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GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

315 The Simone Is Back Classic

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

Sports News, News, Sports

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2018

⏱️ 127 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

US CLASSIC

  • Simone won, duh
    • We detail all the quad records she set. With a fall. And a shattered toe.
    • The upgrades – Moors, Fabrichnova, Van Leeuwen
    • Thoughts on the weird floor scoring and her new choreography
  • Riley McCusker was FANTASTIC
  • Morgan Hurd's floor is a dream
  • Why does Texas Dreams (almost) never compete AA at Classic? 
  • Shilese Jones is a silent assassin that NBC didn't show at all
  • A little...social media drama...you might have heard about...
  • All the times Jessica screamed internally
  • PAGING CAROL: We have some bonkers scores to discuss
  • Tom Forster's excellent performance
  • Kerry Perry pulled a Steve Penny
  • The bizarre, stupid USAG judge shortage
  • The good and bad of the NBC/Olympic Channel broadcast
  • THE ARTFUL JUNIORS
    • The GAGE gymnasts put on a beautiful, perfect show
    • Kayla Di Cello and Jordan Bowers are the real deal
    • Sunisa Lee casually won beam without a dismount
    • All the times Jessica screamed internally, junior edition
  • Plus, what's infuriating us right now in US routines

GYMTERNET NEWS

  • Kerry Perry went back to Congress and got BURNED — #ItWasThursday
  • Aly tried to meet the new CEO of the USOC, and it went...not great
  • John Engler continued to be an actual monster
  • The presentation to the survivors at the ESPY Awards
  • The Daniels Report progress page and the web of lies it reveals
  • What's going on with Ashton Locklear, her coach, and those bullying reports
  • A preview of the European Injury Championships, beginning this Thursday

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Remember the show is PG-13 so you might hear a naughty word or two.

0:04.0

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0:15.6

Quick correction before we get started today in episode of 310 we said that

0:20.1

Pegulitic was fired from Australian gymnastics. That was incorrect. I'd like to

0:24.4

apologize for that. According to Gymastics Australia, she, quote, decided not to seek to renew her current

0:31.1

contract. Today, Simone came back and broke three world records

0:35.5

with a fall. The Jordan Bowers hype is real. World champ Morgiboo just keeps

0:41.0

getting better. Gage is killing us with Beauty, The Juniors can dance, a little

0:47.2

sports rivalry for a change of pace. Ashton has come out as a survivor, and Carrie Perry contradicted USAG's legal claims in front of Congress.

0:58.0

This is episode 315 for August 1st, 2018 and welcome to the number one gymnastics podcast in the

1:05.0

Galaxy! I'm Jessica Freshly back from Vacation. I'm here with Spencer from

1:10.0

the balance beam situation. Thank you to everyone who said hello in Ohio. It was so fun to be at

1:15.7

classics. It is my favorite meat hands down in the US to go to. I think we should have a

1:21.1

meet up in Boston except, Championships Boston except Spencer won't be there because once again

1:25.4

USAG has decided not to give us two credentials even though they did give us two credentials

1:29.8

always for me and a photographer before 2016 and since 2016 nope only one so there's that

1:36.8

so Spencer was not in Ohio I was but Spencer watched everything and I was there on the floor.

1:44.9

So let's discuss the U.S. Classic News.

1:49.3

Well, big surprise Simone won. I know you weren't expecting it. It was shocking. Yes.

1:55.2

So Simone Biles is your US Classic Champion scoring a 58-7. Second place silver medal was to Riley McCusker with a 57-5. A third was Morgan Heard with a 5635.

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