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GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

428: Black Lives Matter This Week Too

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

News, Sports News, Biles, Radio, Olympic, Simone, Podcast, Gymnastics, Douglas, Mckayla, Gymnast, Ncaa, Sports, Gymternet, Aly, Raisman, Maroney, Gabby

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2020

⏱️ 103 minutes

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HEADLINES

  • Kurt Thomas, 1978 and 1979 world champion, died of a stroke at age 64. We discuss his legacy.
  • More athletes detail stories of racism in college gymnastics—what Alabama's Tia Kiaku, Auburn gymnasts Kennedy Finister and Telah Black, Florida's Kytra Hunter, and Nebraska's Ashley Lambert said this week

GYMTERNET NEWS

  • European Championships have been rescheduled for December in Baku. Jessica is concerned for COVID reasons. Spencer is concerned for rule-consistency reasons. Kensley is optimistic. No one is surprised by any of this.
  • The FIG published the new, official Olympic qualification rules for 2021
  • The retirements of Courtney McGregor, Senna Deriks, and most of Romania
  • Which US elites have decided to keep training for Tokyo
  • NCAA transfer news for Addy De Jesus, Bailey Ferrer, and Mercedes Sanchez
  • Problems with the FBI, NCAA, and Kathy Klages, as per usual, and a coach suspension at Chelsea Piers
  • Nile Wilson released a documentary on his battle with addiction and mental health—we watched and have thoughts
  • Plus, feedback on Alexis Brown, why the gymternet didn't come for Sam Mikulak like it did for Ashton, and sports' exploitation of black athletes

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Also, Norber's is giving away one pound of chalk per week starting next week. If you want to enter this contest to one one pound of chalk for the next five

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line and we will give away one pound of chalk every week.

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We are very excited about this.

1:18.0

A couple of corrections, you know, things are moving fast, things have happened since we recorded last night.

1:25.0

So one correction the New York City Police Department of Budget is six billion dollars not three billion.

1:31.0

Also a new article came out about Dana Duckworth and Tia Kiyaku from Alabama.

1:38.0

And in this article, Tia's mom was interviewed and she detailed a phone call that she had with Dana where she talked about

1:46.0

Tia's sex life, alleged a sex life, and also asked her about having an absent dad and

1:52.1

seemed to equate the two together.

1:54.8

So that has happened.

1:57.1

Additionally, Nebraska, we talked about having a Berry agent in this episode, having someone who is an agent specifically to make

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