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Art: Moors Ranked First on FX 02/04/2025

Art: Moors Ranked First on FX Jordan Chiles gets , judging oversight updates, and Jay Clark had a lot of tired old feeling about judging oversight and he's not alone. Headlines Collegiate judges received an email from the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) that there will be no judging feedback shared for the first year of the SCORE Board pilot program The target for this year is on data collection and analysis Jay Clark (LSU) had A LOT to say about the SCORE Board, we have thoughts (see full quote at bottom of notes page) Gymternet News Everyone is rightfully obsessed with 's musical theater floor routine (Temple) plays tribute to hip-hop culture in her badass floor routine was named the Developmental Lead for the U.S. women's artistic program : USAG narrows its options down to three cities for the USA Gymnastics facility of the future Injury updates: , , , Because of Elon Musks' double , going forward, GymCastic will no longer link to Twitter. We encourage listeners to follow #Ncaagym and other gymnastics starter packs on NCAA Corrupt or Correct Beam credit: (UC Davis) vs. or back pike NCAA Week 5 Highlights Jordan Chiles clenched her second 10.0 of the season, this time on FX Is Michigan State the best vault team in the country? Kara Eaker , this time at Georgia and she hasn't missed a beat Opportunity for comedy: friends don't let friends do squat-ons in NCAA Feedback What does it mean to be a Brevet judge and what does each FIG judging category mean? What is the appropriate way to address gymnasts? Hint it's not by calling them "girls" Our British listeners are wondering what is the culture like at Oklahoma? UP NEXT: College & Cocktails live Q&A podcast: Friday, February 7th Immediately following the Meet of the Week: LSU at Alabama Full NCAA schedule and links Never miss a live episode! 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THE LATEST RELATED GymCastic Interview: Three World Champion coaches Spencer’s and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Men’s Gymnastics coverage from Kensley LSU Head Coach Jay Clark quotes from Jan 31 press conference Question “I hear there might be a mid-season change [re Scoreboard/judging oversight] in the way they do scoring is that is that possible do you want to see?” “It that just adds to the Ridiculousness right so what so the the the issue it is not that I think scores should remain unduly high the issue is that this thing we've put in place either intentionally or unintentionally has only attacked one part of scoring and it is tamped down the ceiling and done very little about anything else and so it's not Equitable across the board I'm all for credibility and scorting I'm all for uh you know increased um accuracy understanding that we are a subjective Sport and you will never remove the subjectivity I just don't think that this thing has been rolled out in a manner and it's supposed to be a pilot program and yet we're getting newsletters and we're getting we're getting told you know what the deductions are that are being missed most says who judging in venue is a different deal than sitting somewhere who knows where in a living room on a video screen and then that's that level of subjectivity is supposed to add more credibility and so I think what we have created is that with a with a targeted part of the scoring Spectrum we have judges looking over their shoulder and there's better ways to do this I I am not about like everything should get a 10 that's not it at all but there there has to be it's got to be whatever we do to increase uh credibility or or or Tamp down or whatever like no one has I've never had anyone present to me that on a consistent basis the wrong team wins or the wrong gymnast wins or whatever now you could say the score might have been too high but was it ranked correctly on that night that's the that's the real question right was it the best routine on that night and you know to the point where people SC scream and clamor enough that that you know at some point Trinity Thomas issued a public apology for getting a 10 for crying out loud here's the thing when you go to a sporting event Scott when you go to a baseball game what's one of the things you hope you see a home run what when you go to a when you go to a football game you you want to see an explosive play a long touchdown pass or things like that you hope to see those things that's sport controversy is also sport and there's nothing wrong with there's never going to be a time when we're when we're all happy with all the scores we see because all of us have biased all of us coaches fans everyone