Nellie Kim Code
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
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🗓️ 19 July 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
THE KIMS: What are all the elements named after Nellie Kim in the code of points? Who actually performed them first and when/what competition? Did Nellie Kim ever perform them, and when did she perform them for the first time? When did she name them after herself?
This is our commission giveaway episode! We gave away a full commissioned episode to one randomly drawn Club Gym Nerd member, and the winner was Inga, who really came through and commissioned an episode on:
The Nellie of it all
- Who is Nellie Kim, and how did she become one of the most powerful people in gymnastics?
- Why does she have 7 skills named after herself in the Code of Points, and when did that happen?
- The badass revelation that was her vaulting in 1976
- Skill-by-skill:
- We take each of the Kims in turn: which ones are totally legit (at least one! Potentially some!), which ones reflect the hustle of a winner, which are just the most brazen attention grabs, and which are just the silliest
The Playlist
Kim I Kim II Kim III Kim IV Kim V Kim VI Kim VII
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Of course, Nelly's still naming things after herself. |
| 0:02.8 | She probably had that burn book from Training Camp from 1974 still. |
| 0:08.6 | Remember the show is PG-13, so you might hear a naughty word or two. |
| 0:13.3 | Norberts is on the road. |
| 0:14.8 | They'll have a conference booth at Region 5, Region 6, Elite Nationals in San Jose and |
| 0:20.6 | Gat. |
| 0:21.6 | So stop by and say hello. |
| 0:23.4 | Mention Jim Castick to get additional savings on their already 10% off show-only discount. |
| 0:29.9 | No one doesn't want a discount on top of a discount. |
| 0:32.6 | Of course, you can find more at the website Norberts.net. |
| 0:38.8 | She wore her hair in yarn. |
| 0:41.6 | Her leotard had a zipper. |
| 0:44.2 | She wasn't afraid to argue with her coach in front of the TV cameras. |
| 0:49.2 | She named all the skills after herself. |
| 0:52.3 | She's such an epic badass that we're still talking about her today. |
| 0:57.9 | And she's still one of those powerful women in gymnastics. |
| 1:01.7 | It's the nullification of the code of points. |
| 1:04.9 | Every skill Nelly Kim has ever named after herself, it's the code of Nelly's episode. |
| 1:11.7 | This is the 29th episode for 2023. |
| 1:14.0 | It's July 18th and welcome to the number one gymnastics podcast in the galaxy. |
| 1:18.6 | I'm Jessica and her Spencer from the Balanced Beam situation. |
| 1:22.6 | Spencer, tell us about what happened with our commission. |
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