GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
Claire Pease is our 2025 U.S. Classic Champion! What are our biggest takeaways from this meet, favorite moments and what USAG said about the judging error. If you missed our immediate recap live from Chicago on Saturday night, . HEADLINES Claire Pease is our U.S. Classic all-around and vault champion! Myli Lew took the bars title, but first, a judging controversy In a GymCastic exclusive: USAG issued a statement to us about the bars error How can we fix these types of errors in the future? Ashlee Sullivan and her Arabian took the beam title Reese Esponda qualified herself to...
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Live report from the 2025 U.S. Classic where Claire Pease is the new all around and vault champion. Myli Lew won UB with a big 14.05, Ashlee Sullivan won BB and Reese Esponda FX. Welcome to Behind The Scenes! This is our exclusive live from Chicago after 2025 U.S Classic. We have a weekly Q&A episode and live exclusives after competitions all year long. We estimate live (right here, on this page) around 10pm Central. to reveal full club version of the show. Here's how to . Can't make it live? Add BTS to your favorite podcast player (instructions ). Not a member? .The Scenes is...
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Olympic Champion, Kaylia Nemour speaks up about her gym change; Parkettes coach banned and we preview this week's US Classic. HEADLINES What does the LA28 schedule tell us about the Mixed Team event? The schedule for LA 2028: Artistic Gymnastics July 15-20 and 22-25, Trampoline July 21, Rhythmic Gymnastics from July 27-29 The FIG regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes. Will this make it easier for them to compete in international competition? Kaylia Nemour opens up about Avoine-Beaumont Just a reminder, her coach from his national coaching role...
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Nemour hasn't moved to World Champions Center, Mary Lou Retton's arrest footage was released, code changes to get you up to speed for elite season, and a mini commission on the best gymnasts the world has never known HEADLINES Nemour was training at World Championships Center aka Simone's gym last week with her French coach Footage from Mary Lou Retton's DUI arrest was released ELITE SEASON IS WARMING UP: What updates to the 2025-2028 Code of Points should I know about? Overall, there weren't too many changes to this quad's edition of the . Was that intentional? Our favorite and...
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How a tumbler went from T&T World Championships to artistic national champion in just a few tumultuous years. INTERVIEW Four-time Trampoline and Tumbling National Team Member, 2025 NCAA National Champion, and master of a cheeky mid-floor routine side-eye, Charlie Larson joins us on the show. Larson began his career in trampoline and tumbling, earning a spot on the U.S. National Team four-times and competing as part of the United States' 2021 World Championship team, which placed fourth. He started his collegiate career a well known university and then switched to University of...
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The history of the Brazilian gymnastics program, from its humble beginnings in the 1970s to Olympic glory in 2024 This week's episode is a commission from our Olympic Fantasy Gymnastics winner, Liam, who wants us to discuss the history of Brazilian gymnastics. From trailblazers like Daiane dos Santos and Daniele Hypolito who put Brazilian gymnastics on the map, to the current stars, Flavia Saraiva and Rebeca Andrade. Setting the Scene How the Brazilian teams of recent years embody the energy of badass, confident adult women who do gymnastics as a team sport Why we think Marta Karolyi would...
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All the news from Hang's domination at the Pan American Championships, Sugihara podiuming all over the place at Asian Championships. Friday, July 18th at the world famous iO Theater. Attend virtually or in-person for games, prizes and a secret guest Q&A. HEADLINES Can we please prioritize athlete safety? There were A LOT of issues with the mens' equipment at the Pan American Championships, but luckily everyone survived Jayla Hang (USA) and Felix Dolci (Canada) won the all-around titles The USA's mens and women teams won the Pan American team titles Chuso got injured in...
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Simone Biles used her Twitter sword of good once again, USAG explained their trans policy disappearance and schools can now directly pay athletes. HEADLINES Simone went OFF on social media over Riley Gaines' anti-trans statements GymCastic exclusive -- We reached out about the removal of the trans inclusion policy from the USAG website. USAG's statement below: "USA Gymnastics seeks to uphold inclusive sport practices while adhering to various local, state, and federal laws, as well as international regulations established by the IOC and FIG. In May, USAG removed its policy to assess...