the point is is it ranked correctly is it consistent across the board and by any real objective measure we haven't created a more consistent situation this year we've created a more erratic situation here and and and I'm don't blame the judges one bit because they're doing the best they can to do the job that that that we've asked them to do there are easier ways to correct wrongs in venue and it should be in my opinion given the meat referee authority to convene a conference right now our meat referees have no authority to do much of anything um and and so in tennis the chair umpire can overrule the line judge in in uh the the home plate umpire in baseball can can walk out and call a conference if they thought something was missed at second base these are things that are common in other sports our meat refs are to sit on their hands they judge every routine and many most in almost every venue we we were required to have them but yet they really can't do anything except be a liason to deliver papers from a coach to to the panel to me if I'm if I'm an official I'm going to feel a whole lot better about somebody who's in venue with me as part of the official panel in the meet to be able if something egregious happens to be able to have the authority to walk over and say hey guys let's talk this over and and let's make sure we get this right um that's a simpler solution than than having to use technology from different angles not in venue it's a whole different ball game when you're not judging in venue and so I you know I don't want anything I say or anything live tweeted by the way I had nothing to do with that she just knows how I feel about it and and uh but she's right and and we're we're in a time where where Collegiate athletics's Olympic sports programs many are in Peril for funding and revenue share is is is coming in and scholarships are going to be moved from sport to sport all this everybody got an increase in scholarship no they didn't they got an increased limit and not every school is going to be able to do that and so at a time when when that uncertainty exists for at least 50 or 60% of our programs in our sport we drop this little poison pill into our scoring so that the fans sit there and wonder what the heck's going on so it's ill-timed it's incomplete it's illc conceived and and and it it just is and we keep having to make adjustments and now we're not going to put suggested uh deductions in the in the newsletter anymore I hear and we're not going to put those things out there we're just data collecting that's what we were supposed to be doing in the first place but and then but but there's all this information leaking about what's being looked for and what's not being taken and so it it's just been in my opinion an abject disaster and uh it was fairly predictable that it would be and I hope uh there's growing sentiment that we need to go about this a different way let's examine what we do in scoring let's try to create more accuracy yes but in a time like this we cannot be some kind of purist we can be marketable or we can be purist we're probably not going to be both and and and if we're going to be purist then let's look at the run the gamut let's look at the routine that goes 975 that should go 96 as well you know let's let's let's look at all of it not just the the the higher end scores because these kids work hard and then you see things like this you know where where kids they know they just did the best Vault their life it goes 9925 the next kid's like man what do you got to do to get a 995 I'm not even talking about a 10 Helen Hu should have got a 10 Helen that beam set is the best beam set in the country and she did it flawlessly I dare anybody to tell me where the real deduction was now I was standing I wasn't sitting where the judges were and I'm not questioning their credibility I'm questioning our judgment as a coaches group for for doing this thing that has just created some pendulum swing back and forth where the judges keep trying to find themselves and it's it's just unfortunate so thanks for putting me on my soap box I mean it's not affecting the rankings if you look year to year over the last several years I mean the rankings and the teams that are in the top 15 or what ever you know it's it's The Usual Suspects but if you look at where the uh at the at the higher end scores on each team and where they're capped there's where the change is and so the fans don't get to see their home run they see them and they clear the fence we just don't call them home runs anymore I said that on the air um but it's that was kind of what I meant anyway...” - Jay Clark /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/35141790

