Bronze Debacle: GymCastic Has Entered the Chat

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

The GEC Conference refuses to participate in the S.C.O.R.E. board judging accountability system. Wondering what happens now? We have answers from the oversight committee. Romania and the U.S. are both using GymCastic to argue their sides in the Paris bronze medal debacle, Livvy Dunne has thoughts on scoring, plus Corrupt or Correct and all the gymternet news.

Headlines

• Because of Elon Musks' double nazi salute, going forward, GymCastic will no longer link to Twitter. We encourage listeners to follow #Ncaagym and other gymnastics starter packs on Bluesky
• GymCastic confirmed Friday that the Gymnastics East Conference (GEC) refuses to participate in the S.C.O.R.E. Board pilot program
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• Romania and the United States both use GymCastic to argue their sides in the Paris floor bronze medal case appeal before the Swiss Supreme Court
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    • Simone Biles Rising Director Katie Walsh Interview Part One
    • Simone Biles Rising Docuseries Director, Katie Walsh Part Two

Gymternet News

• Ella Zirbes' (Utah) social media update about her floor troubles.
• Why former Russian rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva and her alleged relationship with Putin could help her win a political battle against Irina Viner
• People are mad at Livvy Dunne for her Tweet about NCAA scoring
• Anna Li's gymnasts and #itsnottrue reposts
• Follow-ups from last week
  • What is Helen Hu's valdez-thing called?

NCAA

• Surprise, surprise. Oklahoma still tops the NCAA rankings while Jade Carey leads the all-around
• Florida is the first team of the season to break into the 198s but we have thoughts
• LSU forgot to sacrifice another high heel this week and had some issues at Arkansas
  • Aleah Finnegan (LSU) accidentally got ejected from the floor on her double Arabian
• Opportunities for comedy
  • Eastern Michigan hosted the first annual Golden Girls Meet!
  • Raphaelle Perreault (LIU) accidentally launched herself into the guard rails and it was hilarious
  • A boy at the Alabama vs Oklahoma meet tried to distract Audrey Davis on vault but she was too locked-in to care

Corrupt or Correct

• Kaliya Lincoln and Amari Drayton both got 9.85s for their Yurchenko one-and-a-halfs. Neither vault score is possible.
• Follow-up question: is cowboying a deduction? This is why we need front and back judges.

NCAA Week 4 Highlights

• Brenna Neault's (Stanford) ring leap is the ONLY one that should be getting credit

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