Jakarta World teams announcments are coming fast! We preview the U.S. World Team Trials plus Britain, France, China, Canada & AIN Russia rosters. Also: SI Women’s Games "postponed", 2026 Rotterdam Worlds tickets, and Austria’s Charlize Moerz shines on floor.

Guest: Sho Nakamori on men’s code changes, artistry & judging.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro – World teams, U.S. Trials preview, special guest Sho Nakamori 00:38 Headlines – USAG’s new training facility in Noblesville, IN 02:00 SI Women’s Games postponed – refunds, ticket issues & history 03:56 Rotterdam 2026 tickets on sale  04:09 British Worlds Team named – Gadirova out, new faces in 05:00 Chinese & French Worlds Teams reaction 06:33 Nominative rosters – Canada jail, Brazil’s $1,200 fine, Russia’s neutral asterisk 08:00 Favorite Routine of the Week – Charlize Moerz (Austria) FX 13.833 09:39 Jakarta 2025 Worlds preview – 8 days of live podcasts, extended Club coverage 12:13 Raffle  – win a full commissioned episode for $10 13:32 Scholarships  – 10 free Club Gym Nerd memberships donated by listeners 14:54 U.S. Women’s Worlds Trials – format, schedule & how to watch (FlipNow) 16:17 Core Four Gold Medalists – Rivera, Wong, Blakely, Roberson analysis 20:24 Selection drama – who could disrupt the “in-pencil” team? 25:41 Root for Chaos – Jayla Hang & Claire Pease’s shot 28:50 Depth & back-pocket vaults – Simone Rose, Sullivan, others 32:00 Gymternet News – retirements, lawsuits, coaching scandals 33:30 Interview – Sho Nakamori on judging, men’s code changes and  new gym, Infinite Sports in San Mateo44:00 Closing & What’s Next – Szombathely World Cup + Trials streaming info

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 Let's discuss the Chinese World Team!

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00:00 Intro – Behind the Scenes preview

00:42 China’s World Team confirmed 

01:15 Why this is a “specialist team” for specialist Worlds

01:45 Zhou Yaqin – back-to-back beam silvers

02:00 Yang Fanyuwei –  Layout Jaeger full

02:20 Zhang Qingying – National AA champ

02:36 Deng Yalan – 26 years old

03:26 Team strategy – medal chances with event specialists

03:49 Snub: Zhang Yihan – 2024 Olympian & bars finalist left off

04:13 Why this team is the right call for Worlds

06:07 Timing of China’s team selection – too early or just right?

07:22 Training, peak performance, and recovery before Worlds

07:48 Jessica’s Jakarta prep – health gear & travel hacks

10:04 Cultural etiquette research for Jakarta 

11:04 Jordan Chiles on Dancing with the Stars

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Paris World Cup 2025 recap report from art critic Laura Capelle 🇫🇷 — Melnikova returns, Nemour’s bars gold, Abi Martin vaults, Voinea floor redemption, plus Ukraine’s protest & Jakarta Worlds mascot 🌸.

Chapters 

• 00:00 – Intro 

• 01:10 – Headlines: Paris World Cup Champions (Abi Martin, Nemour, Melnikova, Voinea)

• 02:25 – Ukraine Withdraws in Protest

• 03:05 – Jakarta Worlds Mascot Reveal – “Stinking Corpse Lily”

• 04:30 – Updates: Live Worlds Podcasts & Raffle 

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• 08:00 – Interview with Dr. Laura Capelle – Paris World Cup Report

• 12:40 – Melnikova’s Return & Neutral Athlete Status

• 15:00 – Tchaikovsky Anthem Debate

• 17:00 – Nemour’s Training Changes & Bars Podium

• 21:30 – French Team Healing Moments

• 24:00 – Ireland & Beam Highlights – Emma Slevin & Hallie Hilton

• 27:00 – Floor Artistry: Ming’s Wings & Disco Comeback

• 30:00 – Favorite Routines: Bake-Off Challenge Edition

• 34:15 – Vault Final Recap – Abi Martin, Schoenmaier, Navas

• 38:00 – Bars Final Recap – Nemour, Serber, Charpy

• 42:30 – Beam Final Recap – Melnikova, Bickel, Osyssek-Reimer

• 46:00 – Floor Final Recap – Voinea, Melnikova, Tanskanen

• 50:00 – Chinese Trials Update

• 55:00 – Gymternet News – Worlds Tickets, Spain PM Sports Ban, NCAA Updates

• 59:00 – Closing & What’s Next (Szombathely, U.S. Selection Camp)

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Jessica and Spencer cover the biggest headlines: Rebeca Andrade’s new documentary, Jordan Chiles joining Dancing With the Stars, update on Chow's coach arrest, and a chat with fan favorite, Nola "Angst Queen" Matthews. 

