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Tokyo Olympics: Men's Team Final

Our instant reactions after watching a full day of the women's gymnastics qualifying round at the Tokyo Olympics: Simone didn't have her best competition, Rebeca Andrade placed second AA. The US finished behind Russia by more than a point going into Team Finals. Defending Olympic medalists failed to even make finals including Sanne Wevers on beam. Danusia Francis may have gotten the highest Execution score of the meet. Chuso got the standing ovation farewell she deserved. Tom Forster used the words of survivors to justify his poor decision making. Throughout the entire gymnastics Olympic competition we will be recording a live show from Tokyo. Our regular weekly public podcast will resume after the Olympics. In the meantime, here is a sample of our coverage for everyone; and our club members, who have made this coverage possible, have access to the full episodes. CLUB MEMBERS: Listen or Watch the full Behind The Scenes HERE Not a member? Join here. JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd or buy a gift membership for access to Behind the Scenes episodes. Behind The Scenes: Packed & Ready to go to Tokyo! Behind The Scenes: Another Unwell Belgian Bird Theme Behind The Scenes After Olympic Trials We Have Olympic Teams! Olympic Trials Day Two for Men & Women Live From Olympic Trials: Men & Women Day One Behind The Scenes: Post-Championships Debrief Behind The Scenes: Day Two US Women's Championships 2021 Behind The Scenes: Day One US Women's Championships 2021 Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have masks too! And Pride gear! RELATED Behind The Scenes: Tokyo Olympics MAG Qualifications Live Blog: 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Men’s Qualifications Tokyo Olympics: WAG Podium Training Live Blog: 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Women’s Podium Training Behind The Scenes: Tokyo Olympics WAG Podium Training Tokyo 2020: MAG Podium Training Live Blog: Tokyo 2020 MAG Podium Training Tokyo Olympics Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team Preview 399: CHUSO! (Commissioned) Olympic Trials Party and Postmortem Olympic Trials Preview: The Case for Every Athlete 2021 US Nationals Recap, Starring Petition Drama Gymnastics International: It's Not Nabs! Don't Sign National Team Agreement Until You Listen Simone Biles' Yurchenko Double Pike Has Landed and US Classic Review 440: Chinese Gymnastics Team Trainer: Annemarie Alf DPT, CSCS

Men's qualifications: our instant take after watching a day full of heartbreak (Kohei), triumph (Japan, Yoder, Rhys and Dalaloyan) and amazing careers come to an end (Epke). 

Olympic gymnast, Luciana Alvarado from Costa Rica kneels for Black Lives Matter during the choreography for her floor routine. This it the first known Black Lives Matter artistic expression ever used in an elite gymnastics routine. Simone Biles lands the yurchenko double pike at the Olympics for the first time in podium training. China, Japan, Nina vs. Suni, Brooklyn Moors, Eythora and more. To listen to BTS login here

Kara Eaker and the case of the positive alternate test. Did British Gymnastics break the rules? Dalaloyan did vault and floor three months post-op on an achilles tear. The vault acted like a bridge troll who didn't want anyone to get over it, including the US men.

