Podcasts Sports GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast 208: Rio Olympics Preview

208: Rio Olympics Preview

Published: Aug. 3, 2016, 6:49 a.m.

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IN THE NEWS

In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer\xa0and Jessica chat about:

  • How to watch live on BBC, CBC or NBC (details here). We will be doing a podcast every day of podium training and for every\xa0competition! (1:04)
  • The End of the Perfect 10 Book Contest winners announced (4:07)
  • Russia: Despite reports,\xa0IOC still hasn't cleared the Russians (6:39)
  • Individuals with cool skills and stories to watch in the Mixed Groups
    • WAG\xa0(10:30):\xa0Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska\xa0double twisting gainer layout dismount,\xa0Vasiliki Millousi,\xa0Dipa Karmakar, Jessica Lopez,\xa0Zs\xf3fia Kov\xe1cs,\xa0Catalina Ponor, Guilia Steingruber, \xa0Houry Gebeshian,\xa0Hong Un Jong (who may complete a gorgeous triple twisting\xa0yurchenko),\xa0Toni-Ann Williams,\xa0Oksana Chusovitina, Larissa Miller
    • MAG\xa0(1:14:32): Manrique Larduet,\xa0Rayderley Zapata,\xa0Eleftherios Petrounias,\xa0Ri Se Gwang,\xa0Oleg Stepko,\xa0Enrique Tomas "porn 'stash" Gonzalez Sepulveda;\xa0and six-foot-tall World floor medalist,\xa0Alexander Shatilov. And of course,\xa0Igor Radivilov\u2019s triple front vault.\xa0
    • MAG team medal predictions (1:20:00)
  • Our actual\xa0and fantasy world picks for team and\xa0individual\xa0medals (53:01).
  • Uncle Tim compares each men's all-around medal contender to\xa0great works of literature (1:34:00)
  • Three great websites to get rankings for your fantasy gymnastics pool 4for4.info\xa0has sexy data up the ying-yang. For rankings check out, The Gymter.net Best Scores in 2016 , The All-Around\xa0WAG Best Scores 2016\xa0with D scores.\xa0
  • Average age of Olympic gymnasts at the 2016 Rio Games is 20. Breakdown\xa0here and full age spreadsheet here. (48:35)
GYMTERNET NEWS

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet includes(1:41:22):

  • Larissa Miller (AUS) had to vacate her room from the strong smell of gas.\xa0
  • Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson's Grander\xa0mentoring project\xa0is\xa0not their big #secretproject\xa0
  • The FIG has an app now.\xa0
  • Lauren Hopkins and Deanna Hong are working for NBC Olympics. Lauren is working on a show called The Daily Dismount
  • Simone Biles released her emojis - Simoji.
  • Al Trautwig (1:43:00) gave the worst PR interview that confirmed everything we already know about him; he's willfully ignorant, tries not to do his\xa0homework, and sees gymnastics as an "esoteric" sport too complicated for the average human. It was like listening to an old white man who hates anything non-baseball. His\xa0misogyny\xa0was evident when he compared two athletes with legitimate medal chances to each other.\xa0His\xa0factually correct statements about\xa0Gabby Douglas, "didn't look like a gold medalist" and "has fallen off the beam the last two times she's gone" to\xa0Sam Mikulak who he says, in stark contrast to Gabby, "every once in a while makes the odd mistake." Funny way to compare two potential medalists when\xa0Sam\xa0has fallen at almost every single competition he's entered into for years. The rage continues...
  • Despite Kellogg's tweeting to the contrary, Simone will not be walking in the opening ceremonies. Duh.\xa0
  • Aimee Boorman and Maggie Haney said they are getting Olympic tattoos and confirmed that Marta is on Twitter!\xa0
  • We created\xa0#GymUnsafe
    • A spreadsheet to track coaches who make the news for suspected abuse--filling the gap between the time coaches are investigated and subsequently banned or exonerated.\xa0For example, this USAG permanently ineligible member has opened a new gym.
OLYMPIC BRONZE CONTEST:\xa0A winner every other podcast in August!

What: The Bronze Movie Watch\xa0Party Kits (gym bag with goodies and the movie), The End of the Perfect 10 book, a U.S. Olympic Trials T-shirt or\xa0GRAND PRIZE*: A\xa0Bronze Movie gym bag filled with real\xa0props used in the film and the one of a kind, Aliya Mustafina cross-stitch handmade by Spanny Tampson.\xa0Open to Club Gym Nerd members only* How:\xa0Tweet, Instagram, Voicemail or Tumblr tag us and use the hashtag\xa0#BronzeContest to\xa0tell us which\xa0retired gymnast you would want\xa0to coach you, The Bronze style, to Olympic glory\xa0and why? Winners\xa0Announced: on\xa0every other podcast for the entire month of August! Starting with the women's podium training podcast.\xa0 Grand Prize Deadline: August 21st at midnight.\xa0

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