Description

Full Paris Olympic Games gymnastics preview; teams, all-around, event medal favorites, the unbelievable scandal rocking the Japanese team and fluffy, heartwarming backstories. Plus, in part two of our interview, Dr. Hugues Mercier describes how the judges are selected for the Olympics Games with the F.I.G. Judge Evaluation Program (JEP) and what he thinks of the NCAA 10.0 system.

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RELATED EPISODES

• Judging The Judges: Part One Hughes Mercier interview on Judges Evaluation System
• Interview with Simone Biles Rising director, Katie Walsh
• Simone Biles Rising docuseries review
• Biggest Olympic Gymnastics Judging Scandals
• Behind The Scenes: Back from Trials
• Behind The Scenes: Leos Liberated 

Olympic Trials

• • Paris Olympic Trials Recap 
  • Women's Day Two: Olympic Team Named
  • Men's Final
  • Women's Day One
  • Women's Podium Training
  • Olympic Trials Stuff
    • Photo Galleries
      • Women's Final
      • Women's Podium Training
      • Women's Day 1
      • Men's Day 1

2024 U.S. Classic Recap Podcast with Denis Vachon

RESOURCES 

• Spencer's Clickable Code of Points
• Highest scoring team machine from Emily Giambalvo at the Washington Post
• What Scores Get You a Medal
• How to Build The Paris Olympic Team
• The Highest scores, D scores and World Cup rankings at The Gymternet
• Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
• Men's Gymnastics coverage from Kensley Neutral Deductions

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