US Men's National Team: A Never-ending Controversy Neither Paul Juda—who earned the US an Olympic +1 spot—nor Olympic alternate Allan Bower were given funded spots on the US national team or invited to the world selection camp. This is bonkers, and Kensley is about to lose it. (Head to the 2-hour mark of this mega-sode for a deep dive into the documentation and USAG's statements.) Olympic Preview Part 2 This Olympic preview comes with a 2-per-country trigger warning. The content discussed here may be re-traumatizing for those who have experienced 2-per-country or are sensitive to 2-per-country issues. Please take care of yourselves and watch with care. If you need support, please contact the Jordyn Wieber Fan Club at 1-800-Not-Over-It. Brace yourselves: We predict Simone Biles will win the women's all-around. But who are the next-best contenders for medals? It's going to be Oksana Chusovitina's 8th Olympics. Why are people talking about anything else? Why pommel horse is going to be the most exciting final Nina vs. Suni Jessica's feelings standouts There aren't enough spots in this beam final Spencer tries to make Jessica choose between Brooklyn Moors and Eythora Thorsdottir Can anyone catch Kohei on high bar? JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd or buy a gift membership for access to Behind the Scenes episodes. Behind The Scenes: Another Unwell Belgian Bird Theme Behind The Scenes After Olympic Trials We Have Olympic Teams! Olympic Trials Day Two for Men & Women Live From Olympic Trials: Men & Women Day One Behind The Scenes: Post-Championships Debrief Behind The Scenes: Day Two US Women's Championships 2021 Behind The Scenes: Day One US Women's Championships 2021 Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have masks too! And Pride gear! RELATED EPISODES Tokyo Olympics Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team Preview 399: CHUSO! (Commissioned) Olympic Trials Party and Postmortem Olympic Trials Preview: The Case for Every Athlete 2021 US Nationals Recap, Starring Petition Drama Gymnastics International: It's Not Nabs! Don't Sign National Team Agreement Until You Listen Simone Biles' Yurchenko Double Pike Has Landed and US Classic Review 440: Chinese Gymnastics Team Trainer: Annemarie Alf DPT, CSCS

OLYMPIC PREVIEW PART 1: Teams Today, we preview the 12 teams qualified to the women's competition at the Olympics: who's on them, expectations, storylines, and medal hopes. United States: How much of a fall buffer does the US have over everyone else? What records is Simone going to break, and when? And what 2-per-country problems should we start worrying about? Russia: How has this Russian generation closed the gap on the United States? Will Russia beat China for silver? Will a Russian win an all-around medal? China: How China is changing the tired narrative, both in age and event strength. You want 2-per-country drama? Check out the Chinese team trying to make the beam final. Japan: How will the team handle the host-country pressure? And how do we bring #JusticeforMai full circle? Italy: It's Vanessa Ferrari's 4th Olympics. Will a year of injuries compromise Italy's chance of another bronze medal? All your US questions post-trials in a rapid-fire Q&A. Well, medium-fire. OK, slow-fire. Plus what happened to Charlotte Drury and many other trampolinists. We discuss why the women's alternates changed since Olympic Trials.  France: It's Melanie time! Plus, can Boyer do it again? How will the team fare without Lorette Charpy? Canada: Never count out Ellie Black. The proper response to Brooklyn Moors' floor. How will an event-final focused selection strategy affect the team score? Netherlands: Eythora's voice-floor, Sanne's beam, and everything else about the most artistic team at the Olympics. Belgium: Will Nina win bars gold? Plus an intense breakdown of her very divisive floor routine. Germany: The sentimental underdogs of the Olympics bringing the age and unitard revolution. Also, why does Seitz not have more medals, and what are we doing about that? Spain: How do we get Roxana Popa back a floor final? JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd or buy a gift membership for access to Behind the Scenes episodes. Behind The Scenes After Olympic Trials We Have Olympic Teams! Olympic Trials Day Two for Men & Women Live From Olympic Trials: Men & Women Day One Behind The Scenes: Post-Championships Debrief Behind The Scenes: Day Two US Women's Championships 2021 Behind The Scenes: Day One US Women's Championships 2021 Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have masks too! And Pride gear! RELATED EPISODES Olympic Trials Party and Postmortem Olympic Trials Preview: The Case for Every Athlete 2021 US Nationals Recap, Starring Petition Drama Gymnastics International: It's Not Nabs! Don't Sign National Team Agreement Until You Listen Simone Biles' Yurchenko Double Pike Has Landed and US Classic Review 440: Chinese Gymnastics Team Trainer: Annemarie Alf DPT, CSCS

