Gymcastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

  LISTEN HERE   IN THE NEWS In the news, Australian national team member, Commonwealth Games and World Cup medalist, Mary-Anne "Mez" Monckton,  Spencer, Stefane and Jessica chat about: Please take this super short survey. It helps our podcast host find advertisers to fit your every desire. Full results here  How to watch live on BBC, CBC or NBC (details here). What won today, a huge D (difficulty score), (execution score) or both? D SCORE - 1) USA 76.1, 2) CHN 75.2, 3) GBR 73.7 4)RUS 72.6, 5) JPN 72.1, 6) BRA 71.2, 7) GER 69.6, 8) NED 67.8 E SCORE - 1) USA 108.797, 2) NED 105.047, 3) RUS 104.482, 4) GER 104.072, 5) JPN 102.671, 6) CHN 101.703, 7) GB 101.162, 8) BRA 100.987  Full recap of every single team in the final, details, scores, and moments we loved from: US with Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas becoming the only US women with three Olympics gold medals Russia being 1000% better than prelims and bringing the D on bars and vault China winning bronze despite counting two falls and their best gymnast, S

    In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer,  and Jessica chat about: Please take this super short survey. It helps our podcast host find advertisers to fit your every desire. How to watch live on BBC, CBC or NBC (details here). Each team's performances discussed in depth from elated medalists champions Japan, Russia to defeated suicide squad, China.  Vault judges huge error/cheating 8.7 E score for Chopin. Are they cursed because they switched from Li Ning appare? Great Britan: even if Louis hadn't fallen on pommel horse it would have been close but they would have lost to China even if he had stayed on. They lost the bronze by 1.37 deficit. Every deduction counts. This wasn't a single gymnasts fault.  Team USA does the usual Team USA with three major errors.  Team Brazil performed great but didn't have the scoring potential to medal and seemed defeated after Sasaki's knee issues after high bar.  Germany did great only .062 lower than their prelims score, even without Toba Ukraine gave us a collective WTF when the

  IN THE NEWS In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer, Stefane and Jessica chat about: Please take this super short survey. It helps our podcast host find advertisers to fit your every desire. How to watch live on BBC, CBC or NBC (details here). Injury updates, rumors and coaches who don't know basic first aid procedures: Samir Ait Said (FRA) suffered compound fracture of his leg, he wasn't splinted before he was moved and then the Rio medical staff dropped him.   Ellis O'Reilly coaches did not have her checked by medical staff immediately following this crash on her beam dismount. Maybe she was checked after the rotation, either way, absolutely unconscionable.  Martha Karolyi says injury played role in keeping Laurie Hernandez out of the all-around.  Yesterday's guest, Houry Gerbisian got her her skill named after her! See it here. Results, finals qualifiers, upsets and shockers, plus individual highlights from the fan favorites. Hint: CHUSO DID IT WITHOUT THE PROD! Tutya Yilmaz, Larissa Miler, Vasiliki Mill

IN THE NEWS In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer and Jessica chat about: Please take this super short survey. It helps our podcast host find advertisers to fit your every desire. How to watch live on BBC, CBC or NBC (details here). What we thought of the opening ceremonies. Injuries Toby (GER) returned to compete on pommel horse. Samir Ait Said (FRA) had a compound fracture of his lower leg bones on vault like Tim Daggett and Brinn Bevin. We debate whether or not it's ok to share this video of the horrific injury.  NBC has streaming covering and a daily online TV show called the Daily Dismount. We are obsessed with how good they are! Jim Watson, Courtney Kupets and Jonathan Horton #Jhortney  4 eva! Results, Finals qualifiers, upsets and shockers, plus individual highlights from the fan favorites. Hint: Igor is still alive! Our favorite non-gymnastics moments; Zapata's shorts and China's crushed velvet--we are looking at you.  GYMTERNET NEWS Round-up of the latest news from Rio includes: Time magazine asked M

