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GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

Three World Champion Coaches Get Candid

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

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4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Marta Karolyi's last competition as head coach of the U.S. gymnastics team was the 2016 Olympic Games. Since then, everything at USA Gymnastics (USAG) has changed. The biggest sexual abuse scandal in sports history was uncovered and leadership at USAG turned over multiple times. What do the coaches of U.S. World Champions think about the cultural reshaping within USA Gymnastics? The special guests this episode are Cleo Washington, co-coach of 2017 all-around World Champion Morgan Hurd; Sarah Korngold, current coach of team World Champion Shilese Jones; and Owen Field, coach of team World Champion Leanne Wong and also associate head coach at Florida University. Club Gym Nerd members have a mini bonus episode from this interview to enjoy. They discuss:

  • Why Sarah and Owen decided to answer questions on social media
  • Their first experiences with USAG camps from dev to national team
  • The positive experiences they've had at national team camps
  • The changes they've seen over the years and the struggles to gain consensus amongst so many voices
  • How Owen and Leanne Wong navigated the last minute substitution and begin in a confusing vault final reserve situation at Antwerp Worlds in 2023
  • What surprised them during their first international assignments
  • Injury management and prevention in club, college and under USAG

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Remember this show is PG-13, so you might hear a naughty word or two.

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0:25.2

Today, an interview about USA Gymnastics culture processes and changes and

0:30.3

and sabotage at an international meet with three coaches of world champions.

0:37.0

Today is June 11th, 2024 and welcome to the number one gymnastics podcast in the galaxy,

0:42.2

I'm Jessica and before we get

0:44.0

into the meat of this interview I have some updates for you. We are having a live

0:48.3

show in Minneapolis right after the Paris Olympic team is named at Olympic trials.

0:54.0

We'll debrief as a family, get all of our feelings out, is it the right team?

0:58.3

This isn't a deep dive guest, you know, invails all of their secrets of their heart, but you never know who's going to show up to the live show and give their feelings about the team.

1:08.0

But anyway, it's a debrief about the team right after they're named, and in-person tickets are sold out but you can

1:14.8

still get virtual tickets at gymcastic.com. You can get on the waitlist if you try to

1:21.6

buy an in-person ticket there's a wait list on Eventbright, but no promises that any of those will become available.

1:26.4

We are also creating a fantasy league for Olympic trials, so that's coming soon. keep your eye out for when that is ready to go

1:36.0

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1:44.6

We have hats now so check that out at gymcast.com and if you need to find your

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