Fantasy Gymnastics Update - NCAA Week 4 01/30/2025

Bronze Debacle: GymCastic Has Entered the Chat 01/28/2025

Bronze Debacle: GymCastic Has Entered the Chat The GEC Conference refuses to participate in the S.C.O.R.E. board judging accountability system. Wondering what happens now? We have answers from the oversight committee. Romania and the U.S. are both using GymCastic to argue their sides in the Paris bronze medal debacle, Livvy Dunne has thoughts on scoring, plus Corrupt or Correct and all the gymternet news. Headlines Because of Elon Musks' double , going forward, GymCastic will no longer link to Twitter. We encourage listeners to follow #Ncaagym and other gymnastics starter packs on GymCastic that the Gymnastics East Conference (GEC) refuses to participate in the S.C.O.R.E. Board pilot program Related episodes Romania and the United States both use GymCastic to argue their sides in the Paris floor bronze medal case appeal before the Swiss Supreme Court Related episodes: Gymternet News Ella Zirbes' (Utah) social media update about her floor troubles. Why former Alina Kabaeva and her alleged relationship with Putin could help her win a political battle against Irina Viner People are mad at Livvy Dunne for her Tweet about NCAA scoring Anna Li's gymnasts and #itsnottrue reposts Follow-ups from last week What is Helen Hu's valdez-thing called? NCAA Surprise, surprise. Oklahoma still tops the NCAA rankings while Jade Carey leads the all-around Florida is the first team of the season to break into the 198s but we have thoughts LSU forgot to sacrifice another high heel this week and had some issues at Arkansas Aleah Finnegan (LSU) accidentally got ejected from the floor on her double Arabian Opportunities for comedy Eastern Michigan hosted the first annual ! Raphaelle Perreault (LIU) accidentally launched herself into the guard rails and it was hilarious A boy at the Alabama vs Oklahoma meet tried to distract Audrey Davis on vault but she was too locked-in to care Corrupt or Correct Kaliya Lincoln and Amari Drayton both got 9.85s for their Yurchenko one-and-a-halfs. Neither vault score is possible. Follow-up question: is cowboying a deduction? This is why we need front and back judges. NCAA Week 4 Highlights Brenna Neault's (Stanford) ring leap is the ONLY one that should be getting credit Feedback Can individuals qualify to SEC Championships? How to watch NCAA gymnastics abroad UP NEXT: College & Cocktails: The NCAA Post Meet Show, our live Q&A podcast: Friday, January 24th Immediately following the Meet of the Week: Battle Fine Arts! Michigan State at UCLA Full NCAA schedule and links Listener Brooke that imports the entire College & Cocktails schedule into your Google and iCal calendar Lineups Lock: Friday, Jan. 16 - 3:30pm Join (or give it as a gift!): Weekly Q&A podcast, dedications, , , exclusive extended interviews, and episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College now open. Never too late to join! THE LATEST /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/35043785