IN THE NEWS In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer and Jessica chat about: Please take this super short survey. It helps our podcast host find advertisers to fit your every desire. How to watch live on BBC, CBC or NBC (details here). INDYSTAR Expose: How USA Gymnastics protected coaches over kids "IndyStar tracked down four cases in which USA Gymnastics was warned of suspected abuse by coaches but did not initiate a report to authorities. Those coaches went on, according to police and court records, to abuse at least 14 underage gymnasts after the warnings.” Episode 56: Preventing Abuse in Gymnastics 163: ENOUGH Marvin Sharp accused of sexual abuse. We created #GymUnsafe Because the USA Gymnastics system is wildly inadequate, we created a spreadsheet to track coaches who make the news for suspected abuse–filling the gap between the time coaches are investigated and subsequently banned or exonerated. For example, USAG permanently ineligible member, Zac Lawson, has opened a new gym. Skills Highlights: Ponor,

IN THE NEWS In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer and Jessica chat about: Please take our super short survey. It helps us find advertisers to fit our listener's desires. How to watch live on BBC, CBC or NBC (details here). Skills Highlights: Kenzo did yurchenko 3.5 Bretschendier tried his double double release laid out New skill submitted to the FIG Igor Radiviolov tried his handspring triple front (video) The US Men's live stream training Is Mark Williams the Marta Karoyli we've been waiting for?  Do we think it's wise for Chris Brooks to do the all-around?  Our highlights from training, including lots of overhead hot mic moments. Arena impressions, fashion news, and reality of living in Rio GYMTERNET NEWS Roundup of the latest news from Rio includes: It's official. Laurie Hernandez went pro.  Stretovich replaced Ignatyev on the Russian men's team and it may have been a clear IOC rules violation, but it's really the least of Russia's problems.  Our favorite Bogi+Chuso celebrity couple names Will Aly be do

  IN THE NEWS In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer and Jessica chat about: How to watch live on BBC, CBC or NBC (details here). We will be doing a podcast every day of podium training and for every competition! (1:04) The End of the Perfect 10 Book Contest winners announced (4:07) Russia: Despite reports, IOC still hasn't cleared the Russians (6:39) Individuals with cool skills and stories to watch in the Mixed Groups WAG (10:30): Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska double twisting gainer layout dismount, Vasiliki Millousi, Dipa Karmakar, Jessica Lopez, Zsófia Kovács, Catalina Ponor, Guilia Steingruber,  Houry Gebeshian, Hong Un Jong (who may complete a gorgeous triple twisting yurchenko), Toni-Ann Williams, Oksana Chusovitina, Larissa Miller MAG (1:14:32): Manrique Larduet, Rayderley Zapata, Eleftherios Petrounias, Ri Se Gwang, Oleg Stepko, Enrique Tomas "porn 'stash" Gonzalez Sepulveda; and six-foot-tall World floor medalist, Alexander Shatilov. And of course, Igor Radivilov’s triple front vault.  MAG team medal pre

IN THE NEWS In the news, Uncle Tim, Dvora and Jessica chat about: Russia has not been banned as a country, but the FIG must decide on individuals. (3:00) Valentina has declared Ksenia Afanasyeva retired, might not be true but Afan is out. Kuksenkov was cleared of all Meldonium doping charges earlier this year and is in Rio. Marta Karolyi Press Conference (9:25) We've decided Rhonda Faehn and Simone Biles/Aimee Boorman have started working Marta's mouth like a puppet because she held an open practice and even said the gymnasts must all be trained as individuals! Praise the gym gods! Germany, Steingruber Win in Chemnitz (14:00) Sophie Scheder scored a 15.25 on bars  (better at German Nationals with 15.5 which ranked her 8th in the World) Catalina Ponor scored a 14.700 on VT in Chemnitz. She outscored Larisa Iordache (FX, double Y turn immediate illusion turn!) on every event (except bars, which Ponor didn't do)   Ponor has a full twisting DLO Ponor took on her haters on Instagram--straight up Gabby Dou

