Gymcastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

The PSU gymnastics team wrote 409 on their hands. Jessica is furious, find out why.   In the news, Uncle Tim, Spanny Tampson, and Jessica chat about (time stamps in parenthesis): Catalina Ponor is training again. Will she make the Romanian team? (3:30) Texas Prime Meet:  Texas Dreams is raising an army of artistic gymnasts. Our listeners really liked this girl Colbi Flory Lilia Podkopayeva  resorted to thievery and dancing as a form of protest in order to defend the efforts of her team at the Legendz Classic. (11:00) Katelyn Ohashi returns to competition! (14:35) Spanny declares Oklahoma the new queens of choreography and has an out-of-body gym-gasm experience watching Chayse Capps in person.(40:15) Kyla Ross working new skills and applying to Stanford next year. (23:30) NCAA rankings and a review of the 10's on vault. (33: 28) Kennedy Baker (Gators) does the sassiest arabian double pike in all the land. (48:45) Our picks for NCAA floor champ if as of right now, including Denver's Nina McGee. (51:45) Alabam

  She is the gymnastics equivalent of panda cubs playing in snow for the first time, combined with the feeling you got when Nastia did a pirouette on bars; the perfect gymnastics happiness pill. The 2013 American Cup all-around champion, Katelyn Ohashi, has committed to UCLA and we have the exclusive interview just hours after she announced her decision to her future teammates. We discuss: The candlelit moment when she told the team Why she chose UCLA and when she will start The status of her return to bars and what skills she's working on Surprising her coach by busting out crazy dismounts The look on her face after her second pass on floor at Texas Prime last weekend What she thinks of the Tumblr posts you make about her Switching from coach Valeri Luikin to Laurent Landi If she knows that the gymternet is obsessed with Laurent Episode 23: Lloimincia Hall & The American Cup Episode 33: Simone Biles & Her Coaches Episode 39: Victoria Moors 61: Katelyn Ohashi Clears The Air   Watch all of Ohash

Peng Peng Lee (CAN/UCLA) gracing the cover via fan art of a game that we all wish we could to play. Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include: Could it be Aliya Mustafina's love life that drew her to a new gym? If a gymnast like Shawn Johnson became a spokesperson for safe sex and contraception, could it change the image of gymnastics for the better? Scandal in Singapore! How do you get revenge when your coaches are fired? Hire them like Lim Heem Wei did. US elites, Ariana Guerra and Deanne Soza are back after injury and illness. Pac-12 Conference adopts changes that could put them ahead of the SEC. In the news, Uncle Tim, Evan, and Jessica chat about: Updates and recaps from the NCAA meets: Georgia, UCLA, Florida, Michigan, LSU, Oklahoma, SJSU, and the men of Stanford and Cal. New rules you should know about for the NCAA competition this year. Elites premiers in college: Brenna Dowell, Peng Peng Lee and Brianna Brown from the famed Cincinnati Gymnastics. Favorite l

In the news, Jessica, Uncle Tim and Evan chat about: The freshly made senior elites, why we are excited about them, from Nia Dennis (USA) and Ryannon Jones (GB) to Flavia Saraiva (BR). (7:30) The best thing about new gymternet sweetheart Ksenia Klimenko's beam video, aside from her gymnastics; the gong show. Evan reports in from the first and most mind blowing NCAA meet of the year so far; at the NorCal Classic where Cal won and Stanford came in fourth. Elizabeth Price murdered the vault, Taylor Rice made us imagine her beating Britney Spears down with a glittery hammer while Indian Princess, Kalliah McCartney, strummed at our heart strings with her tall-is-gorgeous-ness. (16:30) Evan predicts the eventual rise to power of Cal's new competitor, Toni Ann Williams, the owner of a double front dismount on beam. NCAA season means we get to see our favorite elites in a whole new light. Find out who we are most excited to see - hint it's Captain Canada for Jessica. (35:00) What should the best qualities be in an

Mary-Anne Monckton doing her aerial layout series on beam. Photo by Nadia Boyce. The 20 year-old is a student of the sport, should probably be a in the next episode of The Hard Way To Success, she still loves gymnastics despite seven surgeries, she gym nerded-out because she made a beam final with Catalina Ponor, is inspired by the number of women (20 and older) who held their own in the all-around final in Nanning -- she is Australia's Mary-Anne Monckton! Emma and Jessica discuss the following gymnerdery with Miss Mez: Why she hated gymnastics at first and being chosen like Nadia at age 7. Surviving seven surgeries with her love for gymnastics intact! Trying not to freak out while competing in beam finals with her gymnastics idol, Catalina Ponor. Thinking the wrong score was posted when she placed second to Larissa Iordache on beam in Doha. Her description of the beloved post-beam finals celebration with Ellie at the Commonwealth Games. Tales from Nanning, food report, her favorite competitors there and h

