Month: June 2012

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Trials Eve

Are there times when you wish you were a only a casual gymnastics fan?...

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Olympic Trials: The Wishers and the Hopers

One of my concerns over limiting the teams to five members was that it...

Olympics

From Championships to Trials

Visa Championships came and went last weekend, and ultimately we leaned little that we...

2022 Euros Preview with Pauline Tratz - GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

LIVE SHOW WITH JORDYN WEIBER! Who: Jordyn Freakin' Wieber! Olympic Gold medalist, all-around World Champion, Arkansas head coach… national treasure! When: August 19th, Friday--festivities will begin at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) Where: At Nationals in Tampa, FL Tickets now on sale! The theater is half the size as our last show, so we expect the in-person seats to sell out. So don’t wait. BUY NOW! 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. Club members get 8 extra episodes in August with live coverage from Euros and US Championships. Please login to your Club Gym Nerd account to listen and/or watch this episode. Not a member? Join here. European Championships Preview The women's competition begins Thursday. Pauline, Kensley, and Deanna will be in the arena bringing you all the details with Behind the Scenes member shows on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Pauline fills us in on the significance of competing at the European Championships and what she thinks of this year's arena The team competition: Previewing the medal frontrunners and the bubble teams fighting to qualify to worlds, including the budding rivalry between Great Britain and Italy, the Ukraine question, and what we're going to see from the Scandinavians Event finals: Pauline tells us which athlete's progression makes her proud, and we discuss the wide open vault field, the loaded bars field, the Pauline Schäfer of it all, and who broke the floor this week. Plus, gymternet news about Indiana and the presence of USAG and the NCAA in the state and NIL deals, and then we make Jessica talk about the soccer a little bit. Feedback: Is having a second vault like training a fifth event? Pauline gives us her take and reveals which event in the scariest for her. JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to 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 Donate to family of Alabama volunteer assistant coach in Ukraine To follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine on gymnastics, go to Gymnovosti 2022 US Classic Debrief Angular and Strange: The 2022 US Classic Preview The Brazil Era Farewell, All-Around Standings Olga The Judges Go Off The New Era: Alicia Sacramone Quinn and Chellsie Memmel lead USAG TV's Biggest Gymnastics Fails GYMKATA The Leotard Episode: Part Deux