The 2025 World Championships are next week! What do you need to know before the first ever Southeast Asian world championships? Who are our top all-arounders? We look at the data and tell you subdivision by subdivision 

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00:00 Show Intro – Why This Worlds is Different (No Teams!)
05:19 Individual Worlds Stories – Deng Yalan ; Misha Koudinov
09:55 Roster by the Numbers – Record Entries, Age Trends & Veterans
16:37 All-Around Preview & Draft – Jessica & Spencer Pick Their Lineups
30:00 Subdivision 1 – Japan Beam Standard, Fun Floor, Dutch Bars
30:30 Subdivision 2 – Canada Legends & Newbies, South Korea Beam Challenge
31:00 Subdivision 3 – Kaylia Nemour, Beam Nerd Session, Germany’s Glow-Up
31:30 Subdivision 4 – USA & Great Britain, Marta PK’s 13th Worlds
32:00 Subdivision 5 – Italy & France, Asia D’Amato Returns, Charpy Revenge Tour
32:30 Subdivision 6 – Romania, Ruby Pass & Australia, Jade Vansteenkiste
33:00 Subdivision 7 – Philippines Team, Host Indonesia, Mexico Veterans
33:30 Subdivision 8 – Brazil with Flavia, South Africa, Chile, Norway
34:00 Subdivision 9 – Neutral Russians, Vault Specialists
34:30 Subdivision 10 – China Anchors, Spain’s Petisco, Hungary’s Mayer
38:27 Updates – Live Podcasts, Raffle & Scholarships
45:00 Ad Break – Club Gym Nerd Bonus Coverage
54:45 Gymternet News – Russia’s Scoring Experiments & Clemson Scandal
1:08:00 Show Close – What’s Next from Jakarta

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW

• The World Championships are here! We are recording 8 podcasts LIVE from Jakarta
  • Check out the new GymCastic World Championships headquarters for podcast schedules, competition schedules, and competition previews
• The World Championships are coming to Southeast Asia for the first time! What should we know about the host, venue, and format of this competition?
• Sexism alert: the men are awarded more prize money than the women
• Why are these championships called a Jessica worlds? How is it different from the other worlds?
  • Why we're so excited for this to be the year of Deng Yalan (China)
  • The story of Misha Koudinov getting the full twisting front tuck over the high bar and why we think something similar could happen again this year

SPENCER'S GYMNASTICS LAB

• There are currently 186 women on the roster which is HUGE
  • How does this year's participation compare to individual worlds of the past?
  • Do we think participation has to do with geographic proximity to the host nation? Or is there a wider trend?
• What percentage of gymnasts are at their first World Championships?
• What is the average age of gymnasts at these Championships?
• Who are the World and Olympic medalists competing here?

ALL-AROUND DRAFT with PREVIEW

• This is a wide open year, who do we want included in the medal conversation? Who might Dulcy their way onto the podium?
• Jessica and Spencer each pick their “lead group” - the six gymnasts starting on vault and competing in Olympic order in the AA final
• The United States has won an all-around medal every year since 2001. Do we think this could be the year where that streak is broken?

30 SECOND SUBDIVISION PREVIEW

• Subdivision 1: The fun floor workers session
  • Okamura Mana setting the gold standard for artistry on beam
  • Our favorite fun floor contenders, Charlize Moerz and Hillary Heron
  • Watch out for Dutch bar workers like Sanna Veerman and Naomi Visser
• Subdivision 2: The legends and newbies session
  • Canada is bringing legends and newbies: Ellie Black, Shallon Olsen, Lia-Monica Fontaine, and Gabrielle Black. Our big question is who isn't vaulting in qualification?
  • Hwang Seohyun is not here to play around on beam and is bringing a potential 6.9 D-score!
  • Kaia Tanskanen bringing some NCAA realness to the elite world
• Subdivision 3: The glow up queens session
  • Kaylia Nemour. You might have heard of her.
  • Our favorite Taiwanese beamers Lai Pin-Ju and Ting Hua-Tien are here and might not make a final, but they will fill our emotional chalk bucket
  • Germany and Karina Schoemaier winning the glow-up queen of the year award
• Subdivision 4: The grown ass women session
  • The United States is here. What kind of performance are we expecting?
  • Do we think Ruby Evans brought her Amanar back?
  • Martha PK is back for her THIRTEENTH World Championships!
• Subdivision 5: The Italy and France artistry session
  • Asia D'Amato is so back and will be competing at her first Worlds since 2021
  • Lorette Charpy and Celia Serber are on their no-Olympic revenge tour
  • Thelma Aðalsteinsdóttir has some cool skills she's bringing to the table
• Subdivision 6: The 'What Will Romania Do?' Subdivision
  • Will Romania's Sabrina Voinea hit and make multiple finals?
  • Denisa Golgota is soo back, could she make finals?
  • How is Australia looking? Could Ruby Pass contend for an all-around medal?
  • We are so here for Jade Vansteenkiste's unapologetic, wine-glass breaking floor routine
• Subdivision 7: The 'look out for 2028' programs session
  • Finnegan and Malabuyo are here competing for the Philippines
  • What to look out for from our host team, team Indonesia
  • Mexico is bringing some veteran newbies to the meet
• Subdivision 8: The artistry checklist session
  • Flavia and the Brazilians. Do we need to say more?
  • Why this will be the year Caitlin Rooskrantz (South Africa) finishes in the top 25 on bars
  • Why we're dubbing Keisha Lockert (Norway) as the 'involvement of the body parts' queen
• Subdivision 9: The very neutral Russian session
  • How will a very inexperienced Russian squad respond to being back on the international stage?
    • On paper this squad has the potential to make lots of finals and win lots of medals. Will this all pan out in competition?
    • Which Russians will do the all-around during qualifications?
  • If you want to see some beautiful vaulting, look out for Valentina Georgieva (Bulgaria)
• Subdivision 10: The 'we understand the assignment' session
  •  China anchors the competition with medal favorites on nearly every event
  • Alba Petisco (Spain) is coming off a European all-around silver, could she factor into the medals here?
  • DO NOT be sleeping on the Hungarians
    • Are we all sleeping on Greta Mayer in the all-around?

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