2012 Olympics Gymnastics Team Final Rewind | Fierce Five, Maroney's Vault, Russia vs USA
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GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
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🗓️ 3 September 2025
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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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| 0:00.0 | Remember, this show is PG-13, so you might hear a naughty word or two. |
| 0:05.0 | Today, a full recap of the London 2012 team finals in women's artistic gymnastics, |
| 0:14.3 | a commissioned episode we revisit. |
| 0:17.4 | Yes, we all have that music stuck in our head now. |
| 0:20.0 | It is September 2nd, 2025, and welcome to the number one to Manassas podcast in the Galaxy. I'm Jessica Spencer from the Valencien situation. Let us begin, Spencer, with the brief from Club Jim Nerd member, Jasmine. |
| 0:33.6 | Jasmine says, I would like a recap of the absolutely legendary competition, the 2012 Women's Olympic Team Final, specifically with attention to pressing thoughts and questions, including, did the USA have the best fault rotation ever, gross commentary? |
| 0:52.0 | A very broad category we will get into. We have many, many nominees for gross commentary. A very broad category we will get into. |
| 0:55.1 | We have many, many nominees for gross commentary. |
| 0:57.4 | We will indeed. |
| 0:58.1 | The concept of e-scores in the nines on events besides vault. |
| 1:02.7 | Could Russia have defeated the USA? |
| 1:05.2 | The decline of China and their failure to medal. |
| 1:08.1 | And Allie's floor. |
| 1:09.9 | Yes. |
| 1:11.0 | Great fodder. |
| 1:12.3 | I think it's time. |
| 1:13.0 | It's time for the 2012 Olympics to revisit. |
| 1:16.1 | It's been long enough that it feels like it's part of a different era. |
| 1:20.0 | So you can kind of go back with a retrospective monocle on and see like, what was that like? |
| 1:26.8 | Oh, yeah, huh? I love a retrospective monocle. |
| 1:30.8 | I also love the fact that Jasmine said, no, not to waste time on any predators or enablers who may |
| 1:38.8 | have been on the floor for these purposes this episode. They do not exist. This is just about |
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