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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Spencer, Lauren, and Jessica chat about:

• All the exciting GymCastic goodies you can expect from us at worlds!!!
  • Lots of video clips and video analysis from us starting with PODIUM TRAINING this Friday!
  • A podcast every single day of competition starting with men’s prelims on Monday through finals on Sunday .
  • We might try something else we’ve never done before for Club Members, so if you haven’t made sure you can login and get to the extended version of the Maggie Haney, Aimee Boorman interview, please do so now.
• How to watch
  • Full competition schedule and USAG live streaming schedule available at www.usagymworlds.com.
• US team selection (7:30)
  • WE GOT VIDEOS FROM SELECTION CAMP!!!! #ScottandRhonda4ever
  • Why a Smith, Hurd, Carey, Locklear team is weird, unexpected, and controversial
  • Why a Smith, Hurd, Carey, Locklear team makes total sense
  • That time Italy looked at the US’s “controversial” selection and said, “Hold my beer…” (18:44)
• Women’s All-Around (23:53)
  • True or false: It’s Ragan Smith v. Larisa Iordache for the all-around title
  • Who else should we be watching in the medal hunt? (Hint: lots of people)
  • We preemptively award the Longines Prize for Elegance to at least six people (36:16)
• NEW SKILLS ALERT (41:16)
  • Why it’s extra, extra important to pay attention to Nina Derwael, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Tabea Alt, Cintia Rodriguez, and Aiko Sugihara this year.
• Event Finals (48:00)
  • The major players on each apparatus
  • Questions we still have heading into the competition
    • Is Paseka…good?
    • Does Ashton Locklear have the execut…BUT HER INBARS
    • Will Nina Derwael make history for Belgium
    • Will Iordache get that giant 6.7 D?
    • Will the floor final be Japan’s time?
  • Our 100% accurate, definite, guaranteed podium predictions
• The part where we remind you to pay attention to other gymnasts for reasons like being in their 20s or being tall or having a good backstory (1:20:26)
  • This year’s submissions: Jonna Adlerteg, Farah Hussein, and Courtney McGregor
• Letters to Bogi
  • What the three of us want for Gymnastics Christmas this year. It’s a lot.
• Men’s competition storylines (1:27:12)
  • Kohei v. Oleg: The Rematch?
  • Is Kenzo becoming a real boy? (i.e. all-arounder?)
  • Samir Ait Said’s return from the Rio leg snap
  • Yul Moldauer bringing the pretty back to USA Gymnastics
  • The Marvin Kimble resurrection
  • The return of Dr. Epke
• Men’s super-duper exciting skills to watch 
  • TTYs from Artur Dalaloyan and (maybe now) Eddie Penev
  • Sam Mikulak’s possible triple back 1/1 on high bar
  • Whittenburg’s triple pike on rings
  • Hidetaka Miyachi’s MOST AMAZING HIGH BAR EVER and the race for the double twisting layout Kovacs
  • Max Whitlock’s MI6, classified, top top secret new pommel horse skills
• UMMMMMM, the mascot for worlds?!?!?!?! 

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THIS WEEK’S INTERVIEW

Aimee Boorman, lifelong coach of 2016 Olympic Champion and bazillion time World Champion, Simone Biles; and Maggie Haney, coach of Olympic team gold and beam silver medalist, Laurie Hernandez, joined us to discuss their Olympic experience: 

• Advice for other coaches on how to survive an Olympic year
• Why having a thigh gap is no good for gymnasts
• Culture changes at the national team camps that made the system work 
• How camps are different under Valeri Liukin than they were under Martha Karolyi
• Standing up to Martha
• All the skills Simone could have had named after her if Aimee and Simone hadn’t decided on the bubble wrap policy.
• How Riley McCusker got her Chinese bar dismount.

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• Episode 41: Laurie Hernandez & Coach Maggie Haney
• 161: Women’s Finals Recap with Aimee Boorman and Christian Gallardo
• Episode 33: Simone Biles & Her Coaches
• 254: Vanessa Atler
• 223: Tasha Schwikert
• 222: New King
• 219: Rio Olympic Event Finals Day 3, Gala, Houry Behind the Scenes Deets!
• Greatest Gymnast Ever by Medal Count: Svetlana Khorkina vs. Simone Biles
• 218: Rio Olympic Event Finals Day 2
• 217: Rio Olympic Event Finals Day One
• 216: Rio Women’s All-Around Final
• 215: Rio Men’s Olympic All-Around Final
• 214: Rio Women’s Olympic Team Final
• 213: Rio Men’s Olympic Team Finals
• 212: Rio WAG Olympic Prelims
• 211: Rio Men’s Olympic Prelims & Houry Gebeshian Interview
• Photo Gallery: Olympic Trials Day 2
• 205: Day Two 2016 Women’s Olympic Trials
• Photo Gallery: 2016 Olympic Trials Day 1
• 204: Day One 2016 Women’s Olympic Trials