We Have 10s and Suspensions 01/21/2025

We Have 10s and Suspensions 0:01:25 Headlines Kaliya Lincoln: Olympian, or Not? Correction/Clarification: in the U.S, the USOPC recognizes traveling alternates as Olympians, but the IOC does not. Non-traveling alternates are not officially considered Olympians. West Virginia gymnasts did a photoshoot in a coal mine and now they have a Rutgers head coach, Umme Salim-Beasley, after investigation. The investigation concluded that there was an inappropriate relationship between Salim-Beasley and the former AD Pat Hobbs. Salim-Beasley refused to answer any questions about her relationship with Pat Hobbs, a violation of her employment contract. The gymnasts on the Rutgers team noticed things that seemed wrong with the relationship between Salim-Beasley and Pat Hobbs. Parents and gymnasts had complaints that were not being addressed. Pat Hobbs forwarded emails with the names of the parents and gymnasts that were complaining to Salim-Beasley. Children at practice were unattended and running around, causing dangerous situations. Gymnasts reported their complaints to the head coach and AD, but felt unsatisfied with the results. Rutgers investigation stated that they are keeping records of complaints. Avery Neff (Utah) suffered double sprains on a rebounding pass. Yul Moldauer (USA) has been suspended for whereabouts violations from USADA. 0:25:37 Spencer is Raising an Army of baby bloggers 0:26:58 GymCastic Updates 0:29:24 Gymternet News The Gymnastics Canada CEO, Andrew Price, is leaving. Donnell Whittenburg is joining EVO. 0:30:48 NCAA Jade Carey is ranked number one in the all-around. Brooklyn Moors competed on three events, and her vault has improved over the last two weeks. The crowd at the Maryland meet was large and supportive. Chae Campbell wants to be a dancer, and her floor routine is her audition tape. Jordan Chiles finally got a 10 on bars. The First 10's OF 2025 Helene Hu at Oklahoma with a Johnson (Valedez full turn to handstand) Jordan Chiles Dominique Dawes went to the Maryland meet. Simone Biles went to the Georgia meet and participated in some of the athletic traditions. 0:48:52 Corrupt or Correct Aleah Finnegan floor routine at LSU received a 9.975, which is impossible. She stepped back on her final pass, which was a forward landing. A step back on a forward landing is a mandatory tenth deduction, making the score a 9.85. Audrey Davis's beam routine received a 9.925 She had a balance check on her aerial and soft knees throughout the routine. Oklahoma gymnasts are very good at covering up errors with choreography. Use choreography to gaslight the judges! Faith Torrez's beam routine received a 9.80. Defining built-in deductions 0:59:05 NCAA Week 3 Highlights Riley McCusker is back on bars for Florida. Sloane Blakely looks amazing this year. What makes a meet entertaining versus boring. exhibitions, time to go or save for your favorite who can't make the lineup Bring back phones on desks to make judges conferences shorter. Iowa State was a beam team on Friday night. Grace McCallum hit her routines after witnessing Avery Neff's injury. Jaycie Ranger needs a radar gun to clock her DLO speed. 1:09:40 Where Would 90's Romanians go for ncaa gymnastics? 1:17:53 Feedback 1:22:30 Sisters in Lineups McBride and Co sisters competed in the same lineup for Southern Utah in 2023. The Blakely sisters being the first sisters in the same lineup for Florida since 2014 . 1:28:02 Judging News FIG Intercontinental Judging exam are available. The majority of level one judges from the last cycle did not make it back to level one this cycle. There is no U.S. judge with a level one rating (the World and Olympic rating). Cheryl Hamilton received a level three rating.This is not the first time Cheryl Hamilton has not passed the exam for the top level. The U.S. has a big disadvantage because there are no level one judges. The hosts discuss how the U.S. brevet testing invitation system works and why some people have complaints about it. UP NEXT: College & Cocktails live Q&A podcast: Friday, January 24th Immediately following the Meet of the Week: Full NCAA schedule and links Lineups Lock: Friday, Jan. 16 - 3:30pm Join (or give it as a gift!): Weekly Q&A podcast, dedications, , , exclusive extended interviews, and episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum MERCH : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the NEWSLETTERS Sign up for all three GymCastic FANTASY GAME: GymCastic 2025 College now open. Never too late to join! THE LATEST /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/34933065

Still No 10s 01/14/2025

Luisa Blanco Interview and Oversight Season 01/07/2025

Dumbest Rules in Gymnastics (Paris Quad Edition) 12/25/2024

Vanessa "First American Cheng" Interview and Live Piano for Floor 12/18/2024

Vanessa "First American Cheng" Interview and Live Piano for Floor Headlines Finally: Utah brought in a live piano Jordan Chiles did a genius farewell last ever performance of her bronze medal winning floor routine Kentucky had a proposal at their instrasuqad Rhys McClenaghan on Dancing with the Stars We have a Interview: Vanessa Zamarripa Stunt woman, author, NCAA Champion, national team member while in college, first U.S. woman to ever successfully compete a Cheng tells us about her career and her new children's book, . Zam also shares her best advice for other gymnasts or athletes looking to break into the stunt world and what skills she recommend they sharpen up on. Gymternet News The FIG announced an increase to the number of athletes competing in the 2025 world championships in Jakarta, Indonesia It was also announced that the 2027 Worlds will be hosted in Chendu, China Illia Kovtun is leaving Ukraine for Croatia Hezly Rivera of competing a full elite quad WCC announced new coaches Monica Phelps has died ‪The Japan Gymnastics Association not to “penalize” Shoko Maya Utah NCAA Champion, Jayden Rucker, is out Follow up: Arrest of Matthew Shriver, co-owner of Everest Gymnastics in New Jersey Are we getting a mixed event in the 2028 Olympics? Join (or give it as a gift!): Weekly Q&A podcast, , , exclusive extended interviews, and episodes during NCAA season. Discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board forum. More goodies: GymCastic College & (M)Cocktails GymCastic : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the RELATED Gift Guide s by Aimee Boorman Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them Behind The COMMISSIONED EPISODES Find them all Image courtesy of Utah Gymnastics; Illustration: Steve Cooper /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/34498295

