NCAA Stars Who Could Go Elite? Plus Bărbosu Suspended, Belarus Returns & Acro's Olympic Problem
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
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🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
Ana Bărbosu has been provisionally suspended for whereabouts violations, the IOC has cleared Belarus restrictions, and USA Gymnastics is disputing claims from fired men's program manager Lisa Mendel. Plus: could NCAA stars like Selena Harris-Miranda, Avery Neff, Anna Roberts, and Nikki Smith make the leap to elite? We draft our dream NCAA-to-elite teams and answer a mini-commission on acro's Olympic future.
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HEADLINES
- Ana Barbosu has been provisionally suspended after an alleged "whereabouts failure" tied to missed out-of-competition testing
- The IOC no longer recommends restrictions on athletes from Belarus
- Lisa Mendel, the USAG Men's Program Manager, was fired from her position
- See USAG's response to Mendel's statement
GYMTERNET NEWS
- Jessa Hansen Parker received a five-year contract extension at Washington
- The French Ministry of Sports has dismissed the disciplinary proceedings against the former WAG high-performance director, Véronique Legras-Snoeck
- Former Oklahoma gymnast Jordan Bowers has been added to Nebraska's coaching staff
- Lynx Gymnastics Centre, the former gym of the Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova, has burned down
- Faith Torrez is the Honda Sport Award winner for gymnastics!
CHAPTERS
00:00 – Cold Open: Judges, Eat Your Pencils
00:33 – Headlines: Mendel, Bărbosu, Belarus & Mini-Commissions
01:23 – Corrections: Kara Eaker & Tabea Alt
04:08 – Ana Bărbosu Provisionally Suspended for Whereabouts Violations
09:05 – IOC Clears Belarus Restrictions, Russia Still Suspended
12:45 – Lisa Mendel Firing & USAG's SafeSport Statement
18:32 – Chae Campbell Live Show Replay Trailer
21:52 – Club Gym Nerd, BTS & Merch Updates
24:18 – Meet News: Michele Pineda, Oceania & Worlds Qualification
27:01 – Georgia Godwin's World-Medal-Pace Scores
29:47 – Courtney McGregor's Worlds Qualification Path
31:33 – Liechtenstein Makes World Cup History
33:08 – Gymnastics Greatest Stars of the Week
38:22 – Floor Slooff's Beam Sorcery
41:51 – Brazil Trophy Feelings, Tears & Dance Cam
44:22 – Level 10 Nationals, Raeya Linton & Broken Floors
53:08 – Gymternet News: Washington, France, Nebraska & Lynx Fire
58:18 – Gymdle, Gym Bee & Referral Program
59:40 – Mini-Commission: Could NCAA Stars Go Elite?
01:12:57 – Drafting the NCAA-to-Elite Dream Team
01:24:14 – Mini-Commission: What Happened to Acro?
01:32:04 – Olympic Program Cuts & Acro's Olympic Chances
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I just feel like if she competed in international meat, the judges would be like, |
| 0:05.8 | eat the pencil. |
| 0:06.9 | Throw it away. |
| 0:07.9 | Nobody needs it. |
| 0:11.6 | It's so good I want to eat a pencil. |
| 0:16.1 | That's the name of Jessica's committee to get gymnastics judging to enter the 21st century in terms of |
| 0:22.2 | technology and electronics. It's going to be called Judges Eat Your Pencils Incorporated. You shouldn't |
| 0:27.4 | have a pencil. You need to have an iPad. The USA Gymnastics Men's program manager says she was |
| 0:37.4 | fired for a failure to report to |
| 0:39.4 | save sport, but the info she had didn't amount to a good faith complaint. |
| 0:44.7 | USA Gymnastics countered, and we will read their exclusive statement to Gymkastic. |
| 0:50.1 | Anna Barbosu has been suspended for whereabouts violations, not doping different things. |
| 0:57.0 | The IOC says Belarus can compete now. |
| 1:00.6 | And we have many commissions today on Accro and on our dream elite NCAA team. |
| 1:07.3 | It's May 11th, 2026. |
| 1:09.4 | And welcome to Jimcastick, the number one gymnastics podcast in the |
| 1:12.5 | Galaxy. I'm Jessica and here with Spencer |
| 1:14.4 | from the balance beam situation. |
| 1:16.5 | Two corrections to start |
| 1:18.6 | today, because when we make a mistake, |
| 1:20.5 | we own it, and the first one is mine. |
| 1:23.6 | We own it, and we |
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