OLYMPIC TRIALS The Olympic team has been named The 4th spot: Why "going by the scores" and "going by the all-around standings" are NOT the same thing The misunderstanding about the actual problem with Martha's way of doing things We make the arguments for both MyKayla Skinner and Grace McCallum for the Olympic team Why Tom Forster's explanation didn't help, and why the athletes didn't actually "select themselves" Olympic Trials -- "Even though the computer tells us MyKayla on the team would be a couple of tenths higher, we're so so fortunate that our athletes are so strong that I don't think it's going to come down to tenths of a point in Tokyo. We didn't feel like it was worth changing the integrity of the process simply for a couple of tenths." - Tom Forster US Championships, Jessica asked, "Regarding the two team positions that will be selected, is it going to be closer to the 3-up-3 count highest score potential or just the top four all-around?" “Erm, well no, it will be.. you know the job is to put forth the strongest team that we believe can hit 3-up-3 count. And so, by rule, the top two all-rounders will be automatically on the team. And then Pro Score has a whole query system that shows us every possible scenario of team formation to get the highest score. So, we'll look at that to try to determine how to complete the team." The blatant self-sabotage that is the US women's use of the +1 spot Justice for Shilese Jones and Riley McCusker! Why did the women not select a 5th alternate? TIME Magazine enters the Hall of Shame A RAGE-O-METER that we swear we didn't write ourselves The Actual Competition for a Second Sunisa Lee outscored Simone on day 2. We gush about her everything, with a reminder about gymnastics goldfish memories Jordan Chiles is the most consistent gymnast in the United States Sparing a thought for Leanne Wong's very important floor routine Who do we think got Senoh-bars-ed off the Olympic team? And update on Emily Lee, as well as Jade Carey's Olympic plans The Men's Team We...agree with it? Good work, men's team. What went into the selection of Alec Yoder for the +1 The case for selecting Alex Diab Comparing the men's selection process with the women's and what the women's program could learn from the men's JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd or buy a gift membership for access to Behind the Scenes episodes. We Have Olympic Teams! Olympic Trials Day Two for Men & Women Live From Olympic Trials: Men & Women Day One Behind The Scenes: Post-Championships Debrief Behind The Scenes: Day Two US Women's Championships 2021 Behind The Scenes: Day One US Women's Championships 2021 Behind The Scenes: Gymnastics Time Warp Behind The Scenes: Sr. Session Two US Classic 2021 Behind The Scenes: Sr. Session One US Classic 2021 Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have masks too! And Pride gear! RELATED EPISODES Olympic Trials Preview: The Case for Every Athlete 2021 US Nationals Recap, Starring Petition Drama Gymnastics International: It's Not Nabs! Don't Sign National Team Agreement Until You Listen Simone Biles' Yurchenko Double Pike Has Landed and US Classic Review

Welcome to Behind The Scenes! (COMING SUNDAY) Day 1 Coverage of Men & Women Here Tonight we will discuss the Olympics Teams for Tokyo! This is our instant take directly after the competition. Our initial impressions and thoughts. Wednesday we will have our regular episode with discussion of every athlete, routine and so much analysis it will hurt. The first twenty minutes are available to everyone and then we tell the Behind The Scenes stories for our supporters who pay our way to these events, Club Gym Nerd members. U.S. Women's Olympic Team  Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, Grace McCallum.  Jade Carey +1 and MyKayla Skinner +2. Replacement Athletes: Kayla DiCello, Kara Eaker, Leanne Wong, Emma Malabuyo.  U.S. Men's Olympic Team Brody Malone, Belfast, Tenn./Stanford University Sam Mikulak, Newport Coast, Calif./U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center Yul Moldauer, Wellington, Colo./5280 Gymnastics Shane Wiskus, Spring Park, Minn./U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center Alec Yoder, Indianapolis, Ind./Ohio State University Replacement athletes Cameron Bock, Tustin, Calif./University of Michigan Allan Bower, Chandler, Ariz./University of Oklahoma Brandon Briones, Gilbert, Ariz./Stanford University Alex Diab, Glen Ellyn, Ill./University of Illinois Akash Modi, Morganville, N.J./Stanford University Going live after the women's Olympic Team is announced on Sunday. An hour and a half to two hours after the meet ends. Direct from Olympic Trials in St. Louis immediately following the conclusion of athlete interviews. Usually that's about an hour after the meet ends. BTS is a weekly live Q&A podcast just for club gym nerd members! It's our appreciation love letter to club members for supporting the show. Here's how to ask questions live.

