Best of GymCastic: Katya Zamolodchikova's Gymnastics Koffee Klatch
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
So good you asked for it again. In the summer of 2025, we welcomed Katya Zamolodchikova to the show. We discuss Katya's gymnastics origin story, ponder the legacy of Svetlana Khorkina's existence as a human being, thoughts on elite vs. NCAA gymnastics, and whether Nellie Kim or Nadia Comaneci would win in a bar fight.
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KATYA ZAMOLODCHIKOVA INTERVIEW
Ladies and gentlemen, girls, gays, and theys, it's the episode you've all been waiting for; this week we welcome drag queen, actor, host of one of the funniest YouTube channels on the internet, and certified Gym Nerd, Katya Zamolodchikova to the show! In this episode we discuss everyyttthinggg you have ever wanted to know about Katya's gymnastics background including:
- Why Katya got into gymnastics
- Who is in Katya's gymnastics "trifecta of fucking doom"
- Svetlana Khorkina, Svetlana Khorkina, and Svetlana Khorkina. Did we mention Svetlana Khorkina?
- Which Russian gymnasts inspired her drag name
- Why gymnastics is "fucking weird" but also amazing
- Katya's SPICY take on why we should eliminate music from women's floor
- The skill Katya thinks was created by a "satanic demon" (Hint: it starts with "wolf" and ends with "turn")
- Katya's thoughts on raising the age limit so minors can't compete in the Olympic Games
- Designated Gym Nerd-out time to gush over all of Katya's favorite gymnasts and skills
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | A reminder that today's show is TV 14. |
| 0:02.8 | It's an adult conversation. |
| 0:04.0 | So if you're listening with someone who shouldn't hear the F word, now is your warning. |
| 0:09.1 | Hey, this is one of your favorite episodes. |
| 0:12.2 | It's you guys listen to it the most, and we got the most feedback. |
| 0:15.5 | So please enjoy. |
| 0:16.7 | This very best of Jimcastic, all-star highlight, universal galactic champion episode from our archives. |
| 0:26.8 | Today, it's Drag Coffee Clotch with Katia Zamalachikova, drag queen extraordinaire. |
| 0:34.3 | It's July 28th, 2025, and welcome to the number one domestic podcast in the galaxy. |
| 0:39.6 | I'm just going to remember Spencer from the balance |
| 0:41.1 | theme situation. She should have taken that |
| 0:43.3 | gold medal and strangled that fucking... |
| 0:45.1 | Did you hear the witch is dead? |
| 0:49.0 | So, Spencer, tell the people |
| 0:51.2 | who don't already know, like if you've never |
| 0:53.1 | watched drag race |
| 0:54.1 | in your entire life about our guests. |
| 0:56.5 | Katia Zamalajikova emerged on the Boston drag scene in 2006, naming herself after one of her |
| 1:02.8 | favorite gymnasts, Yelena Zemalachikova. In 2015, she came to national prominence after |
| 1:07.8 | appearing on Season 7 of R RuPaul's drag race, finishing |
| 1:10.9 | fifth and winning the title of Miss Congeniality. In August 2016, she appeared on Rupal's |
| 1:16.2 | Drag Race All-Star Season 2, finishing in the top three. So please enjoy our extensive, detailed, |
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