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THIS WEEK’S INTERVIEW

Creator of the laid-out double arabian, Charlie Tamayo, is here. The first male gymnast to win a World medal for Cuba tell us what it was like to grow up in the Cuban gymnastics system. We discuss:

• Being selected for a special sports school
• Daily life at the National School of Gymnastics, including ballet classes
• Conditions in Cuba, from power to food to the politics of getting a phone
• What gymnasts were told when they weren’t allowed to compete internationally
• The vault that he thought would change his life
• What happened to his competition and gala earnings 
• Learning a full twisting double back vault before it was named for Ri Se-gwang
• Competing with a broken ankle
• Defecting
• Learning to coach in the United States
• Some videos of Charlie Tamayo training the Tamayo and inside his gym in Cuba

WE ARE GIVING AWAY TICKETS TO WORLDS!

• • Prize : One ticket to all four all finals, including the sold out Women’s All-Around Final
    • Deadline: September 18th at midnight Pacific
  • Who Can Enter: Club Gym Nerd members only. Join here.
  • How to Enter: Tell us who you want to win at Worlds in Montreal.
    •  Email: gymcastic@gmail.com using the subject line GymCastic Worlds Tickets
      OR
    • Twitter or Instagram using  the hashtag #GymCasticWorldsTickets

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• Episode 5: Growing up at WOGA
• Episode 17: Growing Up In The Soviet Gymnastics System And Training At Round Lake
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IN THE NEWS

 Spencer and Jessica chat about:

• Chinese National Games
  • Jiang Tong’s scream of joy after hitting floor 
  • Retirements, including Bai Yawen and Shang Chunsong
  • Chen Yile killer beam, TingTing is the top senior in AA qualification – beam
  • Fan Yilin rocking a new Huang Huidan/Riley McCusker dismount
  • Wang Yan’s brush-your-shoulders-off  floor routine
  • China announced Worlds Team: AA -Liu Tingting, Luo Huan; VT, BB, FX – Wang Yan; UB – Fan Yilin
• Romanian Championships
  • • The craziest scoring of any national championship in the World.
    • Larissa Iordache had a very head-shakey E score on beam, but upgraded to a Fabrichnova on bars
    • We enjoy Catalina Ponor’s death-stare-down at the beam after an unusual two falls in a row. Then we interpret Ponor’s new floor routine
• Varna World Cup, Italian and Swiss Nationals 
  • Andrade Amanar
  • We seethe about Brazil’s decision to only send two athletes to Worlds this year. SEETHE!
  • Deisree Carofiglio of Italy has a Dowell and so.much.drama. in her floor routine! 
  • The official roster for US Worlds Training Camp is: Carey, Chiles, Frazier, Gaskins, Hurd, Locklear, McCusker, Schennikova, Smith, Thomas.

GYMTERNET NEWS (46:56)

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include:

• Aliya Mustafina has returned to training at Round Lake with her baby. 
• John Geddart got caught in what seems to be a big fat lie about disgraced ex-MSU coach, Kathie Klages working at his gym. 
• Simone’s therapist, Robert Andrews has written the best article ever on why gymnastics has found itself in hot water; the culture of disempowerment: USAG Sexual Abuse Scandal Is A Symptom Of Deeper Issues
• Danell Leyva will be on Danell Leyva Mira Quem Baila
• GAT Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund to help gymnastics clubs impacted by Harvey.
  • Houston warned in August 2016 of rain bombs

FEEDBACK (46:56)

• 1996 Olympic commentary and what gymnastics was like in the 70’s
• Accidental upgrades like the WolfKino: Stella Nistor accidental double pirouette
• Katelyn Ohashi speaking up
• Where is Gabby Douglas?
• Bone Density and gymnastics feedback from a Bioengineer
• How far can the bars be spread apart in FIG competition?
• Competing back-to-back from Floor to Vault

WE ARE GIVING AWAY TICKETS TO WORLDS!

• Prize One:  A of pair tickets (so you can bring a friend!) for every final, including the sold out Women’s All-Around Final. 
  • Deadline: September 11th at midnight Pacific
• Prize Two: One ticket to all four all finals, including the sold out Women’s All-Around Final
  • Deadline: September 18th at midnight Pacific
• Who Can Enter: Club Gym Nerd members only. Join here.
• How to Enter: Tell us who you want to win at Worlds in Montreal.
  •  Email: gymcastic@gmail.com using the subject line GymCastic Worlds Tickets
    OR
  • Twitter or Instagram using  the hashtag #GymCasticWorldsTickets

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• 265: Russian Cup, University Games, and Feedback
• 264: 2017 P&G Championships Mega Recap
• 263: P&G Championships Preview with Jon Horton
• 262: 1996 Olympic Event Finals (Commissioned)
• 258: The Fluff Cast (Commissioned)
• 254: Vanessa Atler
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