British Ute Amelie Morgan 12/09/2024

Elle Reeve from Gymnast to Nazi Hunter 12/03/2024

Elle Reeve from Gymnast to Nazi Hunter Interview: Elle Reeve Elle Reeve is an award-winning journalist renowned for her incisive reporting on pivotal moments in recent American history. She gained national acclaim for her Vice News coverage of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, delivering an unflinching look at the event that highlighted the rise of white nationalism. Her work, praised for its depth and courage, earned a Peabody Award. Reeve has continued to report on critical political and social issues, including the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Known for her immersive storytelling and empathetic approach, she has contributed significantly to public understanding of extremism and its impacts on democracy. Much of her reporting is chronicled in her new book, "." In this interview Reeve explains how her years of gymnastics training help keep her safe while reporting from the violent frontlines of domestic extremism. She explains how her many hours of watching fluff pieces about gymnastics teams living and training under fascism sparked her interest in politics from a young age. Elle's gymnastics background helped her embed with neo-Nazis to cover the now infamous white nationalists, “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia where a white nationalist killed a counter protester. Gymternet News: Tonya Paulson sparks change in Sweden with her switch to Taiwan Igor Radivilov announced his retirement Jordan Chiles has a memoir coming out in March Margzretta Frazier is the new alternate for athlete rep on the USAG board U.S. Nationals is heading to New Orleans in 2025 LSU has set a new season ticket record for LSU Gymnastics Writer and editor of International Gymnast magazine for 38 years, Dwight Normile, has passed away Ohio State is set to provide direct payments to student athletes next year, and their men's gymnastics team will maintain their scholarships Plus more! Join (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A podcast, dedications, , , exclusive extended interviews, and episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic College & (M)Cocktails GymCastic : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the RELATED The story for the Atlantic Elle did in 2012 Elle Reeve's documentary on Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them Behind The COMMISSIONED EPISODES Find them all /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/34273680

The FluffCast: All your favorite gymnastics fluff peices revisited 11/27/2024

The FluffCast: All your favorite gymnastics fluff peices revisited From romanian candles to Mohini's pizza- all your favorite fluff pieces revisited. Originally published on July 15, 2017. It's the commissioned episode you've all been waiting for...the FLUFFCAST! We jump into all the most insane, hilarious, horrifying, sexist, perfect, amazing, diva-tastic, butterfly-gazing, Romanian candle-holding fluff pieces in the history of gymnastics broadcasts. Thank you so much to for commissioning the episode we were born to do, and thank you to everyone who sent in suggestions! and dissect: NBC's Living-Parents Championship, starring Russian daddy issues and soldiers kidnapping Zamo. Prod's shaved eyebrow , the only verifiably true fluff ever The legendary Romanian candle cups Elise Ray and the butterfly NBC's weird obsession with 1950s-style nuclear families How much resentment and blame? ALL OF IT! What's the deal with ? And that ? Is this the most sexist fluff of all time? Jessica's expletive parade Invention of the for gymnastics fluff pieces That time Khorkina was perfect in every way Was saying, "I want to win as much as I want to mother my own child" really such a big deal? The twist ending and the LITERAL DEAD BODY Trouble with keeping communist narratives straight NBC's fascination with Romanian people's eyes Freakonomics episode update "" 2024 A creepy pedophile wonderland of a fluff piece Why is Bela so bad at boats? That clawing that tree in 2000 How respectfully and maturely do we think NBC handled the issue of suicide? Bogi has no time for family or your sexist coach narratives gets bumped Blurry smoke-filled rooms! Shadiness! “Who’d they drop?” “You, Kim.” Mohini delivers pizzas Why let fact get in the way of narrative? Important question: what are raffle bars? A lesson on which issues should never be addressed in fluff pieces More fun with racist Chinese music! Why we want to move to France and live with the French team JOIN CLUB GYM NERD or give it as a gift! Join Club Gym Nerd with brand new membership tiers, commission your own , or commission your own . Buy some of our awesome merchandise . RELATED EPISODES /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/34177070

