IN THE NEWS

• BREAKING TUESDAY UPDATE: Mary Bono has resigned. We perform a dramatic reading of her resignation letter. Now, to the show.
• USAG appoints Mary Bono as its interim CEO, and Jessica and Spencer have no opinions about that. Oh wait, the opposite.
  • The Nike tweet and why that (and her fake apology) is so, so bad
  • She worked for the damn USAG law firm
  • Meanwhile, Simone is being a CHAMPION
  • Has USAG learned NOTHING? (Spoiler: yes)
  • On what planet was a politician the right person right now?

ACTUAL GYMNASTICS

• The US women's worlds team has been named! And it makes sense!
  • SIMONE DEBUTED A NEW VAULT YOU GUYS
    • But seriously. This vault.
    • I mean...come on.
    • Just...
  • Streaming the selection competition — good for everyone!
  • Kara Eaker's beam score - how realistic is this?
  • BUT WHO IS THE ALTERNATE? WHAT SHOULD THE TEAM FINAL LINEUPS BE? WHO DOES BEAM IN QUALIFICATION? We discuss.
• A taste of next week's worlds preview as we discuss medal prospects for the US women's team

GYMTERNET NEWS

• Tom Forster did a Twitter Q&A that exceeded expectations and provided some actual information!
  • What is the Ted Stevens Act, how is it influencing US Olympic qualification decisions, and does that even make sense?
• USAG released the Jade Carey Rules about individual Olympic qualification. We break them down, with comments.

MEET ROUNDUP

• Youth Olympic Games — Italy has an all-around champion, Simone Biles wins meets she doesn't even enter now, and we dork out about the future for Ireland and Finland
• Romanian nationals — Denisa Golgota withdrew, sending the gymnastics world into a state of panic, but things look good for the 2020 seniors

FURTHER READING

• Things Are Happening – October 13, 2018
• US World Championships Team Named
• Selection Camp – Live Blog
• Things Are Happening – October 9, 2018

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