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HEADLINES
- SafeSport makes Artur Akopyan (USA), McKayla Maroney’s former coach, permanently ineligible; Galina Marinova (USA) gets a one-year suspension.
- Florida removes Skylar Draser (USA), Ly Bui (USA) and Lily Bruce (USA) from its roster.
- Days before Worlds, Russia is still waiting on visas.
- Worlds withdrawals, including Jennifer Williams (SWE), and Cecile Landi heading to Rotterdam with Mexico.
- Your questions: Danie Ferris (MAR) and the Worlds entry list, U.S. vault dominance, the biomechanics of the Cheng, and Kaylia Nemour (ALG) and France.
CHAPTERS (FULL CLUB EPISODE)
00:00 Welcome to Behind the Scenes and the laundry peace treaty
02:56 Breaking: SafeSport sanctions Artur Akopyan and Galina Marinova
04:03 Cecile Landi to Worlds with Mexico; Gymnasts for Change in Rotterdam
05:01 Russia still waiting on Worlds visas
08:22 Worlds withdrawals, including Jennifer Williams
10:41 Florida removes three gymnasts
16:55 A totally unrelated recruiting-trip story
27:48 Updates: two commission winners, Rotterdam and NYC live shows, new shirts, fantasy game
35:15 Jessica’s surprise Coco family reunion
36:24 Chengdu 2027 and the Olympic qualification path
37:45 Florida dismissals: what are the transfer options?
39:35 A climate-change free skate
40:59 Danie Ferris and the Worlds entry list
42:48 NCAA gymnasts competing in Rotterdam
43:47 Is Kyle Shewfelt lovely?
46:11 Is U.S. vault dominance over?
48:05 Gymnastics at the Obama Center
49:27 Biomechanics of the Cheng and floor dance passages
52:43 Kaylia Nemour, France and what might have been
55:17 Is any federation not a train wreck?
58:30 Taiwan’s athletes get their spots back
1:00:18 The Watanabe poem
1:02:48 Pet psychic, part two
1:04:32 How to watch Worlds
1:05:48 Minors on college teams
1:08:13 The Rotterdam live show venue hunt (party bus?)
1:09:56 College jobs and majors
1:16:55 What we’re watching
1:17:53 Up next from Rotterdam
UP NEXT
Monday: Worlds Preview Part 2. Then our first show from Rotterdam after women’s podium training.
WORLDS COVERAGE
- 2026 World Championships Headquarters: all 18 sessions in your time zone, every qualified team and gymnast, medal lines and how to watch
- 2026 Worlds Preview Part 1: Team USA, Kaylia Nemour & Japan’s Medal Threat
- Behind The Scenes: Day Two U.S. World Team Trials
- U.S. World Team Trials 2026: Day One Report
- Behind The Scenes: U.S. World Team Trials Preview
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GYMCASTIC TOOLS, GAMES AND RESOURCES
- *NEW* ROTTERDAM WORLDS ROSTER TRACKER
- Find out who’s competing in the 2026 World Championships — search WAG and MAG by name or country, find out how they qualified and link to their score rankings. Updated daily.
- GymCastic tools:
- LA 2028 Roster Lab — Now with auto-fill highest-scoring team, team comparisons and updated roster briefs.
- Elite Score Explorer — U.S. Championships scores are in, plus new charting options and the vault bonus toggle.
- International Gymnastics Calendar
- GymCastic Games
- GymCastic Newsletters
- The Balance Beam Situation: Spencer Barnes’ GIF Code of Points
- Gymnastics History: Gymnastics history and Code of Points archive from Uncle Tim
- Resistance Resources
- Gymnasts for Change Reception in Rotterdam
- Gainesville Sun reports gymnasts removed from Florida roster.
