Best of GymCastic: 80s Fight!
The greatest rivalries of the 1980s! This week, we have a commissioned episode from Club Gym Nerd member Kimo, who asked for an episode all about the 1980s rivalries between the Romanians and the Soviets, both team and individually. We are oh so happy to oblige! Setting the scene
- A history of Soviet dominance
- Romania\u2019s 1976 emergence
- The 1977 Europeans Romanian WALKOUT!
- The first great Romanian/Soviet rivalry\u2014Nadia vs. Nellie and how it may or may not have influenced the future of gymnastics
- Romania wins in 1979, the \u201cNadia Infected Wrist\u201d worlds
- The true story of Nadia\u2019s fake injury and government control
The Rivalry
- The 1980 Olympics of crazy judging
- Nadia vs. Davydova and the case of the 30-minute delay
- Nadia vs. Nellie and the case of the \u201ccomputer malfunction\u201d
- Mukhina\u2019s paralysis and the race for innovative difficulty
- 1981 Worlds
- The silliest scores of 1981 (oh, it\u2019s 9.800 for this)
- The case of the Szabo/Agache impersonation of 1981
- Romania ends up 4th. That\u2019s right 4th.
- 1983 Worlds
- Innovation from an all-star Soviet team\u2014YURCHENKO vaults, the SHISHOVA
- Just fangirling about Mostepanova for a while
- More fun with bonkers scoring
- 1984 boycott gives us an opportunity to talk about China
- 1985 Worlds
- Soviet Union casually adds Omelianchik and Shushunova to its already stellar 1983 team
- The Soviets were so deep that Shushunova placed FIFTH\xa0on her own team in qualification
- The evolution of Romanian floor to be less \u201cchicken dance\u201d and whether it contributed to what happened next
- 1987 and THE TIDE TURNS
- Silivas wins the European AA title in Moscow, and the Soviets (gasp) fall
- Romania gets its first world team title in 8 years
- How the addition of Aurelia Dobre changed the game for Romania
- Pro-Soviet bias in skill naming
- Dobre vs. Shushunova vs. Silivas vs. Baitova vs. Omelianchik. This was no two-way rivalry
- The 1988 Olympics and how timing is everything
- Firsts, Named Skills, and Innovators in Women's Artistic Gymnastics
- Zhaoqing World Challenge Cup
- 2019 JO Nationals
- 2019 Spring/Summer Schedule
- 344: Shushunova vs. Silivas 1988 (Commissioned)
- 342: A Quitter\u2019s Try \u2013 The CNN Parkettes Documentary (Commissioned)
- 341: The Call Is Coming from Inside the House
- 340: USAG and The Case of the Missing Documents
- 327: 1993 NCAA Nationals (Commissioned)
- 325: Olympics of Difference Makers (Commissioned)
- 313: Best Floor Routines EVAH! (Commissioned)
- 312: 4th Is the New 1st (Commissioned)
- 309: Perfect Form \u2013 The O\u2019Beirne Code (Commissioned)
- 308: 2004 Olympic All-Around Final (Commissioned)
- 306: Gymnastics Fails (Commissioned)
- 304: The GymCastic Olympics (Commissioned)
- 281: Myths, Legends, and Unexpected Moments PART 2 (Commissioned)
- 279: A Diva Is Magical: The Svetlana Khorkina Episode (Commissioned)
- 278: 2000 Sydney All-Around Final (Commissioned)
- 262: 1996 Olympic Event Finals (Commissioned)
- 258: The Fluff Cast (Commissioned)
- 256: 1996 Olympic All-Around Final (Commissioned)
- 255: 1996 Olympic Team Final (Commissioned)
- 252: Myths, Legends and Unexpected Moments in Gymnastics History (Commissioned)
- 228: Leotards (Commissioned)
- 225: 1992 Olympics Recap with Wendy Bruce (Commissioned)
- 185: 2008 Olympic All-Around Finals (Commissioned)