GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast29 Sep 2025

Rolled Ankle-Gate! Selection Camp Down to 8 | Perotti Leads Italian World Team

Rolled Ankle-Gate rocks the U.S. Women's World Championships Selection Camp as Hezly Rivera and Claire Pease withdraw. With the team now down to 8 gymnasts, who's in the best position to make Jakarta World Championships team? Plus: huge surprises from Italian Nationals, Szombathely World Cup highlights, and the latest gymternet news.

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00:00:00 Intro – Selection camp + Italian Nationals hype

00:01:12 Rolled Ankle-Gate: Hezly Rivera & Claire Pease out 00:04:19 Selection Camp Preview – field down to 8

00:22:58 Spencer Team Prediction Calculator: why this helps Ashlee Sullivan

00:27:29 Win Club Gym Nerd membership or Commissioned episode

00:28:34 Kerri Strug biopic tangent 00:30:16 Italian Nationals – we aren't ok

00:30:39 Esposito & Alice D'Amato not going to Worlds

00:38:58 Who Italy is sending: Perotti, Fioravanti, Barzasi, Asia D'Amato

00:49:20 Martina Maggio returns on bars

00:51:40 Sideline comedy: Giorgia Villa & Angela Andreoli

00:52:15 Szombathely World Cup highlights

00:59:47 Favorite Routine: Tisha Vollman's Erceg mount

01:01:59 Gymternet News: Paralympic sanctions lifted for Russia/Belarus

01:03:28 Tragedy: Indonesian gymnast Al Bari

01:05:05 $350M foam pit lawsuit

01:10:26 Next show Oct 1st after U.S. Trials

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