Larisa Iordache ended the year on a high, winning the 2014 Glasgow World Cup. This week we've included time stamps for each segment of the show per your request. Let us know if you like it.  Uncle Tim, Emma, and Jessica chat about: The Glasgow World Cup (00:00): massive moments of joy, shooting fire, Vanessa Ferrari looking tired, pulling shorts up to belly buttons, John Orozco and Oleg Verniaiev scamping around Glasgow, why Pauline Schaefer of Germany stole the show. Plus the juniors we fell in love with from Espoir. The Mexican Open (34:14): The Four Amiga's: Boguinskaya, Daniela Silivas, Podkopayeva, and Chusovitina; the greatness that is Marta Pihan-Kulesza's exquisite form; the return of the fierce little Italian, Enus Mariani to international competition; and most importantly, our review of the latest super bling $10,000 leotard by GK. NCAA previews (52:49): Our thoughts of Chayse Capps new floor routine, the genius that is Stacey Ervin's stick-a-thon floor routine and our gratittude for NCAA gymnast

AlyRaisman training in the recent USA Gymnastics documentary   Uncle Tim and Jessica chat about: Komova's triumphant return to international competition (nobody cares if she watered down) Oleg's baby mohawk, Ruggeri's floor , Roxana Popa's hot new bars steal the show at the Blume Memorial. Why does Boguinskaya make Chusovitina pose in front of lingerie shops wherever they go? Our jazz hands filled love for Elythora Thorsdottir and Axelle Kinckaert's big band choreography. Why the Romanian juniors are leading the charge for artistry and uniqueness in eastern Europe. Should all competition bibs feature names instead of numbers like the did at the Stuttgart World Cup? Afanaseyeva is back with a new floor routine and a huge neck tattoo. Seriously. We lament for the Mustafina who could have been in Stuttgart (it wasn't pretty, e.g. helicopter legs triple full is back). The adorable VK fan chat with Oleg Vernaiev. That American's are the friendliest and he still hates high bar! All the reasons to love german anno

   Uncle Tim and Jessica chat about: Our favorites from Tumbling and Trampoline World Championships and what we think artistic gymnastics can learn from these daredevils with good form. Are fake music endings acceptable in floor routines or a cruel joke on the audience? The floor routine to the Sia song Chandelier by Ellie Boterell of England is everything! The GymCastic Floor Music contest playlist is up on Spotify here. A guide to shapashnikova variations on uneven bars, because Jessica sometimes needs help with bars. Standouts at the Medellín World Cup: Yamilet Peña, Mariana Chiarella of Peru and Jossimar Calvo Moreno. Mustafa's latest interview where she discusses her injuries, coaching (can't because she doesn't dislike children enough) and frustrations with the bar code. Will the open division at Shawn Johnson's new NCAA-esque meet series allow for international elites to compete? Oleg Vernaiev talks about training in war-torn, pit-less Ukraine. The Gymternet's Ultimate Floor Music Playlist is ready

Oklahoma's showstopper Raymond White (center), Victoria Komova (bottom L), Michigan repeat as NCAA Champions and Luo Huan, Bailie Key with Nia Dennis (far R) at Pacific Rim Championships.    In the news, Jessica, Blythe, Uncle Tim, Evan and Scott Bregman chat about: A star is born! Why everyone flipped out when Oklahoma's Raymond White was shown on TV during the men's NCAA Championships! Russian Championships and Tokyo World Cup recap do-over with Blythe! Yes, yes, you were all upset, we didn't devote enough time to it. Please forgive us! Pacific Rim - the US gets serious on bars, Nia "Silent Assassin" Dennis, Chinese babies, Ting Ting and Luo Huan, plus from Canada, Miss Alleza Yu's "mysterious" floor choreography. Which sponsor will snatch up Sam Mikulak now that he can go pro? Women's NCAA Championships Super-Fight: we debate why LSU, Florida or Oklahoma could become the 2014 champions. Whether or not we like this new "welcome" arm sweep the US team is using to enter their floor routines. If tiny, tan an

        In the news, Uncle Tim, and Jessica chat about: Sepcial guest, Scott Bregman, Communications Director at USA Gymnastics stops by to lets us know how to watch Tumbling and Trampoline World Championships starting this week in Florida. Jessica hit Scott with the hard hitting question about China - the squat toilets, the lavishness of the event and being an exotic foreigner. Our favorite saves from Worlds. Lots of emails and voicemails from the listeners! Who is the Nanning Bee on Twitter? Articles about artistry that drive us nuts, especially when they rely on nostalgia to make their arguments. Kenzo does a triple double at the Swiss Cup. Hip thrusting and Lilia Podkopayeva at the Gala de Estrellas de Gimnasia in Mexico. Jessica's favorite new Romanian junior Alexandra Mihai and her 2.5 backspin. Khorkina lets it be known that she was pissed off after the 2008 Olympics; we discuss the recent interview (there's a lot of discussion about public crying). To watch TTWorlds.com outside of the United States

