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2023 World Championships We went live on Thursday September 28th after podium training Here's how to ask questions live. Topics:
Simone Biles return to Antwerp after 10 years The US team lineups, plus a first timers reaction to seeing Simone's yurchenko double pike in person. Details on Italy (they all hit beam), Netherlands, Great Britain, South Korea and South Africa Eythora Thorsdottir gave the funnest most real interview in the history of gymnastics? The Moorsaversary Here’s how our event coverage works:
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RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES 2023 World Championships Preview Women's Day Two Meet Report  Women's Day One Meet Report Podium Training Report 2023 U.S. Championships Preview Simone Biles Interview 2023 Classic Shilese Jones Flight Series Profile Resources & Research Spencer's The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti Kensley is covering men's gymnastics at Neutral Deductions Score and difficulty ranking from The Gymternet

World Championships! It's happening. Competition starts on the 30th, and we're here with our mega-preview of everything we’re excited about Top 10 Things to Watch: We're counting down the top 10 storylines heading into worlds, including Simone's quest for history, the Women In Their 30s revolution, the United Nationals Summit on Amazing Bars, the best tricky boys, and all the shrinking Ds Olympic Qualification Test: Spencer puts Jessica's rule-retention skills to the test with a quiz on how athletes qualify to the Olympics from this competition Women's Finals: Who are the top medal contenders, who are the most exciting performers, and who are the potential disruptors for event finals? How Simone feels about an Amanar these days. Our Coverage From Worlds: Podcast coverage at Worlds starts on Thursday Sept 28th after the first day of women’s podium training and will include a total of 10 podcasts from the competition We'll have tons of videos coming your way from podium training – top routines, interviews, asking the questions no one else will Check out our Antwerp Worlds Headquarters for all the info you need JOIN CLUB GYM NERD
Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here and even "tapestries" (banners perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast here. RELATED EPISODES US World Team Trials Day 2 US World Team Trials Day 1 Worlds Team Controversy Season Steven Butcher RESOURCES & CITATIONS Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Larisa Latynina previously undiscovered worlds medal that ties her with Simone on the all-time medal list. Listen here. To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti The Highest D and event rankings from The Gymternet Judge routines and learn visually with FlipFlyTumble  Men's Gymnastics coverage from Kensley Neutral Deductions MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE    

U.S. World Team Trials  Jessica is in Texas watching live. Spencer is at home watching the stream. Here's how to ask questions live. We discussed:
The teams!!! Worlds: Simone Biles, Skye Blakely, Shilese Jones, Joscelyn Roberson, and Leanne Wong. Traveling Replacement Athlete: Kayla DiCello Pan Ams: Jordan Chiles, Kayla DiCello, Kaliya Lincoln, Zoe Miller, Tiana Sumanasekera. Individual Qualifier: Katelyn Jong. Non-Traveling Alternates: Alicia Zhou, Eveylynn Lowe, Nola Matthews. The real reason Jade Carey isn't on the Pan Ams roster (she's heading to the Swi$$ Cup) The difference between artistry and execution. Scott Bregman joined the show to provide his insights, including his extra time with Simone. We create our lineups. We discuss who might get a bobble on our World Controversy tree next year. Jessica shares some of the conversations she had with the coaches and athletes. And of course, everything you couldn’t see on the FlipNow live stream that happened in the gym    Here’s how our event coverage works:
1. We give everyone the main headlines in the first 10-15 minutes.
2. We continue our conversation exclusively with our Club members.
3. What if I want to hear the rest of it and all the years of bonus content and interviews? All you have to do is Join the Club.
LOGIN FOR BONUS CONTENT    RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES World Team Trials Day One https://gymcastic.com/u-s-world-team-trials-2023-day-one/ 
2023 U.S. Championships Women's Day Two Meet Report  Women's Day One Meet Report Podium Training Report 2023 U.S. Championships Preview Pre-Championships Power Ranking 2023 Classic: 2023 U.S. Classic Review: GOAT for a reason 2023 Core Classic: Senior Women Session Two  2023 Core Classic: Senior Women Session One 2023 Core Classic: Women’s Podium Training US Classic Preview Classic Video Playlist Simone Biles Interview 2023 Classic Shilese Jones Flight Series Profile Resources & Research Spencer's The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti Score and difficulty ranking from The Gymternet  