Watch GymCastic Live with AA World Champion, MORGAN HURD Watch the preview. Get replay tickets here

Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:16 Headlines: Andrade documentary, Jordan Chiles on DWTS

07:23 Gymternet news: SafeSport & coaching updates

10:45 Paris World Cup preview & Headstand game

12:45 Morgan Hurd live show replay announcement

13:00 Nola Matthews Interview – artistry, UCLA, pets, travel stories

29:00 Skills talk & beam mount wishlist

45:24 Brazilian Championships Recap – Flavia Saraiva, Julia Soares, Gabriela Barbosa

56:30 Team Brazil Worlds selection discussion

59:19 Andrade sabbatical & rehab updates

1:03:08 Mixed men’s & women’s format at Brazilian Nationals 1:05:36 Brazil’s Worlds team strategy

1:09:19 More Gymternet News – Worlds tickets

1:13:16 Dream gym features (viewing areas, plants, ninja course)

 1:17:10 Athlete wellbeing studies & abuse impacts

 1:18:48 NCAA News: Southern Utah to Pac-12

 1:20:17 Canadian sports abuse report & new book “Historic” by Emma Webb

 1:21:06 Coaching updates, Alice Kinsella baby, Maggie Nichols engagement

 1:22:41 Closing: Paris World Cup preview & BTS reminder

NOLA MATTHEWS INTERVIEW

• Nola Matthews, the queen of angsty Y2K emo artistry, is on the show today to talk about her unmatched performance quality on floor, her beautiful bars, and Taylor Swift's engagement, the only engagement to ever matter

BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Andrade's taking a chill pill, and Barbosa is having a baby. Who is competing at this meet?
• FLAVIA IS BACK ALERT: watch her 13.933 on beam 
• Sophia Weisburg won the all-around with a 51.231 and Caio Souza won the MAG all-around with a 80.950
• Where do scores from these Championships rank internationally heading into Worlds?
• Should MAG and WAG gymnasts compete simultaneously in the meet AND on the same apparatus?
• Post-meet interview snippets
  • What did Andrade and Barbosa say about their off-time training?

GYMTERNET NEWS

• The Sports Illustrated Games roster.
• Pacific Reign Gymnastics is moving to a new big ass two-story facility! Jessica pontificates about how they should design it.
• A new Swedish study shows abuse impacts elite gymnasts well after retirement, identifying 54 negative consequences affecting athletes later in life
• Southern Utah will migrate over to the PAC-12 starting in the 2026-2027 season
• Jordan Chiles has been announced for Dancing With the Stars
• After weeks of intensive care, Lorenzo Bonicelli was transferred to a spinal unit
• A preliminary report from Canada's Federal Commission found the sports system is 'broken' and suffers from widespread abuse
• Who are the new coaches in town?
  • Jade Carey joined Oregon State's coaching staff as a student coach
  • Emma Malabuyo joins UCLA as a graduate assistant coach
• Tickets are finallllyyy on sale for 2025 Jakarta Worlds! Buy one here
• Alice Kinsella had a baby!

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2012 Women’s Olympic Team Final Rewind 🏆🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳🇷🇴 We’re diving deep into one of the most legendary nights in gymnastics history — the London 2012 Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Team Final. From McKayla Maroney’s iconic vault to the pink podium and the Fierce Five sealing gold, this commissioned episode looks back with fresh judging goggles and a critical E-score panel.

We cover the vault rotation that changed everything, NBC’s commentary, Russia’s near-miss, China’s decline, and Aly Raisman’s unforgettable floor routine. Join Jessica and Spencer for this epic rewatch!

