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- WOGA trained Russian born, US green card holder, Irina Alexeva won the open division.
- Alexeeva’s bar routine (6.2 D / 14.833)
- Anastasia Ilyankova (RUS) insane bar routine.
- Alison Lepin (FRA) finished second AA with her upper-body gravity defying bars.
- Lepin’s coaches demonstrated WHY we pull the board
- We solve Seda Tutkhalyan (RUS) falling five time problems (BB example here).
- WOGA trained Russian born, US green card holder, Irina Alexeva won the open division.
- Blume Memorial
- Nikita Nagornyy (RUS) stuck triple back
- Man with suspenders holding up his wind pants distracted us.
- Arthur Gander Memorial
- Here are a few of Angelina Melnikova’s (RUS) routines from the Arthur Gander Memorial, which she won.
- Igor Radivilov (UKR) stuck Dragilescue
- We discuss the prize money
- NCAA National Signing Day BB Situation highlights:
- Kyla Bryant – Stanford – floor – DLO, open double tuck
- Kyana George – Cal – is a queen!
- If Katelyn Ohashi competes her laid out full on beam, we think it will be the first ever done in NCAA.
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- Gabby and Simone shared a floor routine for the final tour stop! World peace ensued!
- Shawn Johnson spoke her TRUTH in this Tour Rant: It is AWESOME!
- Aliya got married.
- Former Federal Prosecutor Daniels will spearhead independent review of USAGym’s handling of sexual misconduct issues. According to USAG the final report will be available to the public.
- Louis Smith and Luke Carson have been sanctioned
- Aly Raisman talks about some losers who bullied her for being ‘too strong’
- “So, how stoned is ‘too stoned’ to spot a child on the uneven bars?” Child gymnastic coach’s medical marijuana use goes to B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.
- Khorkina, Nemov, and Zamo can still do standing back tucks!
- Simone Biles thinks she can get better before 2020!
- Yuri Van Gelder: I didn’t kill anyone; I just went to bed late.
- All gymnastics staff from front desk to janitorial and volunteers need to be background checked for felonies and misdomeanors. Jury trial scheduled for Jeena Nilson registered sex offender who was volunteering at her daughter’s gymnastics school.
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I’m pretty sure the Russian coach is not wearing suspenders (Unfortunately, that would be awesome)
That last listener’s letter was EVERYTHING. Also, the delivery made it justice, thanks, Jessica. I was legit belly-laughing at 1 AM.
RE: Jessica\’s comment about drinking in gymnastics.
YES! I was a judge in a certain midwestern state for a few years. Meets that span whole weekends are a mess. The coaches and judges often party together at the meet hotel, which is just ridiculous to me. No one should be showing up to judge or coach day 2 of a meet hungover, or still drunk. Blew my mind. If I had known that was going on when I was an athlete in the same state, I would\’ve been furious.
Not only is it unsafe, it\’s unfair. The judges spoke highly of the coaches they drank with. I know the gymnastics community is small with overlapping between coaches and judges, and that judges and coaches are often friends, but this seems like a huge conflict of interest, especially in the middle of a two or three day meet.
No one has ever been as angry about crushed vs smooth velvet as that letter writer lol.
Maybe you guys discussed this in a previous podcast and I missed it but do we think Ohashi is really going to try for 2020 beam specialist?