Interview: Luisa Blanco (48:17)
NCAA champion for Alabama, Colombian Olympian and Paris all-around finalist talks about her career and what’s next. In this week’s interview we discuss:
- Her next chapter in gymnastics
- Growing up at WOGA
- What her parents did to afford gymnastics
- Her most embarrassing fall of all time
- Learning a Patterson
- Why she went elite and what she learned about herself
- Details about her shoulder injury
- The Paris Olympic experience
Gymternet News
- German gymnasts are speaking up about abusive coaching practices. (2:31)
- Oceanside quad meet’s organizational disaster and the 2019 article in Variety detailing a lawsuit against the organizer.
- We said goodbye to Olympic great and holocaust survivor, Agnes Keleti. Watch her gorgeous beam routine under trees.
Week 1 Meet News
- Jessica and Spencer attended the American Gold Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Classic in Oceanside, CA and share their impressions
- How Jade Carey, even after all her success, continues to improve
- The return of Brooklyn Moors to three events
- Cal’s steady performance to open the season
- Reactions to the scoring and Score Board from Cal co-head coach, Justin Howell (27:02)
- Ondine Achampong (Cal/GB) on adjusting to life at Berkeley and her ACL recovery (46:26)
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