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I Warned the Whole Team First
Before posting that Joe Fraser maybe shouldn't have won bronze, Kensley warned British Gymnastics so the whole team knew it was coming.
Joe was fine with it. Reddit was not.
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New Rules a Month Before Worlds
What other sport changes the rules a month before its world championships?
Kensley says the men's technical committee has been rewriting rules every three months.
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The Leaked Donatella Letter
A leaked letter from Donatella responds to the Barani decision before Worlds.
Kensley agrees with one line in it. The rest? "The letter is insane."
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Lessons From Rotterdam: Robot Judges, Sabotage Chalk and What Worlds Taught Us
We're back from Rotterdam! Our biggest takeaways from the 2026 World Championships: AI judging imposed a month before Worlds, the broken podium, sabotage chalk, beam lessons from China, alternates, and how to fix slow event finals. Plus Watanabe's "no judges" dream, Ana Bărbosu's appeal, the Swiss Cup, Meta's AI abuse videos and your questions.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Back from Rotterdam + NYC live show with Katelyn Ohashi
01:42 Youth Olympic Games: China wins the mixed team
03:09 Meta hosting AI-generated abuse videos of gymnasts
06:41 Swiss Cup mixed pairs: France beats Germany
11:44 Ana Bărbosu loses her CAS whereabouts appeal
14:58 Watanabe: "Our dream is to have no judges"
18:02 NYC live show and Club Gym Nerd
21:00 Takeaways from Rotterdam: narratives are fleeting
24:19 AI judging a month before Worlds was unfair
24:55 An exceptional Worlds, and checking the podium every rotation
28:07 NCAA makes world champions
29:18 Watch out for sabotage chalk
30:36 A beam exchange in China, and alternates need deadlines
31:58 Fixing slow event finals
36:20 Gymternet news: breast injuries and sports bras
38:14 Federico Molinari convicted; Leonid Arkayev dies at 86
39:41 Jordan Chiles documentary "Fair Play"
44:27 Para gymnastics rules, Amanda Stroud, Noblesville, American Cup and Champs sites
48:57 Listener Q: who pays for coaches' travel?
51:36 Listener Q: how to start coaching TeamGym
53:37 Listener Q: would lineup changes have mattered?
57:24 Should the U.S. require beam backups?
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His Own Skill. No Credit.
Fujitsu wouldn't have credited Hamlet Manukyan for the pommel horse skill named after him.
Kensley on why AI judging needs limits, and how athletes are supposed to train for one-degree margins.
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Leprechaun Sauce?
A Scottish Uber driver recommended Jessica try something with "leprechaun sauce."
She assumed it was a slur against the Irish. It was peppercorn.
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It Wasn't Doping
Ana Bărbosu lost her whereabouts case. It was not doping.
Kensley explains what actually happened: she was in the building, just not in the gym, and no one called her.
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No One Thought She Was at Risk
Coop's Dutch doctors had him on blood-clot shots right away. Kensley had a postpartum DVT, and no one in the U.S. thought she was at risk.
"It's a woman, so you don't have to worry about that."
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Before posting that Joe Fraser maybe shouldn`t have won bronze, Kensley warned British Gymnastics so the whole team knew it was coming.
Joe was fine with it. Reddit was not.
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What other sport changes the rules a month before its world championships?
Kensley says the men`s technical committee has been rewriting rules every three months.
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What other sport changes the rules a month before its world championships?
Kensley says the men`s technical committee has been rewriting rules every three months.
Want the full story? Listen to our Behind the Scenes: Back From Rotterdam episode.
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#gymnastics #Worlds26
A leaked letter from Donatella responds to the Barani decision before Worlds.
Kensley agrees with one line in it. The rest? "The letter is insane."
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Fujitsu wouldn`t have credited Hamlet Manukyan for the pommel horse skill named after him.
Kensley on why AI judging needs limits, and how athletes are supposed to train for one-degree margins.
Want the full story? Listen to our Behind the Scenes: Back From Rotterdam episode.
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The Podium Broke. Who Checks It?
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The equipment was fine at Worlds. The podium under it wasn't.
Jessica's fix: check every rotation, and send the athlete rep out to jump on everything.
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