The Legacy of Bela Karolyi 11/20/2024

The Legacy of Bela Karolyi Bela's Legacy Bela Karolyi helped usher many gymnasts over decades to the pinnacle of the sport. If medals are the measure of success, few can match his accomplishments. When addressing his legacy, however, it would be irresponsible to ignore the wake of destruction he left behind and the culture he helped cultivate that resulted in the largest sexual abuse scandal in American sports history. Many gymnasts, even those who have shared their own stories of abuse by him, have equally expressed gratitude and admiration. It's possible to recognize his accomplishments while also addressing the physical and emotional scars he left on the sport. We are sensitive to those grieving, but we also feel an obligation to honor those who have suffered by sharing a more complete picture of Bela Karolyi. In an exclusive, we have decided to share the most serious allegation against Bela, which we unearthed in our reporting while scouring the Romanian Secret Police documents. The accusation is of sexual assault. We have redacted the names and specific dates to protect the other individuals involved. At the time, the accuser was a teenager less than half Bela's age. It’s important to note that this document was recorded in the Secret Police files, but it has not been substantiated. With that said the police files corroborated the story from the survivor noting that the accuser confided in two adults, over two separate occasions a year apart. The decision to disclose a sexual assault allegation against Bela is not one taken lightly, especially in the wake of his passing. However, this revelation serves an essential purpose, not only for historical accuracy, but also for societal accountability and justice. Only by confronting uncomfortable truths can we honor the experiences of survivors, learn from systemic failures, and create a safer, more just society. Silence and deference to power have already caused immeasurable harm. It is time to prioritize truth and healing over the preservation of a mythological past. SEE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT and TRANSLATION From the National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives. Document: I 0005189 Volume: 001 MORE PROJECT K CREDITS: Original Reporting by Jessica O’Beirne and Cosmin Bogdan, freelance journalist. Contributions by Steve Cooper. Translations by Beatrice Gheorghisor and Cosmic Bogdan. Official document transcription and translation by Transperfect. SUPPORT OUR WORK - Or give it as a gift!. It includes: Weekly Q&A podcast, dedications, , , exclusive extended interviews, and episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic College & Cocktails (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the RELATED Olympic coach John Geddert Doug Boger: OC Register: Doug Boger Story on Colorado resident, Doug Boger: GymCastic episode Episode where we predict the future: Find all our recent episodes Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them Behind The COMMISSIONED EPISODES Find them all /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/34029294

Hall of Shame: Gymnastics Commentary Edition 11/11/2024

Behind The Scenes with Simone Biles Rising Docuseries Director, Katie Walsh 11/05/2024