We are live from St Louis at Olympic Trials. Our immediate reactions to night one of the women's and men's Olympic Trials including: the top scoring team after day one; the MAG second vault score investigation; Simone's double double beam dismount;  the standing ovation;  what you didn't see in podium training and on the sidelines, that Shane Wiskus had to say about his infamous high bar routine; COVID interference; Jordan Chiles and the vault springs battle; Jade suddenly un-scratcing from FX and more.  To hear the entire episode please login to Club Gym nerd. 

GYMTERNET NEWS Be sure to check out our US Olympic Trials Preview, where we make the case for every athlete Canada named its Olympic team, and it makes total sense and is free from controversy and drama. Canada we love you so much. Coaching news out of the Netherlands, including the decision on whether Vincent Wevers can coach at the Olympics The first Chinese Olympic test produced more questions than answers. Can we get special dispensation to name a team of five especially since Ou Yushan got a 15.6 on BB?! Kenzo Shirai announced his retirement Clemson is starting a women's gymnastics program! The Vanessa Ferrari v. Lara Mori Olympic battle royale in Doha Plus, the Supreme Court stabbed the NCAA cartel right in the heart JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd or buy a gift membership for access to Behind the Scenes episodes. Behind The Scenes: Olympic Trials Are Here! Meet Us in St. Louis Behind The Scenes: Post-Championships Debrief Behind The Scenes: Day Two US Women's Championships 2021 Behind The Scenes: Day One US Women's Championships 2021 Behind The Scenes: Gymnastics Time Warp Behind The Scenes: Sr. Session Two US Classic 2021 Behind The Scenes: Sr. Session One US Classic 2021 Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have masks too! And Pride gear! RELATED EPISODES Olympic Trials Preview: The Case for Every Athlete 2021 US Nationals Recap, Starring Petition Drama Gymnastics International: It's Not Nabs! Don't Sign National Team Agreement Until You Listen Simone Biles' Yurchenko Double Pike Has Landed and US Classic Review

OLYMPIC TRIALS PREVIEW The Favorites Simone Biles and the biggest question we have about her heading into trials Sunisa Lee and Jordan Chiles Who gets the second automatic team spot? What does each need to do to confirm her presumed spot on the team? Jade Carey She "has every intention" of taking her individual spot. So, good. Right? The Contenders From Wong to McCusker to McCallum to DiCello to Skinner and more, we make the Olympic team case for (and against—Spencer's part) every single athlete heading into Olympic Trials We grapple with questions like, can Leanne Wong hit consistently enough to get herself on the team? Would you feel comfortable putting Riley McCusker on the same team as Sunisa Lee? Can Grace McCallum return to her peak level in time? Men's Preview Kensley brings the TWIST with her picks for the two most likely men to get automatic spots on the Olympic team Is there any denying the top 3 favorites? What does Shane Wiskus have to do to get himself on the team? Is this finally the time that Allan Bower breaks his alternate streak? Won't somebody please think of Akash Modi???? Favorites for the +1 spot, including Stephen Nedoroscik, Alec Yoder, Eddie Penev, and Alex Diab, and why that race is the one we're most excited to watch MEET UP AT TRIALS:  Where: https://www.360-stl.com/ top of the Hilton . When: Saturday 26th (opens at 4pm) head over after MAG night two. Jessica will be there by 6-ish she hopes. JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd or buy a gift membership for access to Behind the Scenes episodes. Behind The Scenes: Post-Championships Debrief Behind The Scenes: Day Two US Women's Championships 2021 Behind The Scenes: Day One US Women's Championships 2021 Behind The Scenes: Gymnastics Time Warp Behind The Scenes: Sr. Session Two US Classic 2021 Behind The Scenes: Sr. Session One US Classic 2021 Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have masks too! And Pride gear! RELATED EPISODES 2021 US Nationals Recap, Starring Petition Drama Gymnastics International: It's Not Nabs! Don't Sign National Team Agreement Until You Listen Simone Biles' Yurchenko Double Pike Has Landed and US Classic Review THE FLIGHT SERIES: Shilese Jones  