 IN THE NEWS This week, Uncle Tim, Spencer and Jessica chat about: Gabby's secret knee injury (3:30): "Broken knee" and absentee father storylines continue to muddle Gabby Inc. waters  - NY Times and Mercury News McKayla Maroney wasn't randomly Periscoping, she was on her way to surprise some little gym nerds at a Trials watch party!  Skinner Gate 2.0 (17:47): Miss Skinner (and now her coach) continue to get in trouble on Twitter.  British Olympic teams strategy (28:00) The decades of black gymnasts who paved the way for Simone Biles Could we have had an African-American Olympic champion in 1984? Tutya Yilmaz (TUR) and Jossimar Calvo were the highlights of the ill attended/post-terrorist attack World Cup in Turkey. Russian Cup: the provisional Olympic team and the potential impact of the McLaren report (48:00) Mustafina had a weird thing on bars, here's the video Romanian Nationals: was it smart to choose Catalina Ponor as the sole Olympic competitor over Larisa Ilordache?  Anda Butuc’s onodi m

     Olympic gold medalist and three time World Champion, McKayla Maroney has much to share about where she has been, what happened along the way and where she is going next. She settles long debated gymternet questions and we find out what caused the physical and emotional breakdown she referred to in this video last year. We discuss: If she feared blowback from speaking frankly about her experiences.  The skill she tried that Marta told her to never to do again.   The circumstances surrounding her injuries and multiple surgeries. The post-Olympic tour conditions and their effects on her health.  She answers fans suspicions that her injuries are due to poor nutrition.   Some fans claim that AOGC break gymnasts, her thoughts.  Did the advice she received from her coaches contribute to her injuries?   How she dealt with self identity as she struggled to stay healthy.  Discusses the role of humility and insecurity through the Olympic selection process.  Does she think the men's team should be more like the wom

IN THE NEWS In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer, Lauren, Cordelia Price  (aunt of 2014 World Cup Series Champion and 2012 Olympian alternate Elizabeth "Ebee" Price), Casey Magniesum and Jessica chat about: Why each and every gymnasts was chosen as an alternate or team member.  Why Marta didn't go with the highest scoring team available.  Which gymnasts hit 8 for 8 this weekend. Everything that happened behind the scenes:  Zac Lawson finally added to the permanently banned list at USAG website GymSplaining Parade of Olympians Concert Best signs and t-shirts seen in the audience  U.S.Slay t-shirts from Evan and his crew Aly’s coaching is judging her at Olympic Trials Parents: teach your kids to be good fans. Being a good fan is supporting the athlete, not making the athlete notice you. Maroney live Periscoping during Trials  Event host, John Macready, learned a new game and we were horrified.  Why FloGymnastics isn't here covering Trials; the USOC pulled their parent company's credentials.  Every competitors'

IN THE NEWS In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer, Lauren, Lindsey Green, Jennifer Lacopelli and Jessica chat about: Kittia-Gate: Christian Gallardo has been coaching Gabby instead of  Kittia.  Statement from Natalie Hawkins, Gabrielle Douglas’ mother:"Gabrielle hasn't made a coaching change. Christian Gallardo has been Gabrielle's coach since she arrived at Buckeye. Since there is only to be one coach alongside Gabrielle throughout the Olympic process, Christian is that coach based on their longtime coach/athlete bond, chemistry and strength together." If Laurie Hernandez is selected, will she *really* be the first Latina gymnast to make the U.S. Olympic team in 30 years? We review the night 1 of the Olympic Trials – gymnast by gymnast. Finally, we discuss Simone's hilarious Tide commercial, which is Jessica's favorite thing ever SUPPORT THE SHOW Join Club Gym Nerd here. Buy one of our awesome shirts here. RELATED EPISODES 187: McKayla Maroney Getting to the Games: A Checklist 201: Men’s Olympic Trials an

