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The U.S. Can't Staff Its Own Olympics
The U.S. does not have a single Category One judge — and not enough brevets, period, to staff the judging requirement for its own Olympics.
"They're going to have to change this."
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#gymnastics #judging #LA28
Why Did The U.S. Suck Before Béla?
Why did the U.S. suck before Béla, and why were the Europeans better? The research was better.
Australia and East Germany both started building sports science around hosting an Olympics in the 50s. To this day Australia trains some of the best exercise scientists on earth.
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Everyone Was Cosplaying As Béla
The abuse was in American gyms from the start. What Béla changed was that suddenly everyone had one model to copy — Steve Nunno essentially cosplaying as him.
Before that, your experience just depended on which gym you walked into.
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He Won Euros By One Thousandth
Illia Kovtun won the men's European all-around title by one thousandth of a point — and only because the scores were truncated instead of rounded.
Round them and it's a tie. It is Chellsie and Nastia in 2005 all over again. Every decimal matters.
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A Neener-Neener, You Can't Join The Club
You can only enter the U.S. judging pipeline if you have elite gym experience — which is how a country self-imposes a judging shortage.
"It is such a neener-neener. You can't join the club." And the argument collapses anyway: no women's judge alive ever did Simone's skills.
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Featuring @simonebiles
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Should the Team Final Happen on the Last Day?
Ask Simone Biles to do the all-around on day four.
Euros ran event finals before the team final. Great for saving the best for last. Less great if you're the athlete who has to rev all the way back up for it.
For the entire conversation, listen to this week's episode: 2026 European Championships Recap
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Featuring @simonebiles
#gymnastics #Euros
Euros Judges Capped It and Bunched It
The cap was lower, and everything bunched.
Spencer on how the Euros panels actually scored: not harsher exactly, just unwilling to go high. 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, and that's your whole floor final.
For the entire conversation, listen to this week's episode: 2026 European Championships Recap
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#gymnastics #Euros #judging
Just Don't Touch Your Feet
These stalders are just don't-touch-your-feet.
Jessica's rage meter: there needs to be a real separation between an inbar that gets to an actual piked pancake shape and one where you can't tell if it's a toe-on.
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Featuring @giulip_09
#gymnastics #unevenbars #judging
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The U.S. does not have a single Category One judge — and not enough brevets, period, to staff the judging requirement for its own Olympics.
"They`re going to have to change this."
Want the rest of the stories? Join Club Gym Nerd: GymCastic.com/Club
🎧 GymCastic.com
#gymnastics #judging #LA28
Why did the U.S. suck before Béla, and why were the Europeans better? The research was better.
Australia and East Germany both started building sports science around hosting an Olympics in the 50s. To this day Australia trains some of the best exercise scientists on earth.
Want the rest of the stories? Join Club Gym Nerd: GymCastic.com/Club
🎧 GymCastic.com
#gymnastics #sportscience
The abuse was in American gyms from the start. What Béla changed was that suddenly everyone had one model to copy — Steve Nunno essentially cosplaying as him.
Before that, your experience just depended on which gym you walked into.
Want the rest of the stories? Join Club Gym Nerd: GymCastic.com/Club
🎧 GymCastic.com
#gymnastics #gymnasticshistory
Illia Kovtun won the men`s European all-around title by one thousandth of a point — and only because the scores were truncated instead of rounded.
Round them and it`s a tie. It is Chellsie and Nastia in 2005 all over again. Every decimal matters.
Want the rest of the stories? Join Club Gym Nerd: GymCastic.com/Club
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#gymnastics #Euros #MAG
You can only enter the U.S. judging pipeline if you have elite gym experience — which is how a country self-imposes a judging shortage.
"It is such a neener-neener. You can`t join the club." And the argument collapses anyway: no women`s judge alive ever did Simone`s skills.
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Featuring @simonebiles
#gymnastics #judging
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The Wall Fell And We Threw It All Out
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When the Wall came down and the Soviet coaches arrived, American gymnastics threw out everything it thought it knew.
By the early 90s every handstand had changed. Here's what a hollow position is. Here's a tight arch. Everything comes from that.
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