Archives for 2015

 

In the news, Uncle Tim, Spanny Tampson, and Jessica chat about (time stamps in parenthesis):

• Catalina Ponor is training again. Will she make the Romanian team? (3:30)
• Texas Dreams is raising an army of artistic gymnasts.
• Our listeners really liked this girl Colbi FloryTexas Prime Meet:
• Lilia Podkopayeva  resorted to thievery and dancing as a form of protest in order to defend the efforts of her team at the Legendz Classic. (11:00)
• Katelyn Ohashi returns to competition! (14:35)
• Spanny declares Oklahoma the new queens of choreography and has an out-of-body gym-gasm experience watching Chayse Capps in person.(40:15)
• Kyla Ross working new skills and applying to Stanford next year. (23:30)
• NCAA rankings and a review of the 10’s on vault. (33: 28)
• Kennedy Baker (Gators) does the sassiest arabian double pike in all the land. (48:45)
• Our picks for NCAA floor champ if as of right now, including Denver’s Nina McGee. (51:45)
• Alabama vs. Arkansas – Katie Bailey (Bama) might have done the highest full-out in the history of gymnastics; Courtney Kupets makes her debut as a television commentator. (1:01:50)
• UCLA vs. Arizona – Sam Peszek invents a new skill to cover a wobble, and Arizona continues their Halloween themed dramatic floor choreography. (1:15:25)
• PSU vs. Nebraska – where Nebraska continues to push the difficulty level with E’s on floor and variety on beam; while PSU star Robles steals the show. (1:21:16)
• Rage-o-Meter: Jessica is furious that the Penn State gymnastics team wrote the number 409 on their hands, according to a television broadcast, to honor football coach Joe Paterno. Paterno who was fired for failing to report child molestation to police even though it happened in the Penn State locker room and was reported to him by an eyewitness. (1:24:35)

Jerry Sandusky grand jury report.

Joe Paterno grand jury  .

The Freeh Report.

Article: What Paterno Admitted he knew: Sandusky couldn’t have done it without him

Article Penn State Hockey : Decision to put 409 stickers on helmets overshadowing program

Article Penn State Hockey: Athletic Director Sandy Barbour apologizes for 409 sticker tweet.

• 133: Interview – Katelyn Ohashi Commits to UCLA
• Videos: Katelyn Ohashi is back!
• 132: It’s Never Too Late to Start Adult Gymnastics
• Episode 131: A New Hope

 

She is the gymnastics equivalent of panda cubs playing in snow for the first time, combined with the feeling you got when Nastia did a pirouette on bars; the perfect gymnastics happiness pill. The 2013 American Cup all-around champion, Katelyn Ohashi, has committed to UCLA and we have the exclusive interview just hours after she announced her decision to her future teammates. We discuss:

• The candlelit moment when she told the team
• Why she chose UCLA and when she will start
• The status of her return to bars and what skills she’s working on
• Surprising her coach by busting out crazy dismounts
• The look on her face after her second pass on floor at Texas Prime last weekend
• What she thinks of the Tumblr posts you make about her
• Switching from coach Valeri Luikin to Laurent Landi
• If she knows that the gymternet is obsessed with Laurent

• Episode 23: Lloimincia Hall & The American Cup
• Episode 33: Simone Biles & Her Coaches
• Episode 39: Victoria Moors
• 61: Katelyn Ohashi Clears The Air

Watch all of Ohashi’s routines from this Texas Prime here.

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include:

• Could it be Aliya Mustafina’s love life that drew her to a new gym?
• If a gymnast like Shawn Johnson became a spokesperson for safe sex and contraception, could it change the image of gymnastics for the better?
• Scandal in Singapore! How do you get revenge when your coaches are fired? Hire them like Lim Heem Wei did.
• US elites, Ariana Guerra and Deanne Soza are back after injury and illness.
• Pac-12 Conference adopts changes that could put them ahead of the SEC.

