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Mixed Team European Championships

The first EVER mixed-team event happened at the European Championships, Manila Esposito is once again the queen of Europe, and all the gymternet news

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HEADLINES

  • Mahdi Olfati showed a Yurchenko full-in at Asian Championships podium training and our jaw is still on the floor
  • Mary Lou Retton was arrested for a DUI in West Virginia
  • The biggest stories at the European Championships
    • Manila Esposito is the European All-Around Champion AGAIN!
    • This is Ana Barbosu’s world, and we’re all just living in it
    • We need to talk about the Mixed Pairs competition because strategy
    • The domination of grown-ass women
    • International world peace news starring Missouri Gymnastics

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

  • A rundown of who the Champions of Europe are in our heart and on paper
  • What were the coolest skills we saw at these Championships?
  • Our favorite opportunities for comedy
    • Why Ruby Evans and Jake Jarman are our new favorite comedy duo
  • When Jennifer Williams hits her beam routine, it’s so over for everyone else
  • In “everything is terrible” news, Helen Kevric injured her knee on vault
  • Alice D’Amato and Sabrina Voinea had some uh-ohs during qualification
  • The mixed-team event
    • An opportunity for comedy brought to you by Turkish Gymnastics
    • Thoughts on Germany’s win over Great Britain and Italy
    • I’m sorry, Italy had the highest cumulative score but only came in third??!?
    • How would we run a mixed-team event if we were in charge?

GYMTERNET NEWS

  • Civil Rights Attack and the NCAA Mini-Commission follow-up
    • Can we get the NCAA to boycott politically problematic states?
    • We mentioned the sports boycott of South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s, but notably the USAF let gymnasts compete in South Africa
  • College Transfer News
    • Brooke Pierson changes her commitment from Clemson to Georgia
    • Ashlee Sullivan changed her commitment from Michigan to UCLA
    • eMjae Frasier graduated from Cal early and will attend Florida for her final year of eligibility
    • Sadie Smith is transferring from Arkansas to Arizona
    • Naya Howard is transferring from Georgia to Michigan State
    • Madison Ulrich is transferring from Denver to LSU
    • Natalie Martin is transferring from Maryland to Ohio State
  • BJ Das got promoted to UCLA’s associate head coach
  • Megan Haught is Denver’s new assistant coach (previously a coach at WOGA)
  • Josh Nilson is the new Illinois head coach
  • Iowa State hires Jazmyn Estrella and Mary Wise as assistant coaches
  • Eli Seitz announced her retirement at Euros
  • Jade Barbosa announced she is pregnant
  • Brody Malone got married and wore his 2024 U.S. Championships belt buckle to his wedding
  • Justice for Arkansas: the SEC announced all nine teams will be at next year’s conference championships
  • Can Zoe catch a break? Zoe Miller had a second surgery on her other shoulder
  • Abbey Scanlon announced she will be returning to Cal for a fifth season
  • Dulcy Caylor, Jayla Hang, Gabrielle Hardie, Hezly Rivera, and Tiana Sumanasekera will represent the US at the Pan American Championships
  • Japan has named its Worlds team 4,000 years ahead of everyone else: Sugihara Aiko, Kishi Rina, Okamura Mana, and Nakamura Haruka
  • Dumpster fire news
    • The man accused of killing UW-Whitewater gymnast Kara Welsh appeared in court
    • Former English gymnastics coach, Michael Haynes, has been found guilty for raping and sexually assaulting two young girls in the 1980s
  • What’s happening on the social medias?
    • Luka van de Keybus had his baby celebrate his win on the podium at Belgian Championships

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Jessica and Spencer were joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner’s iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and being the new coaches at WCC.  Replay tickets available for a limited time.

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