 THIS WEEK'S INTERVIEW One of our original hosts, Dvora Meyers has just published The End of the Perfect 10: The Making and Breaking of Gymnastics' Top Score - from Nadia to Now. The book is the latest must-have in the gym nerd library. It examines the evolution of elite women’s gymnastics over the last few decades and answers questions that gymnastics fans have been asking since the last perfect score was handed out over 20 years ago. She reveals why successful female gymnasts are older and more athletic than they have ever been before, how the United States became a gymnastics powerhouse, and what the future of gymnastics will hold. Lauren and Jessica chat with Dvora about (4:45):  MythBusters in the book: Who were Nadia’s actual first gymnastics coaches, when the open-ended scoring system came about, East Germany set precedent for the current American training system. Gymternet vs television coverage - past and current Insulting coverage that creates gymnastics like a sideshow How the Ranch has changed ov

 IN THIS WEEK'S EPISODE This week on Douglas Family Gold (S1 E5), Jessica, Spencer and Spanny recap the episode and discuss: The episode extra where Coach Christian is seen and heard!  Recap (5:00) Gymnastics fact checking machine went into overdrive during the competition scenes We ignore that it's mathematically impossible for Gabby to beat Simone.  The definition of what constitutes success for Gabby changes 7 million times.  Did Natalie fulfill her vision to show ,"What it takes to ….what goes on behind the scenes to support an elite athlete, and, for me as a mom, to support my other children at the same time.” (31:47) We examine which of our deepest fears and greatest hopes from the preview podcast came true. (36:00) What do the Dougies need to do to make this a hit show next season? (46:00) RELATED LINKS Watch episodes of Douglas Family Gold here. SUPPORT THE SHOW Join Club Gym Nerd here. Get one of our awesome gymnastics goodies here. Buy Dvora Myers new book The End of the Perfect 10 from o

    IN THE NEWS This week, Uncle Tim, Spencer, Lauren, and Jessica chat about: Men's Olympic Trials The Olympic Team: Sam Mikulak,  Chris Brooks, Jake Dalton, Alex Naddour (aka Mr. Hollie Vise), John Orozco. Alternates: Danell Leyva, Donnell Whittenburg, Akash Modi   Strategy (8:47) Nancy Armour vs. John Orozco drama (14:50) Highlights on and off the floor Brooks hugging OTC athlete liaison, Sherry. The skill Uncle Tim's gymnastics nieces have to learn before they can be in his wedding (23:54) NBC massive errors and generally being jerks (26:18) Putting down Gabby even though she's exactly on track to be at her best Race, poverty and sexualizing athletes  Women's P&G Championships Our debate for the Gymnastics Is Hard Award (38:00) Injury list Junior analysis, favor and future super stars (50:00) Senior analysis (59:00) Who qualified to Olympic Trials for the women: Alyssa Baumann; Simone Biles; Christina Desiderio; Gabby Douglas; Brenna Dowell; Rachel Gowey; Laurie Hernandez; Amelia Hundley; Mad

IN THIS WEEK'S EPISODE This week on Douglas Family Gold (S1 E5), Jessica, Spencer and Stefane recap the episode and discuss: The family listened to the podcast! (3:00) Gabby's bar upgrades revealed! (5:00) Coach Christian's voice made the show, but not with his face at the same time. What Gabby's Family has to do to overtake the Kar*$&#*ians as the top reality family in the world. (15:29) Natalie's on-screen script boo boo. (28:42) There was no cause for excitement about the Ranch footage because it was all recycled USAG footage. (35:50) Jene Park, AKA Edna from The Incredibles is back: (30:55) champagne and coffee for everyone Gabby says,  “what more chocolate do I need” and non-stop BBC jokes ensue. Natalie has a boob tattoo and we can't stop analyzing it. (43:37) Jessica's story about Natalie being a badass in Tokyo. (60:00) Feedback (53:25) Some feedback about Gabby's alleged single status from the African-American community. Gabby wearing her hair natural this weekend for nationals in St. Lo

