201: Men's Olympic Trials and P&G Champs Preview

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

NEWS

In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer, and Jessica chat about:

• Our favorite moments from last week's interview with Alicia Sacramone
• Controversy (of course) at Australian Olympic Trials (4:01)
  • Congrats to 2016 Olympian Larissa Miller and her beautiful floor!
  • Funding expose from StickIt
• Rhythmic and Trampoline Olympic Trials (11:09)
  • Rhythmic roup qualifies for first time, ever.
  • Sadness, injuries, elation and awesome adult gymnastics from tramp (14:04)
  • "The legs that I had, the butt that I had were why I jumped so high" - Olympic Champion Rosie MacLennan (CAN) video
• P&G Championships Preview (1:03:30)
  • How to watch live, online and on tv here. Sam Peszek and Evan Heiter are doing juniors analysis!
  • Karolyi Ranch film to premiere on Friday at 8pm ET on NBC, watch trailer here.
  • Who we are looking forward to watching who won't go to Rio (Morgan Hurd, Emily Gaskins)
  • Who is in a do or die situation to qualify to Rio or even Trials
  • Recap of Beyond the Routine with Bailie Key who has scratched from P&Gs
• Men's Olympic Trials Preview (1:24:36)
  • W.D.M. How the men qualify to the team.
  • When will the team actually be named?
  • Top 4 storylines to watch?
  • Mr. Hollie Vise, Alex Naddour says baby and wife help his gymnastics.

GYMTERNET NEWS

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include:

• Rhythmic gymnastics attempted suicide
• The many retirements and injuries including Komova.
• Why USA Gymnastics need to change their rules. None of these coaches have been banned or publicly suspended yet! (26:47)
• • Moises Renobato
  • From trampoline World Championships coach, Zac Lawson
  • Tom Bollinger of Top Flight GYmnastics in Maryland
  • Patrick Jay Wehrung
• Louis Smith accused of objectifying Carly Patterson with close-up bottom shot (49:31)
• Bias in judging: Should judges be allowed to judge their relatives or gymnasts?
  • Tatiana Nabiyeva's coach-judge was cleared by the FIG
• Awesome skills alert:
  • Sergio Sasaki has A PIKED DRAGULESCU!
  • Katarzyna Jurkowska of Poland is doing a gainer 2/1 off the end of the beam. Should this be a G?
  • Kenzo did a Yurchenko 3.5 on a hard surface.
  • BRENNA FREAKIN DOWELL!
    • She's training a Dos Santos 2 and double front FULL OUT!
• NCAA News:
  • Penn State abuse news: People magazine and the Washington Post have covered this and yet, the head coach still remains there.
  • LSU gymnastic coach D-D Breaux gets boost in pay, now makes $240,000.
  • Miss Val launched a website and announced that she is writing a book.
• Book Mania - check them all out in our store here.
• Two adult gymnastics camps! Shields in NJ and Atlantic in NH.

RELATED LINKS

• Gymbuster: Domestic vs. International Scoring
• She'll Never Get Those Scores Internationally by Spencer
• 10 Most Popular GymCastic Episodes
• #DouglasFamilyDrag Contest
• The Hard Way To Sucess featuring Gabby Jupp
• List of gymnasts on Snapchat
• Details in Maria Olaru book The Price of Gold. Uncomfortable Honesty.
• Golden Era of Gymnastics book by Karen Hollis

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• 200: Alicia Sacramone
• 162: Wrap Up of the 2015 P&G Championships
• 161: Women's Finals Recap with Aimee Boorman and Christian Gallardo
• 160: PG Championships Women's Prelims Recap
• Douglas Family Gold on Oxygen Podcast Recaps
  • DFG PODCAST: Last Days of Summer
  • Douglas Family Gold: A Companion for Gabby
  • Douglas Family Gold S1E2: Graduation Day
  • Douglas Family Gold: The First Hurdle
  • Douglas Family Gold Preview Show