Tokyo Olympics Recap
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
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🗓️ 24 August 2021
⏱️ 120 minutes
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Summary
OLYMPIC RECAP
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- BREAKING NEWS: Uncle Tim PhD has a new website gymnastics-history where he uncovered the truth about Petrik and Caslavska score change controversy. '"Soviet Larisa Petrik's preliminary scores were mysteriously upgraded, enabling her to tie Věra Čáslavská for the gold medal on floor." Well, the story is more complicated, and the sinister undertones aren't true. The judging scandal is a myth. Plain and simple."
- BEST OF: Our best moments of the Tokyo Olympics, from Suni Lee's all-around title, to Vanessa Ferrari finally getting her medal, to Nagornyy trying to crawl inside a wall, to unbroken ties, and more
- Simone and the Twisties: Reflecting on how it played out, how the media narrative evolved, and what would have happened if this were 2016
- Biggest Surprises: Including the Russian women winning the team final (and what the US program needs to learn from this) and Dalaloyan still being a live person
- The Controversies: Because it wouldn't be an Olympics without them. No one-touch, the demon springboard, salute deductions, and the men's floor tie
- All the things that happened but we're going to pretend didn't happen
- Does this signal the end of the era of US women's dominance?
- Does this signal the beginning of an era of Russian dominance?
- What will be the ultimate legacy of the Tokyo Olympics?
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| 0:00.0 | Remember, the show is PG-13. |
| 0:02.1 | So you might hear a naughty word or two. |
| 0:03.9 | This episode is brought to you by Norbert's. |
| 0:07.2 | For Norbert's August special, the on sale |
| 0:10.4 | are a rollable runway and runway tape. |
| 0:13.3 | So if you're interested, go to Norbert's.net. |
| 0:19.6 | Today, the full recap of the Tokyo Olympic Games, |
| 0:25.0 | the highlights, the lowlights, the things |
| 0:26.8 | that we've decided not to remember, |
| 0:29.2 | and the things that we will never forget |
| 0:31.3 | and constantly bring up for the rest of time. |
| 0:33.7 | This is episode 50 for the week of August 23rd for 2021. |
| 0:38.4 | And welcome to the Norbert's August podcast |
| 0:41.0 | and the galaxy. |
| 0:42.3 | I'm Jessica and I'm here with Spencer |
| 0:44.2 | from the Valentine situation. |
| 0:46.1 | And congratulations to our co-host, |
| 0:50.0 | Kinsley, who got married this past weekend. |
| 0:53.7 | I was there. |
| 0:55.6 | There was a portion of the vows |
| 0:59.6 | that I can't wait to tell you guys |
| 1:01.4 | about a behind the scenes this week |
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