2024 U.S. Classic Recap
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
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🗓️ 21 May 2024
⏱️ 117 minutes
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Summary
Simone Biles won her gazilianth U.S. Classic alongside fellow Olympic all-around Champions: Suni Lee and Gabby Douglas. Jessica is joined by special guest, filing in for Spencer (who is back home!), is Paris 2024 gymnastics coordinator, Olympic and World Championships finalist assisstant coach of Brooklyn Moors, Denis Vachon. We discussed:
3:06 Denis talks about Paris Olympic preparations
5:02 Simone Biles told anyone attacking her family to "F*ck off" 9:45 Gymnasts on private jets marks a new era
10:56: What happened when photographer had their flash on as Simone did her triple double
13:11 Hypothetical rank all-around Olympic team if Classic was Trials
20:16 Signs of overtraining
23:06 Equipment was not the Olympic equipment
26:14 GymCastic live show and podcast schedule
29:41 Why Laurent is no longer standing in for Simone's double pike vault
32:04 Side by side example of Simone Biles superior vault technique
33:53 Konnor McClain's third place beam without a dismount and injury
36:19 Gabby Douglas excellent podium training, status and petition options after scratching post-bars
43:29 Are USAG rules discouraging all around
46:58 Rules update from Alicia Sacramone
49:43 How Denis handled athletes seeing injuries during competition
55:26 Shilese Jones' monster bars score, where it ranks for Olympic gold potential and why the construction is wise
1:01:06 Reining Olympic Champion, Suni Lee adding floor and winning beam with an easy dismount
1:07:08 Questions about routine construction vs limited skill options
1:23:20 Highest Scoring Team Machine from Emily Giambalvo at the Washington Post
Kaliya Lincoln tying for second with Shilese on floor
Why Tiana Sumanasekera and Dulcy Caylor impressed
1:26:27 Artistry Champions of the meet: Gabby Douglas, Nola Mathews, Simone Rose and Tyler Turner
1:29:02 Opportunities for Comedy presented by Adrian, Norah and Kieryn
1:42:39 Jordan Chiles on getting angry as motivation 1
:46:00 Gymternet News
1:37:12 Simone Rose and Jayla Hang on the extreme conditions they trained under in Colombia
Jade Carey, Leanne Wong, Kayla DiCello, Trinity Thomas and the battle to round out the highest scoring team
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- Immediate Post Meet Reactions: 2024 U.S. Classic
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | When she was standing there and everyone was cheering just while everyone was lining up, she just kept looking around the arena and smiling and like she was taking it all in like I can't believe I made it back here and I love it and I'm so happy and when she fell off bars people were chanting her name. |
| 0:17.1 | Chanting her name. Norbert is having a sale on climbing ropes. |
| 0:21.4 | All the different kinds of climbing ropes, Dennis. The ropes with the like white ones, the brown ones, the different kind of apparatus, hingy things. They still don't have footholds which is disappointing for me |
| 0:34.5 | Go to Norbert's dot com for a 10% discount on anything in the store with the code |
| 0:42.1 | gymnastic. |
| 0:43.2 | Norbert's is also giving away a $50 gift card |
| 0:45.5 | that we use on anything in their online store, |
| 0:48.1 | no minimum, just follow Norbert's Athletic on Instagram |
| 0:50.6 | and comment on the giveaway post. We are talking about everything that happened a classic this weekend. |
| 0:58.4 | Suni, Gabby, Shailise, Simone Biles. |
| 1:09.0 | Today is May 2024, 68 days, so the Olympics. Welcome to the Number One to NASA's podcast in the Galaxy. |
| 1:12.9 | I'm Jessica and I'm here with Dennis, |
| 1:15.7 | who was filling in for Spencer |
| 1:18.3 | who had a successful surgery last week, |
| 1:20.6 | so he is recovering. |
| 1:22.0 | Dennis Vashon, coach, he is also on the Paris |
| 1:26.4 | 2024 Organizing Committee for Gymnastics. |
| 1:30.1 | He has coached. |
| 1:31.5 | He is also basically an Olympic medalist because in your sport, Dennis, |
| 1:36.1 | World Games are the Olympics because in your TNT sport, it's not in the Olympics yet, |
| 1:41.1 | which is a real shame because it would be very popular and they should get rid of golf and put your sport in. |
| 1:46.2 | It's so you got a silver medal and in the scariest sport of all the sports. |
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