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GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

A weekly Sports, Recreation and Professional podcast featuring Lauren Hopkins
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GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

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GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

GymCastic

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

A weekly Sports, Recreation and Professional podcast featuring Lauren Hopkins
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Tickets for GymCastic LIVE at NCAA Championships on sale now.   College Headlines The regionals brackets are set. We discuss who got royally and totally screwed by the draw (hi, MSU!) and who got blessed by the light of the gym gods Oklahoma
LOGIN FOR EXTENDED INTERVIEW   Hana Ricna Interview Ricna is a Czechoslovakian two-time World medalist, 1988 Olympian and three-time Olomouc medalist (the Soviet organized Alternative Olympics in 1984). She took second all-around at Olomouc to
Elite News Gabby's back at WOGA Baku is done! We discuss who is already locked in for an Olympic spot and what the remaining contenders like Emma Malabuyo need to happen to get Olympic spots of their own An important update from the Artistry C
Elite News Gabby left WOGA??? or.... Andrade's Amanar is back. That means it's time to play "It's the Olympic Vault Final—What Do You Do?" We have the US spring meet assignments. Why was Suni not selected for Baku? What standard was used to m
Winter Cup 2024 It happened! Check out podium training podcast here and the photos here. We recorded live right after the meet ended: While everyone else was competing at Winter Cup, Kayla DiCello was competing at Olympic Trials What Suni ha
2024 Winter Cup The Gabby Douglas news Suni Lee - the value of her full twisting Jeager and what he coach has to do to keep her healthy when they travel Trinity Thomas - plans, upgrades and what it felt like to be back Jayla Hang and Simone Ro
Winter Cup Developments  Suni Lee is a late entry and wants to get the Jaeger full named after herself! Let's go!  Watch her in our Training Camp update video here  What expectations are fair for Gabby Douglas's performance here? Omens and
 Elite News Updates The Winter Cup roster is out, and Gabby Douglas is on it! We spend a while basking in the glory of that and discuss other headliners like Trinity Thomas and Jordan Chiles How to Make the Olympics: Event Specialist Edition.
*UPDATE  We have edited our discussion of Jordan's floor routine story, not Jordan's quote. Why did we do this? Because there were too many misinterpretations of our discussion online. We have heard from USAG that staff are receiving threats. W
The Iowa vs. MSU dance off that reminded us why we love NCAA gymnastics  More about New Zealand Olympic eligibility, and clarification on how the US elite committee's No-Melanies rule applies to other athletes Jessica is heading to national
Jessica spams us with something about Simone and Taylor Swift and the sportsballs, but then we discuss new training videos of Gabby Douglas and Suni Lee (!), the US elite committee's new "no foreigns" rule, a documentary crew at camp, and Aly R
News Updates  What we learned from Simone's Vanity Fair interview, who's on the FIG list of eligible non-affiliated athletes, and more follow-ups from last week on altitude and sickle cell College Season—Week 2 Cal is #2 in the rankings—are
News Updates  Discussing the latest interview with Mary Lou about her illness , insurance and income versus feelings from gymnastics fans who dislike Mary Lou for lobbying against the SafeSport Act. Suni's training update, and Shawn Johnson'
Simone gave us a most special gift this week: video of her doing the WILDEST gymnastics. What do we think could make it into an actual routine? The FIG released its report from Antwerp. We discuss the glorious trend of increasing competitor ag
Headline News  We have a host for 2027 Worlds: Chengdu, China. Now, about 2025... Our dream: a definitely serious academic study into NBC's gymnastics coverage NCAA 2024 Preview Hot topics heading into the season: 10.000 Watch, the end of c
Headline News In a big win for Gymnasts for Change, British Gymnastics released new safeguarding policies that should be the model for federations around the world Riley McCusker is injured, and Spencer tries to convince you it's all just a b
Everything we know about Gabby Douglas training at camp! University of Utah head coach Tom Farden has resigned. Double Olympic Champion and Canadian stand out coach, Elvira Saadi has been banned for 10 years Shawn Johnson destroyed her husb
We’ve got bees in our bonnets! This week, we're celebrating the true meaning of Thanksgiving: pointing out every little thing that bothers you about loved ones. The things in gymnastics that drive us absolutely crazy, no matter how small, shall
Gabby is heading to national team camp! The FIG released its ad hoc requirements for Russian and Belarusian participation in meets in 2024. We ask the important question: does anyone actually meet these requirements? Tom Farden has been place
We watched the 1997 TV movie Perfect Body and now we REALLY need to talk about it as a family. Especially... That thing where you just started training elite and you're 16-27 years old and also the Olympics are tomorrow and you're going to mak
Romanian Infighting Today, we're checking in with a quick mini-sode (our main commissioned episode will come later this week) about what has happened in Romania since the women's team qualified to the Olympics at worlds last month. We discus
Pan Ams Event Finals Did we just see the best Cheng in gymnastics history from Rebeca Andrade? We discuss, with comparisons to the best from Cheng Fei and Simone Biles. Should the judges have given this a 10 E score? Do we want to live in a
In headline news, we discuss Kara Eaker's retirement from gymnastics and her statement alleging abuse at Utah, as well as the definition of verbal and emotional abuse, and the importance of personal accounts like this Plus, Jessica Gadirova's
On the 10th anniversary of McKayla Maroney's final elite competition in Antwerp, Belgium we revisit her 2016 interview. The Olympic and World Champion settles long debated gymternet questions and we find out what caused the physical and emotion
Here's how to ask questions live. Follow up to the vault replacement athlete "administrative error"  BATTLE BEAM: The 2016 Olympic Champion, Sanne Wevers is into the final from the reserve list. It's Simone vs. Chinese Perfection vs. Three Cha
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