68: Most Fascinating People of 2013 - a podcast by gymcastic@gmail.com

 

Uncle Tim, Blythe, and Jessica chat about:

• Our picks for most fascinating people of 2013.


• Routines from 2013 that people will still be talking about 20 years from now.


• Victoria Moors at the Tokyo International.


• Oleg Verniaiev and Danell Leyva at the Valerie Liukin Invitational


• Tatiana Nabieva's retirement.


• Plus Rowena Needham, Kohei Uchimora, Mykayla Skinner and Sam Mikulak's cool new skills.

We give our opinions on the latest news stories from around the gymternet:

• Our fantasy gymnastics teams.


• The bars falling down in Ellie Black's gym.


• Aliya Mustafina's fan Q&A session on VK.com (translations thanks to World of Gymnastike).


• A Gabby Douglas gymnastics update.


• Lexie Priessman and Amelia Hundley health updates.


• Simone Biles new choreographer.


• The airport adventures of Sam Peszek and Eric Stonestreet (Cameron on Modern Family).


• Our two solutions for making elite floor more fun with less tumbling passes even though the Stork Stand is here to stay.


• We respond to listener Questions & Comments:
  
  
  
  • In tirade news - Jessica responds to a listener's offense over her designation of cheerleaders as wearers of "slutty" outfits.
  
  
  • The best camcorder for recording gymnastics meets.
  
  
  • Should USAG hold a red-carpet award gala like USA Swimmings' Golden Goggles?
  
  
  
  

• GymCastic's Top 6 Episodes of 2013


• By the Numbers: 2013's Top All-Around Gymnasts


• A Gym Nerd's Guide to NCAA Bars


• 65: NCAA Judge Dean Ratliff, Early Recruiting & Saving Temple Men's Gymnastics


• Episode 62: Pavlova to Azerbaijan, Oleg (Finally!) in Stuttgart & The Mexican Open Extravaganza


• Episode 48: Kyla Ross


• Episode 40: Michigan's Stacey Ervin


• Episode 39: Victoria Moors


• Episode 38: Svetlana Boginskaya

 

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