In the news, Uncle Tim, Evan, and Jessica chat about:

• Updates and recaps from the NCAA meets: Georgia, UCLA, Florida, Michigan, LSU, Oklahoma, SJSU, and the men of Stanford and Cal.
• New rules you should know about for the NCAA competition this year.
• Elites premiers in college: Brenna Dowell, Peng Peng Lee and Brianna Brown from the famed Cincinnati Gymnastics.
• Favorite leotards, unique skills and our opinions of veterans new floor routines, including LSU’s Rheagan Courville and Lloimincia Hall.

Adult Gymnastics Camp 2015 details here.

Oakville Gymnastics 5th Annual World Masters Gymnastics Championships, which really just means they give out beer as a prize–details here.

Gymnastics Injury Data http://www.gymnasticsinjurydata.com/

• 116: Louis Smith, Amelle Berrabah of Team Sexy & Tumble Episode 5 Recap
• 113: Junior & Senior Women’s Finals from the 2014 US Championships in Pittsburgh, plus an Interview with Kim Zmeskal Burdette
• 112: Junior & Senior Women’s Prelims from the 2014 US Championships in Pittsburgh
• 130: Mary-Anne “Mez” Monckton
• Episode 129: Why Gabby Left Chow (or Chow left Gabby?) & Glasgow World Cup
• 128: Aly is Back

In the news, Jessica, Uncle Tim and Evan chat about:

• The freshly made senior elites, why we are excited about them, from Nia Dennis (USA) and Ryannon Jones (GB) to Flavia Saraiva (BR). (7:30)
• The best thing about new gymternet sweetheart Ksenia Klimenko’s beam video, aside from her gymnastics; the gong show.
• Evan reports in from the first and most mind blowing NCAA meet of the year so far; at the NorCal Classic where Cal won and Stanford came in fourth. Elizabeth Price murdered the vault, Taylor Rice made us imagine her beating Britney Spears down with a glittery hammer while Indian Princess, Kalliah McCartney, strummed at our heart strings with her tall-is-gorgeous-ness. (16:30)
• Evan predicts the eventual rise to power of Cal’s new competitor, Toni Ann Williams, the owner of a double front dismount on beam.
• NCAA season means we get to see our favorite elites in a whole new light. Find out who we are most excited to see – hint it’s Captain Canada for Jessica. (35:00)
• What should the best qualities be in an adult gymnastics coach? We have the example by way of an unusual ballet teacher.

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include:

• Aliya Mustafina is now working with Denis Ablyzian’s coach at a primarily male gym. (44:50)
• Uncle Tim reviews Shawn Johnson to find out what makes her taco pie pop on Celebrity Apprentice.
• USAG gifts us a video view of Simone Biles and her new Aliya bar dismount.
• Roxana Popa was competing with a torn ACL.
• Adrianna Kenebrew can do beam and squat-ons even though she’s legally blind – what’s your excuse grown ups?! Time for adult gymnastics for everyone!
• Shilese Jones is the newest immigrant to Buckeye Gymnastics with Gabrielle Douglas and Nia Dennis.
• Katelyn Ohashi announces her return to competition at Texas Prime as a level 10, but at age 17 why hasn’t she committed to college yet?
• The Olympics official add “sexual orientation” to Principle 6 of the charter. Should the FIG follow suit and ban meets in countries with anti-gay laws on the books?

 

Kenzo is doing a triple-double laid out!

Koji Uematsu posted an Instragram video of his piked Kovacs, tucked kovacs, Kolman, Gaylord II! Not human!

• 90: The 2014 Women’s NCAA Championships! Plus details from the Ljubljana World Cup, Korean Meet and Romania takes on Belgium and France
• Episode 33: Simone Biles & Her Coaches
• 89: Everybody Loves Raymond! Pacific Rim, Men’s NCAA Championships, plus a Russian Championships/Tokyo World Cup recap DO OVER!
• 106: Biles and Ross Dominate the 2014 US Secret Classic

Kalliah McCartney is our gymnastics goddess of the week. The Sacramento State junior is 5′ 7″ tall (normal human size), went to Naydenov Gymnastics (just like 2014 Secret Classic champ Jordan Chiles), and if that wasn’t enough, she is the decedent of a Native American princess in the Cowlitz tribe! We will be watching the Bulgarian trained mistress of elegance all season long. Expect her to make it to NCAA Championships again this year.

Watch this week’s playlist on YouTube here.