COLLEGE GYMNASTICS WEEK 1

Jessica and Spencer are joined this week by a special guest, the legend that is Peng Peng Lee, to recap the first weekend of the college gymnastics season

• RECORDS: Oklahoma sets a first-weekend record and BRENNA DID BEAM, breaking Jessica
• Peng reveals the secret to perfect beaming
• INJURIES: Bailie Key is going to miss another season and Lexie Priessman is coming back from her 9th surgery
  • Peng takes us through the roller coaster that has been her injury history, from back injuries that could have left her paralyzed, to stopping gymnastics for a year, to her multi-season ACL drama
  • Plus, how Peng's sixth year came about, why bridges are stupid and no one should do them, and where you can find her now
• OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMEDY: Arkansas has a hog nose on a chain, Alex Hyland has Fresh Prince of Bel-Air floor music, and Maya Bordas wins the beam save award
• HIGHLIGHTS: Natalie Wojcik is our freshman of the week, Gracie Kramer's floor is Spencer's favorite because of weird, and Claire Gagliardi from Ohio State has the most fantastic Yezhova (14:38)
• CRACK OR CORRECT:
  • Rachel Dickson's mathematically impossible beam score
  • Maddie Desch (1:05:55) receives 9.250 for a beam routine with no fall—we discuss what's right and what's wrong about this score
  • Were any of the vaults really 10s?

GYMTERNET NEWS (1:33:30)

• KENZO DID MAI'S FLOOR ROUTINE AHHHHHHH
• KRISTAL UZELAC IS RETURNING TO ELITE AHHHHHHH
• Jessica has been reading too many spy novels: Russian doping conspiracy theory edition
• USAG and Safesport news:
  • • USA Gymnastics' former coach Sergio Galvez accused of sexual misconduct
    • Indiana AG: USA Gymnastics' policy for handling sex abuse allegations falls short of law
    • Olympian Maroney Stays Nassar Case For USAG's Ch. 11
    • "Believed" Podcast Named Best Coverage of a News Story by The A.V. Club
• MELANIE AHHHHHHHH

LINKS

• Seth Delbridge has developed a MAG and WAG Code of points app
• Week 1 Ranking Notes
• Saturday Live Blog – January 5, 2019
• Friday Live Blog – January 4, 2019
• Things Are Happening – January 4, 2019

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