Elite Summer 2026: The New World Order
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
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🗓️ 9 June 2026
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Elite summer is officially here and GymCastic is breaking down the state of the art in gymnastics heading into the 2026 season. We discuss Simone Biles revealing she "almost died," Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos' emotional return to competition in France, and the gymnasts currently setting the global standard on vault, bars, beam and floor. From Kaylia Nemour's historic bars work to Hezly Rivera leading the all-around rankings, we analyze what it actually takes to contend for World medals in 2026. Plus: French Nationals artistry deductions, NCAA news, and the latest gymternet controversies.
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SHOW NOTES
Simone Biles shared that she "almost died" in what she called one of the scariest experiences of her life.
Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos returned to exhibition competition at French Nationals for the first time since the Paris Olympics, performing floor and discussing her recovery and renewal in Martinique.
French Nationals introduced separately listed artistry deductions in live scoring — the future is now.
Elena Colas won the French all-around title with a 54.250 and continues her rapid rise as one of the top new seniors in the world.
We break down the current world leaders on every apparatus and discuss:
• Why Kaylia Nemour is redefining bars
• Why Hezly Rivera is currently the all-around world leader
• What makes beam composition "state of the art"
• Why vault scoring may be changing
• What separates a 14 floor routine from a 13 in 2026
GYMTERNET NEWS
• Utah gymnastics Ghana trip controversy discussion
• NCAA age-rule proposal update
• New proposed NIL restrictions in Congress
• Texas abortion laws and athlete healthcare concerns
• Sam Oldham's charity comeback routine
• Jackson Harrison Achilles injury
• Emma Slevin transfers to Arkansas
• Coaching updates across NCAA
• Gymnastics Australia concussion investigation
CHAPTERS
00:00 Simone Biles' scary health news
01:21 Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos returns at French Nationals
08:30 French Nationals artistry deductions revolution
09:25 Elena Colas wins French Nationals
17:02 Elite Summer 2026 begins
18:08 All-Around World Leaders: Hezly Rivera vs Kaylia Nemour
27:12 Vault world leaders and why vaulting has changed
35:30 Bars: Why Kaylia Nemour is redefining gymnastics
49:05 Beam world leaders and Chinese beam excellence
1:02:02 Floor exercise: what makes a 14 in 2026?
1:10:18 Gymternet News
1:16:04 NCAA age rule proposal explained
1:19:08 New NIL bill and athlete pay debate
1:21:29 Texas abortion laws and athlete safety concerns
1:23:00 Sam Oldham's charity comeback routine
1:24:01 Jackson Harrison injury and Emma Slevin transfer
1:24:33 NCAA rules and laws limiting athlete income
1:25:58 Australia concussion investigation
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| 0:00.0 | What is state of the art in gymnastics going into 2026 elite summer? |
| 0:06.0 | We're going to tell you all about the world leaders right now and why they're in the place. |
| 0:11.0 | Your new French national champion is Elena Colas with a 54.25. |
| 0:16.0 | The Melanie de Hussos Santos returned to compete with an exhibition routine for the first time at French National since her heartbreaking Paris Olympics. |
| 0:28.5 | And we have some very scary Simone Biles news. It is June 8th, 2026. And welcome to the number one gymnasis podcast in the galaxy. I'm Jessica. I'm here with |
| 0:37.7 | Spencer from the balance beam situation. Let us begin with the headlines. Over the weekend, |
| 0:45.8 | Simone said that she almost died. She said she would give details later, but that dying was not |
| 0:53.2 | on her bingo card, which is a very |
| 0:55.1 | Simone way to put something scary. |
| 0:57.1 | She said, quote, one of if not the scariest experiences of my life. |
| 1:01.3 | Quote, I'll explain sooner or later. |
| 1:03.7 | She said it was even more scary because her husband's not here. |
| 1:07.0 | He's away because he's playing on another football team. |
| 1:11.6 | Less important sport. |
| 1:13.1 | Less important thing than being by her side all the time. |
| 1:15.8 | So wishing her the best, hoping she's okay. |
| 1:18.9 | And yeah, scary. |
| 1:21.5 | Okay. |
| 1:22.3 | May I, we have a lot to say about French nationals, but I need to preface French nationals by the Melanie |
| 1:29.6 | DeHsoucestis-Docentis return and the background of this. So on day one, she- |
| 1:37.2 | Melanie competed. Well, we had a discussion about this because I was like, she competed. And |
| 1:41.3 | Jessica was like, no, she was an exhibitioning. I was like, but she got a score. Yeah. She did a full routine with all the requirements and got a score. So I'm like, that's competing. But anyway, she did floor day one in the all-round day. Abby exhibitioned and beat Jordan Weber. Oh, yeah, because there were only like two American cup spots. Right, but she was, yeah. |
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