Simone Biles Rising Docuseries Grand Finale 10/29/2024

Gymnastics Horror 10/22/2024

Dear GymCastic... 10/14/2024

Unionize and Profit Share : The Money Game LSU Docuseries 10/08/2024

Dominique Dawes: Activist, Olympian, Icon 10/02/2024

Retroactive Artistry Checklist 09/24/2024

Jordan Chiles CAS Appeal and Simone Biles FX Inquiry 09/19/2024

Battle Amanar 09/17/2024

Vault Funerals, Brandy Johnson and lots of gymternet news 09/10/2024

American Anthem: The Best of GymCastic 09/04/2024

Lessons Learned: The Paris Olympic Recap and Fix It list 08/28/2024

The Definitive Guide to the Paris Floor Bronze Debacle so far… 08/20/2024

The Definitive Guide to the Paris Floor Bronze Debacle so far… Everything you need to know about the Paris Floor Final Bronze Medal Debacle featuring Jordan Chiles (USA), Ana Barbosu (ROM) and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea (ROM), Women's Technical Committee President, Donatella Sacchi and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Is this a nationalist fight between Romania and the USA or just poor decision making and execution of procedures by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG)? Did CAS act fairly and impartially? This is a guide from gymnastics insiders on everything that led to Jordan Chiles being told to return her bronze medal days after the competition ended. For our first series of FAQ's on this topic, listen to . In this episode we discuss: Who's at fault here (hint: it's not the gymnasts, don't @ them) What the heck happened that led to the game of bronze medal hot potato? Who got what score, was it changed, and why? Who made the decision to change Jordan Chiles score? Why might the line judges have thought Voinea went out of bounds? Why didn't they fix the out of bounds call for Voinea? Why was Jordan's score changed? Why didn't they review Jordan's entire routine? What happened when Romania challenged results? What did CAS decide and how did they screw that up? What did the FIG and International Olympic Committee decide, and how did they screw it up? What is the USOPC now arguing? Who won the bronze medal? Who has the bronze medal now? Do Barbosu and Jordan both have bronze medals? What about Voinea (who should be the outright bronze winner); has anyone acknowledged her performance in a meaningful way? What happens next? Spoiler: we're watching Switzerland for the final appeal with the Federal Swiss Tribunal LINKS & ARTICLES Join (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A podcast, dedications, , , exclusive extended interviews, and episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic 2024 College & Cocktails (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even "tapestries" (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the RELATED EPISODES RESOURCES Spencer's and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim The Highest scores, D scores and World Cup rankings at Men's Gymnastics coverage from Kensley MORE WAYS TO LISTEN /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/32648612

Behind The Scenes: Back from Paris with the Cluster Fuggle of Bronze 08/16/2024

Behind The Scenes: Back from Paris with the Cluster Fuggle of Bronze We are back from Paris and we are going to discuss the trip and every single insane thing about the Bronze Debacle (so far). We discuss: Coming on Monday's episode: The Definitive Guide To Bronze Debacle What happened in Paris with the floor scores? What should have happened? How did CAS, FIG and IOC respond? What role did Donatella Sacchi play? The lie that Sabrina Voinea's coach challenged the OOB deduction What changes might happen within the FIG because of this debacle? What the Swiss Federal Tribunal will be looking at? Lots of listener questions Plus a few Paris and "vacation" stories For the full episode to your Club Gym Nerd account to reveal the member podcast. Here's how to . Can't make it live? Add all the exclusive Club Gym Nerd bonus content to your favorite podcast player - instructions . Not a member? . Non-member version available after the live. Behind The Scenes is a weekly Q&A live podcast and post-meet live exclusive. It's all part of the bonus content for our who supporting our work year around. LAST WEEKEND: Get tickets to our replay. Here is our full Olympic LINKS & ARTICLES Join (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A podcast, dedications, , , exclusive extended interviews, and episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic 2024 College & Cocktails (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even "tapestries" (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the RELATED EPISODES RESOURCES Spencer's and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim The Highest scores, D scores and World Cup rankings at Men's Gymnastics coverage from Kensley MORE WAYS TO LISTEN /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/32616172

Beam, Floor, High Bar and P-Bars Event Finals Live from the Paris Olympic Games 08/05/2024

Beam, Floor, High Bar and P-Bars Event Finals Live from the Paris Olympic Games Live on location in Paris, Jessica reports on the competition in Bercy Arena today and on her interviews with athletes. Spencer is watching, rewatching and judging from home. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. 00:00 We have beam, floor, high bar and p-bars Olympic Champions! Beam, survive and medal. High bar, survive and medal. Floor, we have an inquiry! 01:38 Why did Simone Biles get a neutral deduction during beam finals? The failure to salute controversy explained. 3:03 Why Simone Biles saluted all the way off the floor for ever and ever at the judges 4:34 What happened during Simone Biles floor routine that cost her gold Simone Biles win silver on floor and becomes the second most decorated Olympic gymnast of all time 8:32 The bronze medal floor final controversy explained between Ana Barbosa, Jordan Chiles and Sabrina Voinea Jordan Chiles enters her first event finals and walks away a bronze medalist Rebeca Andrade wins floor and becomes the most decorated Brazilian Olympian of all time 12:36 How inquires work in gymnastics, what can be inquired about the score and what cannot 16:54 The beam final in detail Alice D’Amato wins Italy’s first women’s gymnastics Olympic gold And teammate Manila Esposito took bronze making the two beam medals a first for Italy 23:28 There’s no shushing in gymnastics! Why did the French crowd shush people yelling encouragement to the gymnasts as they competed on beam? 25:07 A French perspective on the shushing controversy. 27:31 Do male gymnasts get a pass for poor behavior while women like Simone Biles get deductions. More on the alleged deduction for failing to salute. 37:59 High Bar Finals 42:24 Does the FIG need to change event finals format to prevent the number of falls that happened today? 51:29 P Bars, the drama free final of the day Get tickets to our replay. Here is our full Olympic LINKS & ARTICLES Join (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A podcast, dedications, , , exclusive extended interviews, and episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic 2024 College & Cocktails (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even "tapestries" (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the RELATED EPISODES RESOURCES Spencer's and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim The Highest scores, D scores and World Cup rankings at Men's Gymnastics coverage from Kensley MORE WAYS TO LISTEN /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/32449932

