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Pan Am and Asian Championships

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

Release Date: 06/17/2025

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GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

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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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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. 

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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

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  • 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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