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INTERVIEW

This week, we have a very special chat with new world all-around champion, expert zombie-worm escaper, official badass woman, and favorite gymnast of young-adult authors the world over, MORGAN HURD. We discuss:

Whether we’re still allowed to call her Morgiboo
Which gymnasts she fangirls out over
If she’s totally sick of people talking about her glasses yet
All the behind-the-scenes scoop from worlds
- What she thinks about camp secrecy and possible SPIES
- What she thought about the lighting in the arena and training gym
- What happened when Ragan got injured before the AA final
- Who cried the most when she won
Current training and TOP-SECRET upgrades
Ideas for getting “the Hurd” in the code of points (we have a lot)
Upcoming competition plans
HARRY POTTER
- Which house Morgan was sorted into on Pottermore
- Morgan and Spencer throw down about Hagrid’s teaching abilities
- Statues of Dobby and fuzzy sock tributes
Which song from Hamilton would make the best floor music
Nastia’s obsession with her
Getting confused for a child literally all the time
How she decided on Florida
What she thinks about NBC’s “China would really love to have her” comments