270: World Championships Day 1 Men's Prelims
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
Release Date: 10/03/2017
Behind The Scenes: Chinese World Team
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Let's discuss the Chinese World Team! Bonus hour long episode for Club Members 00:00 Intro – Behind the Scenes preview 00:42 China’s World Team confirmed 01:15 Why this is a “specialist team” for specialist Worlds 01:45 Zhou Yaqin – back-to-back beam silvers 02:00 Yang Fanyuwei – Layout Jaeger full 02:20 Zhang Qingying – National AA champ 02:36 Deng Yalan – 26 years old 03:26 Team strategy – medal chances with event specialists 03:49 Snub: Zhang Yihan – 2024 Olympian & bars finalist left off 04:13 Why this team is the right call for Worlds 06:07...
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Paris World Cup with Laura Cappelle
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Paris World Cup 2025 recap report from art critic Laura Capelle 🇫🇷 — Melnikova returns, Nemour’s bars gold, Abi Martin vaults, Voinea floor redemption, plus Ukraine’s protest & Jakarta Worlds mascot 🌸. Chapters 00:00 – Intro 01:10 – Headlines: Paris World Cup Champions (Abi Martin, Nemour, Melnikova, Voinea) 02:25 – Ukraine Withdraws in Protest 03:05 – Jakarta Worlds Mascot Reveal – “Stinking Corpse Lily” 04:30 – Updates: Live Worlds Podcasts & Raffle 07:00 – GymCastic Scholarship Announcement 08:00 – Interview with Dr....
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Nola Matthews and Brazilian Championships
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Jessica and Spencer cover the biggest headlines: Rebeca Andrade’s new documentary, Jordan Chiles joining Dancing With the Stars, update on Chow's coach arrest, and a chat with fan favorite, Nola "Angst Queen" Matthews. Watch GymCastic Live with AA World Champion, MORGAN HURD . Get replay Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:16 Headlines: Andrade documentary, Jordan Chiles on DWTS 07:23 Gymternet news: SafeSport & coaching updates 10:45 Paris World Cup preview & Headstand game 12:45 Morgan Hurd live show replay announcement 13:00 Nola Matthews Interview – artistry, UCLA, pets, travel...
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2012 Olympics Gymnastics Team Final Rewind | Fierce Five, Maroney’s Vault, Russia vs USA
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2012 Women’s Olympic Team Final Rewind 🏆🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳🇷🇴 We’re diving deep into one of the most legendary nights in gymnastics history — the London 2012 Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Team Final. From McKayla Maroney’s iconic vault to the pink podium and the Fierce Five sealing gold, this commissioned episode looks back with fresh judging goggles and a critical E-score panel. We cover the vault rotation that changed everything, NBC’s commentary, Russia’s near-miss, China’s decline, and Aly Raisman’s unforgettable floor routine. Join Jessica and Spencer for...
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Russia is Back
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This week Angelina Melnikova is set to make her return to the international elite scene after four years; Australian gymnastics prison release program is alive and well; plus upcoming meet information and plenty of dumpster fire news. GymCastic LIVE SHOW Featuring: World AA Champion, Morgan Hurd. Watch and get replay HEADLINES Angelina Melnikova, Tokyo Olympic Champion and 2021 World All-Around Champion, is making her international return at the Paris World Cup after four years Sean Gardner, a coach formerly at Chow's Gymnastics, on charges of possession of child pornography. ;...
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Behind The Scenes: Back from New Orleans Championships
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Travel stories from New Orleans, things you didn't see on the stream and which national champions have never won an event title. Check out a little of what happened at the Morgan Hurd Live Show. REPLAY This is our weekly live Q&A podcast. We start every week at noon Pacific/ 8 GMT. Club Members to reveal the full bonus podcast. Here's how to . Can't make it live? Add BTS to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). Not a member? . We have a weekly Behind The Scenes live Q&A podcast and post-meet live exclusives all year long. It's all part of the bonus...
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2025 U.S. Championships Recap
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The most impressive gymnastics, stories, highlights and controversies of the 2025 U.S. Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships. GymCastic LIVE featuring: MORGAN HURD Women's Highlights from USA Championships Hezly Rivera is your new 2025 USA national all-around champion! Who are our event champions? Vault: Wong with highest score in the world Bars: Rivera and Blakely Beam: Rivera Floor: Rivera Our favorite moments from the meet: Leanne Wong said "you're not leaving me off the Worlds team," and pulled a stuck Cheng for night two Joscelyn Roberson whipped out a massive 6.5...
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Day Two U.S. Championships 2025: Post Meet Report
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2025 U.S. Championships Day Two! This is our live coverage from New Orleans. We'll start about an hour after the meet ends. to reveal the extended episode. Here's how to . Can't make it live? Add BTS to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). GymCastic LIVE featuring MORGAN HURD: REPLAY Women’s Senior Day 2 All‑Around Results Rank No. Athlete Gym Prelim Final Combined 1 219 Hezly Rivera WOGA 55.600 56.400 112.000 2 217 Leanne Wong U of Florida 55.100 56.100 111.200 3 215 Joscelyn Roberson U of Arkansas 55.400 54.200...
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Day One Women's U.S. Championships 2025
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2025 U.S. Championships Day One WAG! This is our live coverage from New Orleans. We'll start about an hour after the meet ends. to reveal the extended meet report. Here's how to . Can't make it live? Add BTS to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). GymCastic LIVE featuring MORGAN HURD: SENIOR RESULTS OF DAY ONE Rivera - 55.600 and beam with 14.350. Roberson - 55.400, leading FX with 14.150 and tied for first on UB with Zhou for 13.650. Wong - 55.100 and leading VT with 13.675 Not a member? .We have a weekly Behind The Scenes live Q&A podcast and post-meet live...
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Podium Training Report: 2025 U.S. Championships
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2025 U.S. Championships Podium Training! This is our live coverage from New Orleans. We'll start about an hour after the podium training ends. to reveal the full show. Here's how to . Can't make it live? Add BTS to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). GymCastic LIVE featuring MORGAN HURD: BONUS CONTENT Club members can watch Vanessa Atler's live show by logging in to , it will appear below. (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly episodes. can watch the podcast being recorded, participate in watch-alongs with Spencer, access to all of our exclusive extended...
info_outlineWORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 1
Spencer, Lauren, Kensley and Jessica chat about:
- Watch all of our video coverage from Worlds here.
- Results
- Reminder: There's still one more subdivision for the men tomorrow featuring Brazil, South Korea, and the Netherlands among others, so things will change.
- Who's definitely making finals
- Who definitely isn't making finals
- Surprises and upsets
- Favorite moments
- Subdivision 1 - Oleg, Igor, Manrique, Bretschenider, Nguyen, Davtyan, Merdinyan, Petrounias, Beckford
- Subdivision 2 - US team, British team, Hegi, Braegger, Yusof, Ude, Seligman
- Subdivision 3 - JPN team, CHN team, RUS team, Dragulescu, Zapata, Ait Said, Tommasone, Bertoncelj
- What went on inside the arena
- State of our pre-competition storylines
- Oleg v. Kohei – is it a rematch?
- Is Kenzo an all-around gymnast now?
- Miyachi and Bretschneider – race for the "Bretschneider II"
- Possible US upgrades - Penev TTY, Mikulak triple back 1/1
- Max Whitlock pommel horse upgrades
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