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GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

149: New Rules for Tokyo Olympics in 2020

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🗓️ 21 May 2015

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

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contest

What: Do your favorite Shannon Miller pose or choreography.

How: Post it on Twitter or Instagram, tag us and use any of these Steve Nunno quote hashtags: #ItsMillerTime or #InterGalacticChampion or #MillerTimeContest

Deadline: Monday, June 1st

Winner: Gets a copy of Shannon’s book!

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Shannon Miller © Dave Black

In the News

The FIG announced changes to the qualification rules for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Teams can only send four all-arounders, for a three-up three-count finals format. Qualifying teams can still also send two individual event specialists who qualify through several results from World Championships, World Cups and Continental Championships. For example, the US could still send six gymnasts to compete, four for the team medal, plus two event specialists. Uncle Tim, Spencer, and Jessica chat about the new rules and more:

  • New Olympic qualification rules:
    • Our gut feelings about the rule: from horror to elation and mistrust.
    • How will the new rules effect non-dominant teams and individual World medalists?
    • A list of questions that need to be answered about implementation before we can decide if this is good or bad.
    • Do we trust the FIG to implement the qualification system fairly?
    • Individuals and countries who stand to be damaged the most by the new rules.
    • What past Olympics have looked like for athletes like, Hollie Vise, Alicia Sacramone, Anna Li or Elizabeth Price if these rules had been in place.
  • Rhonda Faehn left University of Florida to be Senior Vice President of Women’s Program
    • Is Rhonda Faehn the House of Cards of gymnastics?
    • We discuss the reasons she was chosen specifically for the position.
    • Conspiracy theories about why a head college coach would leave...they never, ever leave.
    • We also think that
  • The Varna World Cup
    • How soon is too soon to start fixing the equipment after a routine?
    • Does the FIG need to have an intervention on behalf of Ri Se Gwang's ankles?
    • Pinheiro Rodrigues won rings with an Olympic cross.
    • We got to see a Church from Dufournet.
  • Sao Paolo World Cup
    • Brazil rolled out the soccer style enthusiasm for new senior, Flavia Saraiva.
    • Approve or Disapprove: Shang Chunsong's new back to back tumbling passes on beam.
    • Should elites use music on balance beam?
    • Enrique "Porn 'Stach" Gonzalez Sepulveda’s side roll!
  • Gymternet News:
    • Brazilian Federation investigates racist video by Arthur Nory.
    • Nastia almost made it to the finale of Dancing With The Stars.
    • Shawn Johnson posts a cryptic message about tumbling again.
    • The ugliest leotard we've ever seen: The Bavarian-tard.
    • NCAA Nationals: new proposal for a four team final.

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0:00.0

Do the new FIG rules spell doom or hope for 2020?

0:04.8

World Cup news and USA Gymnastics

0:07.8

recruited an NCA coach for the women's program.

0:11.5

Is she going to be the new Marta? This is

0:15.6

episode 149 for May 20th 2015. I'm Jessica and this is the number one gymnastics

0:22.2

podcast in the known universe and I'm here with the

0:26.7

Uncle Tim from Uncle Tim Toxman's gym and Spencer from the balance beam situation.

0:31.9

Hello gentlemen. Hello, gentlemen.

0:33.0

Hello.

0:34.0

Hi.

0:35.0

Quick note about last week.

0:37.0

I just want to mention that we did ask Shannon Miller for a comment about

0:40.0

a plastic surgery and she declined. And so I just want to let you guys know we weren't just like

0:44.7

talking afterwards without ever asking her about it so there's that and speaking of

0:49.2

Shannon Miller we have a contest happening right now you can win a copy of Shannon Miller's book.

0:55.0

All you have to do is submit a picture or a video.

0:58.0

Oh my God, we've gotten some great videos of you doing your favorite Shannon Miller pose or choreography on Twitter or

1:05.9

Instagram use the hashtag it's Miller time or if you want to do homage to Steve

1:11.5

Nuno her coach pound Intergalactic Champion, or you can use Miller

1:16.7

Time Contest.

1:18.0

Tag us in it and the deadline is June 1st to submit those.

1:22.0

Some people have gone as far as Casey submitted him actually doing the

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