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MEET NEWS

• Live Show with Kennedy Baker and our overall impressions of the weekend (3:58)
• UCLA wins its 7th national title in remarkable upset fashion! (Super Six 13:19)
  • Peng. Peng Peng Peng Peng Peng. Peng.
  • Oklahoma finishes less than a single deduction behind UCLA. It’s the Gutsu/Miller of our time. 
  • We break down the small, tiny, minuscule, infinitesimal differences that decided the title
  • Jessica and Spencer argue over how to count to 4. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT.
  • Most exciting Super Six EVAH?
• BYES ARE OVER. Why this was the best possible advertisement for a four-team final, and why it’s going to get even harder next year.
• Important Moments about Feelings with Jessica (28:56)
  • Cereal gobbling, romance, wedgies, hot dads, crying, car accidents, positivity, red pants, hype planes, chariots, dino buns, Disney World, EEEEEEEEEEEEE…you know how it goes
• Probably too much discussion of coach fashion and hot random staff members (just kidding) (it’s never too much) (Suzanne’s heels, you guys)
• Special New Segment: Crack or Crack? The answer is Crack.  
• Why Ebee transcends teams and stole the show in the semifinal for multiple standing ovations and Jessica tears (Semifinals 52:29)
• Just Maggie Nichols things
• Alabama misses Super Six for the first time since 2007, without counting a fall
• Cursed floor mats and lights flickering (1:24:50)
• Spencer has a random complaint about the rules. We’re all shocked. 

GYMTERNET NEWS (1:42:30)

• WSJ published a chronology of the sexual abuse of McKayla Maroney
• The hour-long Dateline with Maroney and the Karolyis. We have some……notes.
  • Was it too charitable to the Karolyis?
  • Is over-focusing on the Karolyis missing the point and diverting attention?
  • NBC fails to acknowledge its own role in perpetuating the Karolyi system
  • Martha doesn’t think the gymnasts were afraid of her, was never verbally abusive, and never called them fat.
    • Mmmmmm. Mmmhmmm. Sure. We believe you.
    • Except we don’t. Here are the receipts.
  • “I don’t see any other way.” Let us show you. 
  • Maroney calls out the “silent abuse,” the “torture camp,” and the system of fear and punishment that opened the door for grooming behavior 
  • We ask: Why isn’t anyone investigating AOGC?
  • “You knew what I ate, you knew what I wore, you controlled what I said—how could you not know?”
  • Gina Nichols staring angrily out a window is our spirit animal
  • More trouble with Fran, a.k.a. Some Random Lady. Aly has the texts.
• SIMONE TRAINING VIDEO DISTRACTION (2:42:46) 
  • Double double on bars, double double on beam, SHAP HALF, Moors, TTY. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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RELATED EPISODES

• 300: Jesolo and Tokyo for the Brave 300
• 299: When Sabrina and Rhys Became Legends
• 298: Geddert and Karolyis Rage-O-Meter Special
• 297: The Jig of Victory
• 296: Komova in Stuttgart, NCAA Crack, and the Ranch Incident
• 295: Elvire Teza and Cecile Canqueteau-Landi
• 294: American Cup 2018
• 293: EXCLUSIVE Inside Elite Verification
• 287: Simone and Maggie Too
• 282: GymCastic Book Club – Fierce, by Aly Raisman
• 281.5: Aly Raisman Comes Forward As Nassar Victim
• 277.5: McKayla Maroney Alleges Abuse from Nassar
• 190: Maroney’s Coaches Respond, Do-Overs, Drug Tests, Glasgow and Gymnix
• 187: McKayla Maroney

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