BUT FIRST Updates on the US trials petition drama and the statement from USAG saying Tom Forster "misspoke" which only provoke more questions A palate cleanser of Laurie Hernandez's skill reveals GYMNASTICS INTERNATIONAL A deeper dive into the Becky Downie situation and how she says she was treated at her make-up trial Russian Cup Valentina just went ahead and announced the Olympic teams mid-competition "Likely Gerasimova" and whether that makes sense A deep interpretation of Viktoria Listunova's new floor routine Varvara Zubova is the beam champion The Nabieva 1/2 revolution Is it Nabs? Or is it not Nabs? Only Tatiana Nabieva can tell us Comparing Nina Derwael's version and Sanne Wevers' version The FIG screwed up with the values again Important developments from the first Dutch trial Plus, The German and French Olympic teams have been named, and that time Kohei got mad JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd or buy a gift membership for access to Behind the Scenes episodes. Behind The Scenes: Post-Championships Debrief Behind The Scenes: Day Two US Women's Championships 2021 Behind The Scenes: Day One US Women's Championships 2021 Behind The Scenes: Gymnastics Time Warp Behind The Scenes: Sr. Session Two US Classic 2021 Behind The Scenes: Sr. Session One US Classic 2021 Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have masks too! And Pride gear! RELATED EPISODES 2021 US Nationals Recap, Starring Petition Drama U.S. Nationals Preview & Kyle Shewfelt on his new book, Make It Happen Don't Sign National Team Agreement Until You Listen Simone Biles' Yurchenko Double Pike Has Landed and US Classic Review US Classic Preview Starring Chellsie and Simone

US NATIONALS Morgan Hurd was not advanced to Olympic Trials. We discuss what Tom Forster said to the press about it, the confusion USAG fully brought on itself, and whether that decision actually makes sense Simone Biles. Gushing about the best parts of her 7th national championship Queen of Consistency Jordan Chiles and Queen of Bars Composition Sunisa Lee Who makes up the highest-scoring Olympic team based on nationals? Who's still in contention? Why Tom Forster's press conference was great news for MyKayla Skinner Did Grace McCallum and Kayla DiCello jeopardize their chances with falls at nationals? The latest on the Jade Carey Problem Highlight routines like Riley McCusker's bars and Emma Malabuyo's beam The US men earned a +1 Olympic spot at Pan Ams Brody Malone broke Sam Mikulak's streak to win the national championship Realistic team and specialist options for the men's Olympic team BATTLE POMMEL HORSE is on for Olympic Trials OLYMPIC TEAM NEWS Becky Downie will not be in Tokyo as Great Britain announced its women's team Kohei ALMOST didn't make the Olympics Rebeca Andrade dominated to make the Olympics The EQUIPMENT WARS have come to France Aliya Mustafina officially announced something we are choosing to ignore JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd or buy a gift membership for access to Behind the Scenes episodes. Behind The Scenes: Day Two US Women's Championships 2021 Behind The Scenes: Day One US Women's Championships 2021 Behind The Scenes: Gymnastics Time Warp Behind The Scenes: Sr. Session Two US Classic 2021 Behind The Scenes: Sr. Session One US Classic 2021 Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have masks too! And Pride gear! RELATED EPISODES U.S. Nationals Preview & Kyle Shewfelt on his new book, Make It Happen Don't Sign National Team Agreement Until You Listen Simone Biles' Yurchenko Double Pike Has Landed and US Classic Review US Classic Preview Starring Chellsie and Simone Chinese and British Trial Chaos, and Project K: Decoding Romanian Secret Police Files on The Karolyis with Dr. Simona Petracovschi Unitard Revolution

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