Jiani Wu What was it like growing up in China before they were a gymnastics super power? Jiani tells us all about it. A native of Shanghai back when China was a closed society, Jiani was one of the first allowed to compete outside of the country. Wu helped the Chinese women win their first World Championships team medal, a silver at the 1981 Worlds in Moscow and a bronze for the team at the 1984 Olympics.We discuss: Adjusting to coaching in the United States and working with parents. The Yurchenko loop and Teza skills that she was doing back in the 70's. Her coaching philosophy and how it ties into her experience as an accidental champion. Secret romances and how she met her husband in the training halls of the national training center. The training schedule and beam complex seriousness of the Chinese training regime. Gymnastics urban legend busting about China's conditioning, pizza and hamburgers. What China was like in the 1970's before their athletes were allowed to compete outside of the country. Coach

Graphic Design by MegTwelve. Visit her store at http://twelvestore.bigcartel.com Our coverage of the 2014 Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China continues with a full recap of the women's and men's all-around final.  Uncle Tim, Lauren and Jessica chat about: Every single event final, even rings and pommel horse! The judging of the balance beam final Mustafina's score vs. Terramoto's score. Which side of the gymnastics debate won Execution or Difficulty. We have the statistical proof in this week's edition of Sexy Data. Which gymnastics need to sit in over splits until next year's worlds or stop complaining about their E scores. Bruno Grandi's latest call for change. Why doesn't he understand that EXECUTION IS NOT ARTISTRY! All the ways in which the Italian Gymnastics Federation is like the Perez Hilton of gymnastics federations. Would reducing the number of skills with a simultaneous minimum time limit on floor (for men and women) and beam, help address the lack of artistry in the current system.

Graphic Design by MegTwelve. Visit her store at http://twelvestore.bigcartel.com   Our coverage of the 2014 Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China continues with a full recap of the women's and men's all-around final.  Uncle Tim, Lauren and Jessica chat about: The podium and the BEE! All of the new members of the Hot Pink Nation. Gutsuism, fair or unfair. Larissa Iordache -- She finally did it and had higher start value than Simone. Sexy Data --Who performed the highest difficulty and scored best in execution  for the men and women? SamGate -- What happened with Sam Mikulak's parallel bar routine? Yao Jinnan's bonus wipeout moment at the end of her floor routine. The Longines Prize for Elegance -- Should the same gymnast be able to win more than once? Vanessa Ferrari -- Her gymnastics prowess and the leaps that drive us nuts. Contest Alert! Why:  We want to create a playlist of songs that should be used for floor routines. What:  Send us the song title and artist name for a song that’s never been

Our full recap of the 2014 Gymnastics World Championship men's and women's team finals from Nanning, China. Graphic Design by MegTwelve. Visit her store at http://twelvestore.bigcartel.com                                         Our coverage of the 2014 Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China continues. Jessica, Uncle Tim and Lauren Hopkins cover the men's and women's team finals: Gabby Jupp redeems herself and Jessica apologizes for confusing Hannah Whelan and Ruby Harold! Sexy Data about the men's start values and execution. The Japan vs. China team men's team final controversy-- is it worth discussing and is it different from any other sport? Olivia Vivian and her beer cozy wrist band to honor her father. The best routines of team finals. The fluidity and O'Beirne Code approved brilliance of Japan's beam routine composition. The reason the Chinese women lost the world championship -- they didn't use Bai Yawen in finals! The leadership and patience with which Aliya Mustafina and Larissa lordache

Bai Yawen (China) kicks major booty on beam at Worlds in her hometown!   Coverage of the World Championships with a recap of the men's and women's qualifying rounds from Nanning, China. Jessica, Coach Rick, Lauren Hopkins and Spanny Tampson chat about: Mr. Miguel Zapata of Spain, winning fans worldwide. New Zealand's Anna Tempero. Whittenburg didn't make vault finals, but Re Se Gwang did it with no legs. Aimee Boorman calls out International Gymnast magazine. Romania's deep troubles. Diego Hypolito, the veteran cannot be denied! Skinner, so so so consistant Simone has cast a happy spell on everyone at the World Championships. Newcomers everyone is talking about: Nile Wilson and Bai Yawen's bow. The status of the Azerbaijan experiment. Oleg Vernaiev! Finally! Or Uncle Tim may have had a stroke. Score changes made overnight on the FIG website. Celebrity couple nicknames we need for skills competed by two gymnasts at the same Worlds Watch the Universal Sports broadcast for free on http://www.usagymworlds.co

Larisa Iordache, Simone Biles, Kyla Ross and Aliya Mustafina battle it out in Nanning, China! Illustration curtesy of The Magnificent "USA, Russia & Romania"   CODE FOR LIBSYNC HERE  It's our annual World Championships preview show! Jessica, Uncle Tim and Evan chat about: What these championships mean for the Olympic Games in Rio. Our picks for top contenders and dark horses for every event final and medal (except rings and pommel horse because those events are only exciting in finals). Who will the US put up in beam finals?! How will Sosnitskay's Cheng help the Russian team. Will Tatiana Nabieva and Biles burn the floor down with their collective sass at the post-meet banquet? Will Chusovitina win another vault medal at age 39? If this US men don't win a medal, will there be a shakeup at USAG? Can Japan upset the Chinese men at home!? The fan favorites you need to watch; the one's who will win the crowd, even if they don't win medals. How to watch podium training and the qualifying rounds (select teams