from Texas 10th Anniversary Reunion Show Worlds Te

Liverpool World Championships 2022 Women's Qualification Day Two Italy, Brazil, China, British, France, Netherlands, Japan, S. Korea, Hungary, competed for spots in finals. The beam witch was in full effect and there were some scary moments on vault. We'll discuss it all! Join us live at 11:50pm-ish local time. LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW Join Us Live Club Gym Nerd members can ask questions live, watch the podcast being recorded, see the gymnastics we discuss, plus get access to all of our exclusive interviews and Behind The Scenes episodes. Here's how to ask questions live.[wcm_nonmember] Please login to your Club Gym Nerd account to listen and/or watch this episode. Not a member? Join here.[/wcm_nonmember] [wcm_restrict] Add the Club Gym Nerd members-only feed to your favorite podcast player HERE [embedyt]https://youtu.be/YIYYQJqbPhk[/embedyt] If you aren't sure about attending one of our live shows (in person or virtually), check out our show with Vanessa Atler here[/wcm_restrict] JOIN CLUB

Liverpool World Championships 2022 Women's Qualification Day One Everything that you didn't see because the rights holders aren't streaming the freakin' OLYMPIC qualifier here in England. Tonight, Belgium, USA, Spain and Romania competed for spots in finals.

LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW Podium Training Day Two Everything that happened at the second day of women's podium training from Brazil China, Japan, to new baby German team, plus the British and Italian superstars. JOIN CLUB GYM NERD World Championships Viewer's Guide Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have a Ukraine Fundraiser design, all proceeds go to the CARE Ukraine Crisis fund. RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES Donate grips and tape for Ukrainian gymnasts Donate to family of NCAA coach in Ukraine To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim 10th Anniversary Reunion Show Worlds Team Shake-up US Men's World Selection (Day 1) & World Cup Update Paris World Cup Review What the F Is Artistry? World Challenge Cups Are So In Right Now The World Championship Field Is Set MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE     Jo

  LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW Join Us Live Club Gym Nerd members can ask questions live, watch the podcast being recorded, see the gymnastics we discuss, plus get access to all of our exclusive interviews and Behind The Scenes episodes. Here's how to ask questions live.Please login to your Club Gym Nerd account to listen and/or watch this episode. Not a member? Join here. Liverpool World Championships 2022 Podium Training Day One Everything that happened in training and podium training from Rebeca Andrade to Leanne Wong, from Shilese Jones to Hashimoto Daiki. JOIN CLUB GYM NERD World Championships Viewer's Guide Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have a Ukraine Fundraiser design, all proceeds go to the CARE Ukraine Crisis fund. RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES Donate grips and tape for Ukrainian gymnasts Donate to family of NCAA coach in Ukraine To follow the effects of the Russian invasion

LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW World Championships Preview We discuss the women's and men's A-List celebrities of worlds whom we expect to come home with the most medals, from Rebeca Andrade to Zhang Boheng, from Shilese Jones to Hashimoto Daiki. Going out on a limb for the new breakout stars of worlds, the ones we haven't been talking about...until now. We pick the one athlete who NEEDS THIS, whose talent and gymnastics integrity warrants finally breaking through for a medal at this year's world championship. Women's team: Do the injuries on Italy's team change the worlds medal picture? Men's team: Is this the US men's best chance for a team medal? Women's all-around: Can anyone stop Andrade? Men's all-around: The Zhang/Hashimoto rivalry is only just beginning Events: Why uneven bars is going to be the hardest gold medal to win, why beam provides the best chance for an unknown medalist, and why this is the age of parallel bars JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Viewer's Guide Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a

Everything that happened in Katy, Texas at the US Women's World Team Trials, a full analysis of the team and alternates, performance highlights and what you didn't see on the live stream. LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW

  Welcome to Our 10 Year Reunion! Reunion host, Even Heiter brings the original four OG GymCastic hosts, Blythe Lawrence, Spanny Tampson, Uncle Tim, Jessica O'Beirne  with the current hosts, Kensley and Spencer together for a look back at what we've accomplished, milestones, your favorite moments and how it all started.   LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW Listen or watch our live recording of the reunion below for Club Gym Nerd members. Here's how to ask questions live. Please login to your Club Gym Nerd account to listen and/or watch this episode. Not a member? Join here. RELATED EPISODES  Pumpernickel Rose  Bart and The Case of The Wandering Nut The most watched Pommel Horse video of all time Marta as the Babadook It's Just a Buckeye Leaf Things You Only Know If You Are A Gymnast Pommel Hor 100th Episode Vainglorious irrelevant personal lives of the GymCastic hosts Behind The Scenes: Solve For China Was Robbed Behind The Scenes: The Garrison is Back  Behind The Scenes: Liverpool Reveal  Behi

LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW US Worlds Team News Kensley, Jessica, and Spencer give their hot takes about the newly named US men's team. What are the expectations for this team at worlds? What are this team's biggest strengths? Where might things fall apart? Should Yul Moldauer have been on the team? What of Shane Wiskus and Paul Juda? Konnor McClain has withdrawn from worlds, citing a back injury What does this mean for the US women's scoring potential? Whose chances at making the team just took a big leap forward? Plus, in USAG-did-a-good-one news, the organization will now cover costs for mental health visits for athletes and coaches on the national team. In the gymternet news, the latest on countries boycotting the FIG congress and college gymnasts getting that sweet, sweet NIL cash JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have a Ukraine Fundraiser design, all proceeds go