In the news, Uncle Tim and Jess chat about:
- The $10,000 leo awarded to Ukrainian’s Angelina Kysla
- The genius of the Mexican Open marketing and the US juniors, Bailie Key and Laurie Hernandez
- Oleg Verniaiev finally lives up to his potential at the Stuttgart World Cup
- Mustafina’s new beam series, Peyton Ernst’s nerves, Elizabeth Price’s killer Amanar, Sophie Scheder luxurious bar set and John Orozco’s vault issues.
- The terrifying bar dismounts of Tatiana Nabieva and Yao Jinnan in Stuttgart.
We discuss the very latest from around the gymternet:
- The gymnastics coup d’etat: Azerbaijan recruiting Anna Pavlova and Yulia Inshina to compete for them instead of Russia.
- Speculation on the true reasons for Oksana Chusovitina return to Uzbekistan.
- McKayla Maroney on the TV show Bones, this Friday December 6th.
- How to play in the world’s only Fantasy Gymnastics league! Follow them on Twitter @FantasyGym and use #FantasyGym to talk smack. Draft period is December 7-28. Don’t miss the deadline. This is so freakin’ cool!
- The greatest gym nerd gift guide in the entire world, made by us.
Elizabeth Price
Svetlana Boguinskaya
Laurie Hernandez
Terin Humphrey

Ukrainian gymnast Angelina Kysla wearing her one-of-a-kind leotard prize by GK at the 3rd Mexico Open in Acapulco. Nadia Comaneci and Svetlana Boginskaya chose Kysla as the winner of the GK Prize for Elegance. The award – this $10,000 leo.
Photo courtesy of International Gymnast magazine.
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