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• September 29-Oct 2: US Women’s Selection Camp
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This week Angelina Melnikova is set to make her return to the international elite scene after four years; Australian gymnastics prison release program is alive and well; plus upcoming meet information and plenty of dumpster fire news.

GymCastic LIVE SHOW Featuring: World AA Champion, Morgan Hurd.  Watch teaser here and get replay tickets here HEADLINES

• Angelina Melnikova, Tokyo Olympic Champion and 2021 World All-Around Champion, is making her international return at the Paris World Cup after four years
• Sean Gardner, a coach formerly at Chow's Gymnastics, has been arrested on charges of possession of child pornography.
  • Chow's Letter; whistleblower profile
• Australian Gymnastics Jail is back: the Australian program is not using all of its allotted spots for the mens or womens teams at Worlds
• Rebeca Andrade will miss 2025 Worlds to take a physical and mental rest

GYMTERNET NEWS

• The "30 miles is NOT neutral" proposal: college coaches vs. Utah gymnastics
• History note: a follow-up from Behind the Scenes, the first perfect 10 in gymnastics was in 1924
• Not done yet! Jade Carey was hired as the student assistant coach at Oregon State
• Never say never: Simone Biles spoke at a conference in Australia and when asked about her prospects for LA 2028 she said "never say never"
• John Carney, former coach at Cal, is now the assistant coach at Denver
• ICYMI U.S. Championships will be in Phoenix, Arizona next year and apparently nobody has any concerns about the heat?

Dumpster Fire News

• The trial of a man accused of killing Kara Welsh, a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater gymnast, has been pushed back to June 2026
• Adam Richard Jacobs, a former gymnastics coach at USA Gymnastics World in Utah, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and a lifetime term of supervised release for child exploitation crimes
• Kaya Kazuma (Japan) announced on Twitter that he ruptured his Achilles

Meet News

• Junior Pan Am Games
  • The United States won gold at Junior Pan Ams and Charleigh Bullock won the all-around title
  • Debate: is it ever acceptable to keep an injured athlete on a team?
• Rhythmic Worlds in Brazil
  • An awkward moment as the wrong national anthem was played for Germany's Darja Varfolomeev
  • Rin Keys (USA) becomes the first U.S. Rhythmic Gymnast to medal at the World Championships!
  • History maker! Anaïs Ossonon becomes the first-ever gymnast to represent the Ivory Coast at a Rhythmic World Championships
• World Games
  • Defying gravity: Tofig Aliyev of Azerbaijan competed the first ever triple-triple in competition!
  • Artistry check: artistic gymnastics needs to take notes from acro. Watch the British men's World Games acro performance

Mini-Commission: Are college gymnasts allowed to represent their universities in elite gymnastics settings?

Thank you to World Champion level Club Gym Nerd member Stacey Tovino (law professor at the University of Oklahoma!) Club Gym Nerd members help us pay our bills and in return get thank you goodies from us in return. See details at gymcastic.com under the "Join Club" tab.

• How do elite gymnasts choose to represent their club vs university?
• How can a university-employed coach coach at a non-college meet?

Elite Check-in: Who is the Best Gymnast in the World? 2025 Edition

• Anna Kalmykova leads the all-around leaderboard with a 57.365 in the all-around, but we have some questions
• Hezly Rivera's 56.400 on day two of U.S. Nationals is not far behind Kalmykova. Leanne Wong's 56.100 is also competitive
• Kaylia Nemour scored a 56.032 back in March. She has scored as high as 15.100 on bars and 14.650 on beam this year. If she can bring back her Yurchenko double-full, could she challenge for gold?
• While Manila Esposito may not have the highest all-around score this year, all four of her events pass the eye test

UPCOMING COMPETITIONS

• September 13-14: Paris World Cup
• September 26-28: Szombathely World Cup
• September 29-Oct 2: US Women’s Selection Camp

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• Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation 
  • GIFs of the Week and Meet schedule with links.
• Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
• Kensley's men's gymnastics site Neutral Deductions

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Travel stories from New Orleans, things you didn't see on the stream and which national champions have never won an event title.