U.S. World Team Trials  Jessica is in Texas watching live. Spencer is at home watching the stream.  Here's how to ask questions live. We discussed:
The weird day of falls for Simone and the official word from the FIG on her vault value Why Shilese got such a low score (for her) on bars and what connection bonus was lost What Jade Carey's coaches said about the vault situation Who we think is a lock for the World team and highest scoring team The strange E scores on floor especially Josc vs Kaliya The spectaculars of Kaliya Lincoln and Leanne Wong Katelyn Jong injury and what Laurent yelled to Jordan Chiles before her last pass The wins! DiCello changed her beam skills and Josc added back her single bar release. What events we'd ask gymnasts to do if any, on day two And of course, everything you couldn't see on the FlipNow live stream that happened in the gym Here’s how our event coverage works:
1. We give everyone the main headlines in the first 10-15 minutes.
2. We continue our conversation exclusively with our Club members.
3. What if I want to hear the rest of it and all the years of bonus content and interviews? All you have to do is Join the Club.
LOGIN FOR BONUS CONTENT  RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES 2023 U.S. Championships Women's Day Two Meet Report  Women's Day One Meet Report Podium Training Report 2023 U.S. Championships Preview Pre-Championships Power Ranking 2023 Classic: 2023 U.S. Classic Review: GOAT for a reason 2023 Core Classic: Senior Women Session Two  2023 Core Classic: Senior Women Session One 2023 Core Classic: Women’s Podium Training US Classic Preview Classic Video Playlist Simone Biles Interview 2023 Classic Shilese Jones Flight Series Profile Resources & Research Spencer's The Balance Beam Situation  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti Score and difficulty ranking from The Gymternet  

Team Controversy Season has arrived and this year, Canada is hosting Why isn't Shallon Olsen with her big vault score not on the team We revisit that year Mai Murakami was left off the Japanese World team to help all those who commemorate CSI Szombathely : speaking of controversy, we discuss what happened to Eddie Penev on vault in when the wrong board was put in for him The injuries to Nina Derwael (BEL), Elisabeth Seitz (GER) and  reigning beam World Champion Watanabe Hazuki (JPN) what that means for their respective countries and Olympic hopes Italian Championships! Manila Esposito's beam, Elisa Iorio's AA return, and are we rethinking Italy's team medal chances? Thoughts on countries naming six team members and waiting to decide the alternate until the last second Plus, the gymternet news, the dumpster fire news, and your feedback on vault versus floor skill difficulty, sting mat deductions, podium training styles, and differentiating a switch full from a tourjete half. JOIN CLUB GYM NERD
Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here and even "tapestries" (banners perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast here. RELATED EPISODES McKayla Maroney Interview US Nationals Debrief  Free Mai Inside the FIG: Steve Butcher Steve Butcher 2015 interview with FIG MTC President Behind The Scenes: Blue Mountains Aimee Boorman answers more questions from the live show  RESOURCES & CITATIONS Valeri Liukin to Coach Team USA while under Investigation by SafeSport Al Fong Under Investigation by US Center for SafeSport Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti The Highest D and E scores from The Gymternet MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE    

Time to gym nerd out with us in the deepest of deep dives because Steve Butcher knows all the things. in our second interview with the former International Gymnastics Federation  MTC President and FIG Sports Director we discuss:
What exactly happened at the Tokyo Olympics when Simone Biles coach ran over to him remove Simone from the mee. The new FIG rules Simone's Tokyo health struggle inspired His thoughts on the FIG decision to open the door for Russia in Paris Judging pommel horse at the the 2012 Olympic Team Final; the Kohei dismount controversy What happened at the 2012 Olympics when US head coach, Mazeika asked about changing the US mens team final lineup Judging bias evaluation and what the data showed after Tokyo Fujitsu robot judging, how it started and what's to come for gymnasts The future of World Championships from site selection to qualifying to reducing costs Proposed changes to the next Code of Points Why men have more opportunities for medals than women in artistic gymnastics Leaving the FIG to join Evo Advice to gym nerds who want to rise to the top of the FIG like he did   JOIN CLUB GYM NERD
Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Club Gym Nerd members get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here and even "tapestries" (banners perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast here. RELATED EPISODES  Steve Butcher 2015 interview with FIG MTC President One Year to Paris: FIG Opens Pathway for Russia to Compete in Paris 2023 U.S. Championships Headquarters Podcasts, photo galleries and videos RESOURCES & CITATIONS Scoring Controversy Takes Center Stage Mens' Gymnastics Final (Kohei Pommel Horse dismount) Steve Butcher first American ever elected MTC President  Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Dr. Uncle Tim Neutral Deductions: a men's gymnastics deep dive from Dr. Kensley Behel To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti The Highest D and E scores from The Gymternet MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE