Day: March 16, 2012

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Final Friday – Florida, Utah, Alabama, Pac Rims

It’s our last Friday of regular season competition. Shed a fake tear. Of note:7:00...

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Florida, But . . .

Memories still fresh. It must be difficult to know that everyone is sitting around...

Sitting in Pits Made of Mattresses - GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

Headline News This week, Morgan Hurd blessed us with a double layout to make it all better, and we have a preview of our major exposé Project K—where gymnastics and spycraft run into each other at full speed inside 1970s Romania—which will finally be coming to your ears over the next two weeks. NCAA Preview We're one month out from the NCAA season, and we're talking new first years like Kayla DiCello, eMjae Frazier, Faith Torrez, and more. Plus, which teams face the biggest upheavals in the 2023 season (cough, Georgia), why we're a little too excited about literally just some lines of tape, and the biggest storyline of the preseason: 5th-year transfers. Mini-Commissions A mini-commission on the history of South African gymnasts at the Olympics and other major competitions: the biggest accomplishments and what the future holds A mini-commission on Soviet training conditions and techniques of the 1980s and how that resulted in pushing the limits of difficulty. Plus, all the gymternet news you need JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have a Ukraine Fundraiser design, all proceeds go to the CARE Ukraine Crisis fund. RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES Donate grips and tape for Ukrainian gymnasts To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim You Are In Gymnastics: Soviet Gymnastics Documentary Project K: Operation Olympia explained Project K: Decoding Romanian Secret Police Files on The Karolyis with Dr. Simona Petracovschi Behind The Scenes: Project K Behind The Scenes: More Project K (for Karolyi) Details Ellen Berger at the 1988 Olympic Games: DESPITE SOME SOARING PERFORMANCES BY THE SOVIETS, POOR JUDGING STOLE THE SHOW Lena Degteva: Growing Up at Round Lake Svetlana Boginskaya Interview Back from Liverpool Liverpool World Championships Event Finals and Mega Recap 10th Anniversary Reunion Show WATCH HERE Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded and see some of the gymnastics we discuss, plus get access to all of our exclusive interviews and Behind The Scenes episodes. Please login to your Club Gym Nerd account to listen and/or watch this episode. Not a member? Join here