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• Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation
  • GIFs of the Week and Meet schedule with links.
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The most impressive gymnastics, stories, highlights and controversies of the 2025 U.S. Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

GymCastic LIVE featuring: MORGAN HURD get your replay tickets here Women's Highlights from USA Championships

• Hezly Rivera is your new 2025 USA national all-around champion!
• Who are our event champions?
  • Vault: Wong with highest score in the world
  • Bars: Rivera and Blakely
  • Beam: Rivera
  • Floor: Rivera
• Our favorite moments from the meet:
  • Leanne Wong said "you're not leaving me off the Worlds team," and pulled a stuck Cheng for night two
  • Joscelyn Roberson whipped out a massive 6.5 D-score floor routine with a full-twisting double layout for her third pass!

Men's Highlights from USA Championships

• Question: Was this the right Worlds team pick? What about Frederick Richard? We debate
• How Patty Hoops 15.7'd himself a plane ticket to Jakarta
• We need to talk about Jackson Harrison's growth in the past year
• Fan favorites Charlie Larson and Jackson Harrison talk about the new men's transition (read that as dance) rules on men's floor.
• Kameron Nelson has not one, but TWO triple-backs on floor!
• Fred Richard and his new uniform: yay or nay?
• Are there too many triple-backs?

GYMTERNET NEWS

• Li Li Leung is stepping down as president & CEO of USA Gymnastics. Read her exit interview here

2025 U.S. Championships – Women’s Senior Results Rank No. Athlete Gym Prelim Final Combined 1 219 Hezly Rivera WOGA 55.600 56.400 112.000 2 217 Leanne Wong U of Florida 55.100 56.100 111.200 3 215 Joscelyn Roberson U of Arkansas 55.400 54.200 109.600 4 207 Ashlee Sullivan Metroplex 53.700 54.250 107.950 5 210 Simone Rose Pacific Reign 53.450 54.450 107.900 6 209 Jayla Hang Pacific Reign 52.250 55.400 107.650 7 214 Gabrielle Hardie Twin City Twisters 53.750 53.100 106.850 8 220 Dulcy Caylor World Champions 53.800 52.900 106.700 9 224 Tiana Sumanasekera World Champions 53.100 52.850 105.950 10 218 Claire Pease WOGA 51.600 53.950 105.550 11 206 Alicia Zhou Love Gym 51.950 52.800 104.750 12 204 Izzy Stassi Gym X‑Treme 53.300 50.750 104.050 13 211 Harlow Buddendeck RGA 52.000 52.000 104.000 14 201 Nola Matthews Airborne 52.150 51.750 103.900 15 223 Brooke Pierson World Champions 52.450 51.000 103.450 16 222 Reese Esponda World Champions 51.350 51.900 103.250 17 212 Ally Damelio San Mateo 50.450 52.150 102.600 18 221 Jordis Eichman World Champions 51.250 51.050 102.300 19 203 Annalisa Milton GAGE 51.300 50.600 101.900 20 208 Catherine Guy Pacific Reign 50.550 50.050 100.600 2025 Senior Women's National Team

• Skye Blakely — Frisco, Texas/University of Florida
• Dulcy Caylor — Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre
• Jayla Hang — Bellevue, Wash./Pacific Reign Gymnastics
• Gabrielle Hardie — Sioux Falls, S.D./Twin City Twisters
• Claire Pease — Sunnyvale, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics
• Hezly Rivera — Oradell, N.J./WOGA Gymnastics
• Joscelyn Roberson — Texarkana, Texas/University of Arkansas
• Simone Rose — Sammamish, Wash./Pacific Reign Gymnastics
• Ashlee Sullivan — Richardson, Texas/Metroplex Gymnastics
• Tiana Sumanasekera — Pleasanton, Calif./World Champions Centre
• Leanne Wong — Overland Park, Kan./University of Florida

2025 Men's World Team

October 19-25 in Jakarta, Indonesia Taylor Burkhart — Arvada, Colo./Stanford University^ Brandon Dang — San Jose, Calif./University of Illinois Asher Hong — Tomball, Texas/Stanford University Patrick Hoopes — Lehi, Utah/U.S. Air Force Academy Brody Malone — Aragon, Ga./EVO Gymnastics Kameron Nelson — Columbus, Ohio/Ohio State University Donnell Whittenburg — Baltimore, Md./EVO Gymnastics

