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2024 NCAA Championship Recap & Olympic Qualification Update

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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
  • 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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