443 Gymnastics' Greatest Stars

WATCH HERE Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded (pre-edits with all the bloopers and blunders that don't make it onto the final show) and see video clips of the gymnastics while we discuss. This week's episode has been commissioned by Kim, who asked for an episode all about the 1991 VHS spectacular—GYMNASTICS' GREATEST STARS We discuss: Jessica's show-and-tell primary source artifacts Doris Fuchs Brause, meet interruptions, her skill, and alleged star-crossed Soviet lovers The Vera Caslavska protest (I mean, it is GymCastic...) Olga! Nadia! Nellie being all Nellie! Enthusiastic sexism...? Jessica's favorite broken kneecap Being personally victimized by the event order Elena Mukhina nightmares Why we don't talk about Tracee Talavera enough The Nancy Thies compromised cassette tape Tong Fei being the star of the whole thing Bart needing you to know that 1984 WAS NO FLUKE ...and a whole lot more, plus what we would include in GYMNASTICS' GREATEST STARS 2021 JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd for access to Behind the Scenes episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have masks too! RELATED EPISODES 441: Gymnastics Commentary Hall of Shame (Commissioned) Best of GymCastic: The FluffCast (Commissioned) 436: 2000 Women's Team Final (Commissioned) 433: Weirdest Gymnastics Exhibitions of the 90s (Commissioned) 431: 2003 Team Final (Commissioned) 246 Kathy Johnson Clark Interview