2025 Senior Men’s National Team

• Fuzzy Benas — Richmond, Texas/University of Oklahoma
• Taylor Burkhart — Arvada, Colo./Stanford University
• Crew Bold — Delray Beach, Fla./University of Michigan
• Brandon Dang — San Jose, Calif./University of Illinois
• Asher Hong — Tomball, Texas/Stanford University
• Patrick Hoopes — Lehi, Utah/U.S. Air Force Academy
• Jun Iwai — Lewisville, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics
• Josh Karnes — Erie, Pa./Penn State University
• Riley Loos — El Dorado Hills, Calif./ Stanford University
• Brody Malone — Aragon, Ga./EVO Gymnastics
• Kameron Nelson — Columbus, Ohio/Ohio State University
• Dante Reive — West Point, N.Y./United States Military Academy
• Frederick Richard — Stoughton, Mass./University of Michigan
• Donnell Whittenburg — Baltimore, Md./EVO Gymnastics
• Colt Walker — Austin, Texas/Stanford University

UPCOMING COMPETITIONS

• August 19-22: Junior Pan Am Games
  • US: Lavi Crain, Charleigh Bullock, Kylie Smith, Addie VanGrinsven
• September 13-14: Paris World Cup 
• September 26-28: Szombathely World Cup
• September 29-October 2: US Women’s Selection Camp

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• Photo Galleries from 2025 U.S. Championships
• Day One Women’s U.S. Championships 2025
• Podium Training Report: 2025 U.S. Championships
• 2025 U.S. Championships Preview Episode

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• The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles by Aimee Boorman with Fact Checker. Aimee coached Simone from day one in gymnastics to three back to back World All Around titles, 14 world medals and an unprecedented 5 medals at the Rio Olympics. Get your copy now. And if you loved reading (or listening) to the book, please leave a review.
• Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation 
  • GIFs of the Week and Meet schedule with links.
• Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
• Kensley's men's gymnastics site Neutral Deductions

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2025 U.S. Championships Day Two!

This is our live coverage from New Orleans. We'll start about an hour after the meet ends. Login to reveal the extended episode. Here's how to ask questions live. Can't make it live? Add BTS to your favorite podcast player (instructions here).

GymCastic LIVE featuring MORGAN HURD: REPLAY tickets here Women’s Senior Day 2 All‑Around Results Rank No. Athlete Gym Prelim Final Combined 1 219 Hezly Rivera WOGA 55.600 56.400 112.000 2 217 Leanne Wong U of Florida 55.100 56.100 111.200 3 215 Joscelyn Roberson U of Arkansas 55.400 54.200 109.600 4 207 Ashlee Sullivan Metroplex 53.700 54.250 107.950 5 210 Simone Rose Pacific Reign 53.450 54.450 107.900 6 209 Jayla Hang Pacific Reign 52.250 55.400 107.650 7 214 Gabrielle Hardie Twin City Twisters 53.750 53.100 106.850 8 220 Dulcy Caylor World Champions 53.800 52.900 106.700 9 224 Tiana Sumanasekera World Champions 53.100 52.850 105.950 10 218 Claire Pease WOGA 51.600 53.950 105.550 11 206 Alicia Zhou Love Gym 51.950 52.800 104.750 12 204 Izzy Stassi Gym X‑Treme 53.300 50.750 104.050 13 211 Harlow Buddendeck RGA 52.000 52.000 104.000 14 201 Nola Matthews Airborne 52.150 51.750 103.900 15 223 Brooke Pierson World Champions 52.450 51.000 103.450 16 222 Reese Esponda World Champions 51.350 51.900 103.250 17 212 Ally Damelio San Mateo 50.450 52.150 102.600 18 221 Jordis Eichman World Champions 51.250 51.050 102.300 19 203 Annalisa Milton GAGE 51.300 50.600 101.900 20 208 Catherine Guy Pacific Reign 50.550 50.050 100.600 Senior Women's National Team

