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On Day One of the Rio Olympic Event Finals: Men’s Floor, Women’s Vault, Pommel Horse, Women’s Uneven Bars, Spencer, Uncle Tim and Jessica chat about:
- The origins of “Cheeseburger booty power” – Jiani Wu episode here.
- Full recap of each event final details, scores, and moments we loved from:
- Men’s Olympic Floor Final:
- The EPIC need for a Victorian-level fainting couch for Arthur Nory and Diego Hypolito while they waited for the results on floor.
- “Norying” – curl up in a ball like an armadillo until you find out if you medaled.
- Details of Max Whitlocks epic victory over mono and the rest of the floor field.
- Women’s Vault Final:
- Simone Biles proves she is a mental rock and consistently has the best execution in the world on the hardest vaults in the world.
- Epic debate over the execution scores of Maria Paseka, Guilia Steingruber and Wang Yan.
- Pommel Horse Final–Battle of the British:
- Max Whitlock one-ups Louis Smith with his higher D score to Louis’s higher E score.
- Alex Naddour proves he was the right choice for the team by breaking the 32-year pommel horse medal draught for the US.
- Bars Final–Reining Olympic Champion Aliya vs. WOGA and Vagina to the Line Anarchy Bars:
- Aliya Mustafina won over Madison Kocan with higher D to Kocan’s higher E score.
- Sophie Scheder who we touted as the Khorkina of glorious bars, wins a medal for Germany! Beauties all medaled!
- Jessica Lopez hit every routine in Rio.
- Men’s Olympic Floor Final:
- Our favorite not-gymnastics moments–hint, Hypolito and Arthur Nory Mariano losing it on the sideline during men’s floor finals.
RELATED LINKS
- How NBC could improve its gymnastics broadcasts
- Full Olympic gymnastics results here
- How to watch live on BBC, CBC or NBC (details here)
- Height, Ages and Repeat U.S. Olympic Gymnasts
- NBC live streaming coverage is for the FANS! So much better than so-called “primetime” evening coverage. Online NBC also has a daily online gymnastics recap show called the Daily Dismount. We are obsessed with how much more enthusiastic, passionate and positive they are than the evening broadcast team. Jim Watson, Courtney Kupets and Jonathan Horton #Jhortney 4eva!
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Rio Olympic Games Coverage
- 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
- Height, Ages and Repeat U.S. Olympic Gymnasts
- 210: Women’s Podium Training at the Rio Olympic Games
- 209: Men’s Podium Training at the Rio Olympic Games
- 208: Rio Olympics Preview
- 2016 Olympic Team and Coaches
- Episode 33: Simone Biles & Her Coaches
- 161: Women’s Finals Recap with Aimee Boorman and Christian Gallardo
- Episode 77: Aly Raisman
- Episode 41: Laurie Hernandez & Coach Maggie Haney
- 151: Danell Leyva
- Episode 32: Sam Mikulak & 2013 Men’s NCAA Championships
- 2014 Winter Cup: Chris Brooks on Broken Bones, Blaniks, and Rio
- Episode 35: Jake Dalton
- 72: John Orozco
- 187: McKayla Maroney
- 206: The Russian Situation
- 201: Men’s Olympic Trials and P&G Champs Preview
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- 162: Wrap Up of the 2015 P&G Championships
- 160: PG Championships Women’s Prelims Recap
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- Episode 58: Charlotte Drury, Fall Euro Series & NCAA De-commits
- Episode 31: Elise Ray
- 148: Shannon Miller
- Episode 28: Kristen Maloney
- Episode 55: Worlds Wrap Up & Ferlito-Gate
- Episode 54: Event Finals Recap from 2013 World Championships
- Episode 53: All Around Finals Recap from Antwerp World Championships
- Episode 52: Triumph & Heartbreak Prelims Recap from Antwerp Worlds
- 114: Fallout From Gymnastike’s Handling of Maroney Hack & Tumble Episodes 3 and 4 with special guest Jenni Pinches!
- Episode 16: Elizabeth Price
- 146: Taylor Rice and The 2015 NCAA Championships
- Episode 9: Chellsie Memmel, Swiss Cup & FIG Presidential Proposals
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I love Dipa!! Thanks for highlighting her!
The way Paseka started her vault with her legs straddled before eventually snapping them together, I thought she was doing a lower body Gator chomp.
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The “Gator chomp gyno visit” vault
It annoys me that the podcast crew doesn’t like Kocian. Whether they’d admit it or not, they don’t. When they talk about her it’s like the equivalent of sitting on their hands when everyone else is clapping. She’s a great gymnast and incredible on bars and American (assuming they are too). All the endless Mustafina ego stroking is tiresome. And, btw Mustafina’s routine is lovely but tons of toes/feet and leg separations issues. Would like to see a bit more respect and deference to the US team. (Similar feelings towards their commentary of Aly)
Criticism is not dislike. Critical analysis of performance is the same thing their coaches do every day and is the job of the judges. No matter what we do, someone is upset. When Aly was on the show she was more critical of her bars than we ever have been. Nothing we say is news to the gymnasts. Their coaches give them corrections ever day. They all try their absolute best and we know that. It’s our job to point out the E and D score issues in each routine and celebrate performances as fans but with a critical eye.