  NEWS In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer, and Jessica chat about: Our favorite moments from last week's interview with Alicia Sacramone  Controversy (of course) at Australian Olympic Trials (4:01) Congrats to 2016 Olympian Larissa Miller and her beautiful floor! Funding expose from StickIt  Rhythmic and Trampoline Olympic Trials (11:09) Rhythmic roup qualifies for first time, ever. Sadness, injuries, elation and awesome adult gymnastics from tramp (14:04) "The legs that I had, the butt that I had were why I jumped so high" - Olympic Champion Rosie MacLennan (CAN) video P&G Championships Preview (1:03:30) How to watch live, online and on tv here. Sam Peszek and Evan Heiter are doing juniors analysis! Karolyi Ranch film to premiere on Friday at 8pm ET on NBC, watch trailer here. Who we are looking forward to watching who won't go to Rio (Morgan Hurd, Emily Gaskins) Who is in a do or die situation to qualify to Rio or even Trials Recap of Beyond the Routine with Bailie Key who has scratched from P&

THIS WEEK'S EPISODE This week in Douglas Family Gold (S1 E4), Jessica, Spencer and Spanny recap the episode and discuss: Real Moment of the Week Awards (2:00) Recap with actual gymnastics! (4:00) John wants to "prank" the family by tasering them in the outdoors. (9:15) Jessica responds to criticism from the asexual community after last week's discussion of whether or not Gabby has, or is ready for a relationship and the ancient trope of the romantically immature gymnast.  (24:30) Resource links below.  RELATED LINKS Watch episodes of Douglas Family Gold here. Ages and stages of healthy human sexual development from Darkness To Light and ACT of Youth SUPPORT THE SHOW Join Club Gym Nerd here. Buy one of our awesome gymnastics goodies here. CONTEST Name the Gabby-inspired Drag Queen here! Tweet @GymCastic #GabbyFamilyDrag with your name for our fabulous listener and legit adult gymnast.  RELATED EPISODES 161: Women’s Finals Recap with Aimee Boorman and Christian Gallardo 160: PG Championships Women’s

THIS WEEK'S INTERVIEW We are honored and humbled to welcome back the legend herself, Alicia Sacramone, to celebrate our 200th episode. She joined us for episode 43, the  first ever panel on LGBT Issues in Gymnastics in 2013. Since then she's married her longtime boyfriend, started a few businesses, and began coaching and doing choreography. Alicia is expecting her first child this summer. The Olympic silver medalist, 10x World medalist and 4x World Champion discussed:  The crazy vault she never got to compete Her goal as a television analyst for the SEC Network Competing in college at Brown and elite simultaneously How Marta Karolyi reacted and why she decided to go pro with Under Armour  Transitioning to the open-ended scoring system:  The 2006 floor leap series incident when her routine wasn't credited and she didn't make finals Placing behind Cheng Fei in 2008 Olympic vault final even though Fei had a fall Which gymnast rocked the Code of Points best Clarifying the facts from Shawn Johnson's recen

The new Gabbymoji app features the gorgeous art above. THIS WEEK'S EPISODE This week's show is dedicated to the victims and survivors of the Orlando terror attack and the LGBT community everywhere. Find out how to help here or call on legislators to make gun reform here. On this week's recap of Douglas Family Gold (S2E3), Jessica, Spencer and Spanny  discuss: The lack of gymnastics and Coach Christian Natalie is shocked that her adult children don’t want to spend every waking moment with her Arie and Joy are totally starting a fashion business right now Shocker, John doesn't want to hang out with his mom during his college visit The sisters think Gabby need a companion, but isn't ready to date... sooooo escort?  Jessica is outraged at the old, sexless, no-time for boyfriends, abnormal development because she's a gymnast trope Gabby gets a kitten instead of an adult cat and the gymternet lost their damn minds.  CONTEST Name the Gabby Drag Queen here! Tweet @GymCastic #GabbyFamilyDrag with your name for our