2025 Senior Women’s National Team Presented by Xfinity

• Skye Blakely — Frisco, Texas/University of Florida
• Dulcy Caylor — Spring , Texas/World Champions Centre
• Jayla Hang — Bellevue, Wash./Pacific Reign Gymnastics
• Gabrielle Hardie — Sioux Falls, S.D./Twin City Twisters
• Claire Pease — Sunnyvale, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics
• Hezly Rivera — Oradell, N.J./WOGA Gymnastics
• Joscelyn Roberson — Texarkana, Texas/University of Arkansas
• Simone Rose — Sammamish, Wash./Pacific Reign Gymnastics
• Ashlee Sullivan — Richardson, Texas/Metroplex Gymnastics
• Tiana Sumanasekera — Pleasanton, Calif./World Champions Centre
• Leanne Wong — Overland Park, Kan./University of Florida

  2025 Men's World Team

October 19-25 in Jakarta, Indonesia Taylor Burkhart — Arvada, Colo./Stanford University^ Brandon Dang — San Jose, Calif./University of Illinois Asher Hong — Tomball, Texas/Stanford University Patrick Hoopes — Lehi, Utah/U.S. Air Force Academy Brody Malone — Aragon, Ga./EVO Gymnastics Kameron Nelson — Columbus, Ohio/Ohio State University Donnell Whittenburg — Baltimore, Md./EVO Gymnastics

RELATED:

• Photo Galleries from 2025 U.S. Championships Day One Women’s U.S. Championships 2025 Podium Training Report: 2025 U.S. Championships 2025 U.S. Championships Preview Episode

CHECK OUT FACT CHECKER'S NEW BOOK WITH AIMEE BOORMAN

• The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles by Aimee Boorman with Fact Checker is topping the sport charts - SUCK IT SPORTS BALLS! Get your copy now. And if you loved reading (or listening) to the book, please leave a review.

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    • Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded, participate in watch-alongs with Spencer, access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails.
    • Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here.

MERCH

• GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast!
  • Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store

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• Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters 

RESOURCES

• Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation 
  • GIFs of the Week and Meet schedule with links.
• Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
• Kensley's men's gymnastics site Neutral Deductions

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2025 U.S. Championships Day One WAG!

This is our live coverage from New Orleans. We'll start about an hour after the meet  ends. Login to reveal the extended meet report. Here's how to ask questions live. Can't make it live? Add BTS to your favorite podcast player (instructions here).

GymCastic LIVE featuring MORGAN HURD: Tickets on sale now SENIOR RESULTS OF DAY ONE

1. Rivera - 55.600 and beam with 14.350.
2. Roberson - 55.400, leading FX with 14.150  and tied for first on UB with Zhou for 13.650. 
3. Wong - 55.100 and leading VT with 13.675

Not a member? Join here.We have a weekly Behind The Scenes live Q&A podcast and post-meet live exclusives all year long. It's all part of the bonus content for our Club Members who supporting our work year around. 

CHECK OUT FACT CHECKER'S NEW BOOK WITH AIMEE BOORMAN

• The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles by Aimee Boorman with Fact Checker is topping the sport charts - SUCK IT SPORTS BALLS! Get your copy now. And if you loved reading (or listening) to the book, please leave a review.

BONUS CONTENT 

• • • Club members can watch Vanessa Atler's live show by logging in to her live show page, it will appear below.
    • Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes.
    • Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded, participate in watch-alongs with Spencer, access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails.
    • Not sure about joining the club?  College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here.

MERCH

• GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast!
  • Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store

NEWSLETTERS

• Sign up for all three GymCastic newsletters 

RESOURCES

• Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation 
  • GIFs of the Week and Meet schedule with links.
• Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim

RESISTANCE  Submitted by you.

• • • Action
      • ResistBot
        • Turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes
      • 5Calls App will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you
        • • Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices)
            1. State your name and zip code or district
            2. Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ)
            3. Wait for answer
            4. Ask for action items -  tell them what you want then to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of...etc.)
      • Indivisible
        • Practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus
    • Donate or volunteer for organizations suing the administration for illegal actions
      • Lawsuit tracker by subject
      • ACLU
      • Southern Poverty Law Center
      • Northwest Immigration Law Project
    • Stay Informed:
      • 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties
      • Podcasts:
        • Amicus
        • Daily Beans
        • Pod Save America
        • Strict Scrutiny
    • Immigrant Rights
      • Know Your Rights Red Cards
      • We Have Rights Video
      • ACLU: Your Rights