BATTLE BARS: Event Finals live from the Paris Olympic Games 08/04/2024

BATTLE BARS: Event Finals live from the Paris Olympic Games Live on location in Paris, Jessica reports on the competition in Bercy Arena today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. For the full episode to your Club Gym Nerd account to reveal the member podcast. Here's how to . Can't make it live? Add all the exclusive Club Gym Nerd bonus content to your favorite podcast player - instructions . Not a member? . Non-member version available after the live. We have the most important Olympic champions of all today, the Paris Olympic BARS, rings and men's vault Champions! Kaliya Nemour is an Olympic Champion! We gush over her revolutionary bars work And it's the first medal (and gold) for the continent of Africa for gymnastics. Qiu Qiyuan hit a fantastic 7.2 routine. We explain why it was silver. Suni 'Freakin' Lee! No pickle power needed to make her way back to the podium to collect her 6th Olympic medal. Carlos Yulo is golden again! Liu repeats as champion The leg squeeze heard around the world The lord of the rings, Petrounias, is back on the podium We'll discuss every detail of the meet and the latest news Get tickets to our replay. Here is our full Olympic LINKS & ARTICLES Join (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A podcast, dedications, , , exclusive extended interviews, and episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic 2024 College & Cocktails (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even "tapestries" (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the RELATED EPISODES RESOURCES Spencer's and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim The Highest scores, D scores and World Cup rankings at Men's Gymnastics coverage from Kensley MORE WAYS TO LISTEN /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/32431662

Event Finals Women's Vault, Men's FX and PH live from the Paris Olympic Games 08/03/2024

Event Finals Women's Vault, Men's FX and PH live from the Paris Olympic Games Live on location in Paris, Jessica reports on the competition in Bercy Arena today and on her interviews with athletes. Plus we have lots of behind the scenes news from the Paris Olympics to share. For the full episode to your Club Gym Nerd account to reveal the member podcast. Here's how to . Can't make it live? Add all the exclusive Club Gym Nerd bonus content to your favorite podcast player - instructions . Not a member? . Non-member version available after the live. We have the most important Olympic champions of all today, the Paris Olympic Floor, Vault and Pommel Horse Champions! Carlos Yulo is the first man ever to win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines Rhys McClenaghan wins the first ever gymnastics gold for Ireland Simone wins her 3rd gold in her 3rd Paris final, making that her 7th Olympic gold medal She doesn't shut the door for LA 2028 Jade Carey gets her redemption, capturing vault bronze Nariman Kurbanov is the first man to win an Olympic gymnastics for Kazakhstan We'll discuss every detail of the meet and the latest news Get tickets to our replay. Here is our full Olympic Behind The Scenes is a weekly Q&A live podcast and post-meet live exclusive. It's all part of the bonus content for our who supporting our work year around. LINKS & ARTICLES Join (or give it as a gift!). It includes: Weekly Q&A podcast, dedications, , , exclusive extended interviews, and episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic 2024 College & Cocktails (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic : clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even "tapestries" (, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the RELATED EPISODES RESOURCES Spencer's and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim The Highest scores, D scores and World Cup rankings at Men's Gymnastics coverage from Kensley MORE WAYS TO LISTEN /episode/index/show/gymcastic/id/32426477

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