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The first EVER mixed-team event happened at the European Championships, Manila Esposito is once again the queen of Europe, and all the gymternet news . Photo Credits: Filippo Tomasi for © GymCastic; Mahti Olfati's vault @Milad_Milka HEADLINES Mahdi Olfati showed a Yurchenko full-in at Asian Championships podium training and our jaw is still on the floor Mary Lou Retton was arrested for a DUI in West Virginia The biggest stories at the European Championships Manila Esposito is the European All-Around Champion AGAIN! This is Ana Barbosu's world, and we're all just living in it We need to talk...
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. The greatest rivalries of the 1980s! This week, we have a commissioned episode from C member Kimo, who asked for an episode all about the 1980s rivalries between the Romanians and the Soviets, both team and individually. We are oh so happy to oblige! Setting the scene A history of Soviet dominance Romania’s 1976 emergence The 1977 Europeans Romanian WALKOUT! The first great Romanian/Soviet rivalry—Nadia vs. Nellie and how it may or may not have influenced the future of gymnastics Romania wins in 1979, where Nadia saves the day with one hand. The Rivalry The 1980 Olympics of crazy...
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Friday, July 18th at the world famous iO Theater. Attend virtually or in-person for games, prizes and a secret guest Q&A.
HEADLINES
- Can we please prioritize athlete safety? There were A LOT of issues with the mens' equipment at the Pan American Championships, but luckily everyone survived
- Jayla Hang (USA) and Felix Dolci (Canada) won the all-around titles
- The USA's mens and women teams won the Pan American team titles
- Chuso got injured in the vault final at Asian Championships, but the Olympic Channel is reporting she will still compete in Tashkent on her 50th birthday
GYMTERNET NEWS
- MyKayla Skinner supports Riley Gaines and says Simone Biles "belittled, dismissed, and ostracized" her behind the scenes
- Are we taking the bait by discussing this at all?
- Mailie O'Keefe receives the Operations Specialist Award and will be staying at Utah for another year
- NCAA Coaching updates
- Geralen Stack-Eaton, former Alabama gymnast and Minnesota associate coach, is the new head coach at Cal
- Simone Brown switched her commitment from Clemson to Arkansas
- Former Utah gymnast, Jessie (Duke) McDonough, is the new Clemson assistant coach
- Former Oklahoma gymnast, Olivia Trautman, is now the assistant coach at Utah State
- Ragan Smith is the new associate coach at Iowa State
- Corinne Tarver, former Fisk head coach, was named the head coach at Southern Connecticut State University
- Mary Lou Retton pled "no contest" and said her actions were "completely unacceptable"
2025 Pan American Championships
- The US women won the team gold comfortably. Watch on PanAm Sports
- Why bronze was an extremely promising finish for this Brazilian team
- Helzly Rivera gave us all the drama during the team and all-around competitions
- Are the beam judges OK? What was up with all the raised scores?
- Something was definitely off about scoring because our favorite Argentinian beam worker, Isabella Ajalla, didn't even make the beam final??!
- The Panamanian women had an AMAZING competition
- Karla Navas won vault gold with her legit round-off, half-on, full-off
- Panama qualified for team finals in fourth, AHEAD OF BRAZIL!
- Jayla Hang Simone'd this meet by winning a medal in every round of competition including team and all-around gold
- Why Lia Monica Fontaine is Canada's new "it-girl"
2025 Asian Championships
- China won the team final by about 0.4 over Japan
- We don't have any pity for Japan's leadership because they only competed with four gymnasts!!!
- China and Japan finish Asian Championships tied with seven medals each
- Can someone get Chuso to take a nap?? Chusovitina was injured after her first vault in event finals
- Nakamura Haruka (Japan) won the "Pussilanimouses Will Never be Heroes" award with her huuuge Def
- Should Qin Xinyi (China) have won bars gold over Nakamura? Let's discuss
- Hwang Seohyun (South Korea) upset Zhou Yaqin (China) for beam gold with her stellar BHS to back-full series
- Sugihara Aiko won four medals here, including all-around gold which she finally is getting 10 years after her Asian Championships debut
- Tonya Paulsson made her international debut for Taiwan, why her fourth-place all-around finish is huge for the program
Feedback
- Did Chuso make a mistake with her Paris qualifiying strategy
- LA2028 Mixed Team Final - can alternates be used
- How can an Xcel parent learn from GymCastic
- Has an emergency team ever been called in to replace another
- Eligabilty Calculus DiCello 7th year
- This episode is dedicated to the memory of coach, judge and mentor to many, Dean Ratliff. Listen to his judging myth buster episode here.
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