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IN THE NEWS

In the news, Spencer, and Jessica chat about:

• Chinese National Championships 2017 (1:40)
  • The floor fell apart
  • Shang Chunsong got a 3 on bars with a scary fall/ invents clear-hip seat drop to back tuck for 0.8 CV
  • Lo Huan gorgeous beam and bars
  • Li Qi (pronounced Lee Chee *squeals*) 6.3 D score (WOAH!) beam with so many missed connections.
    • Adorable gallop to handstand
    • Her floor is ready for NCAA. So. Ah. Mazing.
  • Chen Yile switch ring to catastrophe but is it the future of chinese bars
  • Du Siyu silver on bars
  • Lu Yufei doing a GORGEOUS Fabrichnova 
  • Zou Jingyuan stole the show and got really mad when he wasn’t perfect on the 6.6. D p-bars routine. 
• Level 10, Junior Olympic National Championships (26:07)
  • Watch every routines here.
  • Kalyxta Gamiao (Hawaiian Island Twisters) toe-on counter Kim
  • Aleah Finnegan (sister of Sarah) won age group AA/BB
  • Leanne Wong – Basically just won the 2020 US Bars title
  • Lexy Ramler (Minnesota, Kid Sport) toe-on full twisting shaposh to immediate pak;  also highest BB score of competition (aerial + split ring)
  • Ky George (Cal) will be the next NCAA floor star, highest FX score of meet
  • Vault:
    • We explain the JO vault bonus.
    • Kai Rivers (LSU, won the Nastia) – DTY (automatic 80-point Geddert behavior deduction)
    • Haleigh Bryant – handspring pike ½ is Rachel Slocum good
    • Lexi Graber got a 10 for this 1.5

GYMTERNET NEWS

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include (41:59):

• Nikita Nagornyy casually chucking a Tsuk double-double.
• A gymnastics name pronunciation database!
• Should Parkour be an Olympic sport and under the FIG?
• All the college coaching news
• The US men are actually going to University Games!
• “The Damage I’ve Done” Kristen Maloney
• Everyone should sing their heart out during their gymnastics dance class like these kids.
• When you miss prom because you qualified for Nationals, your coaches take you out for dinner in your prom dresses
• FEEDBACK:
  • Gender outrage: How is gymnastics gender unequal when rhythmic is only for women!
  • Military academy hazing
  • How to include Nassar news without triggering
• RAGE-0-METER
  • Stop the glitter trampoline insanity! Wear goggles and a mask!

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