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HEADLINES
While Spencer is on the mend, Jessica is joined by Michigan great, Olivia Karas.
- LSU are Champions!!
- Courtney Kupets is out at Georgia. After seven seasons the UGA gymnastics coach, Courtney Kupets Carter, is gone. This has since kicked off a whirlwind of speculation surrounding her successor. The lead candidate heading into the weekend was new national champion head coach Jay Clark, which pushed a bidding war that is rumored to have reached $2 million before Clark turned it down according to our sources. We discuss the other coaches we’re hearing Georgia is interested in and are expected to make an announcement soon.
- We discuss how this transpired
- Why this is good for the sport
- Who we’ve heard is currently in the running
FINAL OLYMPIC QUALIFIER WORLD CUPS
- Qualifier World Cups have concluded and the spots go to:
- Vault: An Chang Ok (PRK), Valentina Georgieva (BUL)
- Uneven Bars: Georgia-Rose Brown (NZL), Levi Ruivivar (PHI)
- Balance Beam: Nina Derwael (BEL) , Ting Hua-Tien
- Emma Malabuyo (UCLA/PHL) failed to qualify
- She still has one more shot
- Emma Malabuyo (UCLA/PHL) failed to qualify
- Floor Exercise: Charlize Moerz (AUT), Laura Casabuena (ESP)
NCAA FINALS
- LSU won their first ever NCAA Championship
- The 8th NCAA program to be crowned champion
- The Stanford men won their fifth consecutive NCAA championship
- Bests and Worsts from Championships
- Judges Award for Getting it Right
- Shocking Twist Awards
- That Girl Award
- Mother Award
- Badass Skill Award
- Individual Queen Award
GYMTERNET NEWS
- The DOJ has reached a settlement with 139 claimants for a total of $138.7 million
- Sunisa Lee revealed she has been battling two kidney diseases
- Simone Biles is the 2024 Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award winner
- Curran Phillips’ coach says he withdrew from the Doha World Cup because of USAG policy
- GymCastic is featured in the Wall Street Journal
- Hashimoto Daiki wins his fourth straight All-Japan All-Around Championships title
- Morgan Price from Fisk University has won the first-ever collegiate national title for an HBCU gymnast
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- 2024 NCAA Championship Preview
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- Winter Cup Podium Training Week 8
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RESOURCES & CITATIONS
- NCAA Power Ranking – March 07, 2024
- GymCastic Fantasy YouTube Show
- Spencer’s The Balance Beam Situation
- Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
- Follow the effects of the Russian invasion to Ukraine at Gymnovosti
- The Highest scores, D scores and World Cup rankings at The Gymternet
- Men’s Gymnastics coverage from Kensley Neutral Deductions
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