GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

• 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

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• Viewer's Guide
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• We have a Ukraine Fundraiser design, all proceeds go to the CARE Ukraine Crisis fund.

• 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

• In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a "Must Do Better" update on racism in gymnastics
• Thoughts on Florida's Equality Meet on ABC, what the broadcast did right and did wrong, and some interesting 10s that may or may not have been given out
• What happens when 4-year-olds have questions about gymnast butt cheeks and when Jessica gets VERY confused about miniature backpacks
• Most Decorated Class of All Time Report: Debuts from Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Brooklyn Moors and Ana Padurariu, routine changes from Suni Lee, and the Morgan Hurd injury situation
• Plus, UCLA had an icky-no-good first meet, Superman failed us, Utah destroyed Oklahoma, and a 10.000/9.800 judges split for the ages

• Kohei officially announced his retirement. We debate what he will most be remembered for.

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• • College & Cocktails: Week Two
  • The 5th Rotation: January 10th, 2022
  • College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Meet Post-Show
  • Behind The Scenes: Hello 2022
  • The Greatest Freshman Class of All Time
  • Goodbye 2021 and a Happy New Code to All
  • Spitfire: The Movie (Commissioned)
  • Nadia: The Movie (Commissioned)
  • The History of Romanian Gymnastics (Commissioned)
  • Carly Patterson's Album Interpreted & Dave Tilley PT Gymnastics Myth Busters
  • Tenths Don't Matter

This episode has been commissioned by Cathleen, who told us we could do whatever we wanted, so obviously...it's Spitfire time. We recap the 1995 straight-to-VHS spy-nastics classic, complete with commentary from special guest, movie star Kristie Phillips!

• Why Spencer thought we actually got sent porn for a second
• Dying of a suitcase?
• How this movie definitely doesn't know the difference between Russia and Romania
• "Some girls hit back, asshole"
• Expert chalk bucket cocaine sabotage!
• "Five giants into a BRANDY." Kristie discusses the epic accidental double Kovacs.
• THE LAUNCH CODES ARE ON THE AMERICAN GYMNASTICS TEAM
• A lengthy discussion of time travel and this bonkers competition schedule. It's so stressful. You're going to miss Worlds!
• Spying is loudly telling people exactly what you plan to do in public
• Things that appear by magic when needed: Grips and full repelling equipment
• Flying a plane directly to a gymnastics meet
• EVIL COMMUNIST HAND TOXINS
• And much more...

Normally, Friday podcasts are just for Club Gym Nerd members, who can watch the podcast being recorded and see video clips of the gymnastics while we discuss. In celebration of the greatest freshman class in the history of college gymnastics, today’s episode was live for everyone.

The greatest freshman class of all time start their college gymnastics careers tonight! The freshman competing this season have 25 World/Olympic medals combined. Join GymCastic for the first Friday night post-meet podcast of the season. We will discuss Olympic AA Champion Sunisa Lee's debut for Auburn; Olympic medalist Grace McCallum with World medalist Kara Eaker at Utah; the stacked university of Florida freshman AA World Champion Morgan Hurd with fellow team World Champion Riley McCusker. and world medalist Leanne Wong.

Dr. Uncle Tim PhD, Spencer, Jessica and very special guest, 1992 U.S. Olympic medalist, Wendy Bruce Martin chat about the 1992 Olympics Games in Barcelona:

• The pre-Olympic Climate:
  • How the end of the Cold War shaped the Games
  • The media pressure on Kim Zmeskal and the heartbreaking life of Svetlana Boginkaya after the 1988 Olympics.
  • Kim Kelly and the shadiest U.S. Olympic Team selection of all time. (6:00)
  • Wedgie-gate, was it fair to punish three athletes for ill-fitting leotards? (16:00)
  • Uncle Tim's 1992 Code of Points and Competition Rules Quiz-Mageddon! (23:00)
  • The magic of the 1992 broadcast that included interviews with every controversial figure.
• The Competition (42:00):
  • Compulsories that took our breath away and should we still have them? Exhibit A: Vanda Hădărean (ROM) or Gruneneva (Unified Team). Eastern Bloc beauty.
  • The judging crack epidemic of 1992. Exhibit B: Christina Bontas's 9.9 beam routine.
  • Kim Zmeskal fell on beam and the world didn't actually end.
  • The glory of North Korea, Kim Gwang Suk on bars. All praise the dear leader.
• Team Finals (1:02:00)
  • Kerri Strug's family fashion.
  • The Karolyi double back set on beam, AKA freeze in mid-air before flip.
  • U.S. and Australian leotards.
  • Why Wendy felt embarrassed of her bronze medal for too long.
• The All-Around Final (1:16:00)
  • Galieva-Gate
  • The most common skills of the quad and the routines that were way ahead of their time, like Tatiana Lysenko (Unified).
  • Luisa Portocarrera (CAN/GTM), beam goddess. Watch it here.
  • Shannon Miller vs. Tatiana Gutsu showdown. Was the judging fair? We decide. (1:26:00)
• Event Finals (1:29:19)
  • Tatiana Lysenko's double twisting yurchenko vs. the world; the 1992 vault final.
  • The Beam Final: Li Lu - press handstand to HEALY to arch pose! Pour out some Yang Bo. Lysenko's backspin, Shannon Miller. One of the greatest beam finals of all time.
  • The Bars Final: The bars medalists got air on the bars that were super close together. Lu Li got mega air and Kim Gwang Suk - TKATCHEV TO COUNTER KIM! WHAT?!
  • The Floor Final: Lavinia Milosovici's Romanian tumbling greatness, Henrietta Onodi's triple full, Gutsu's split leg double layout, so much genius!
• Shenanigans and the Legacy of the 1992 Olympics (1:43:05)
  • Steve Nunno's motivational poster quotes.
  • Bela Karolyi or Donald Trump quotes quiz.
  • The training schedule for the U.S. Team. Yes, two-a-day practices.
  • The new breed of positive coaches. (1:51:53)

• For a deep dive into how Shannon Miller won Olympic Trials while Kim Zmeskal had the higher scores: The History of Olympic Trials Controversies podcast.
• Wendy Bruce-Martin is the new head coach of Swiss women's artistic gymnastics national team
• Claudia Miller (Shannon Miller's mom), wrote a book called, "My Child My Hero." A gym nerd must-read.
• Here is that Australian team 1992 compulsories leotard [caption id="attachment_36688" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Australia aboriginal (?) inspired 1992 compulsory leotard[/caption]

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