This week we give an update on the latest gymnastics news including the Russian Cup and Tokyo Olympic qualifiers. In the second half of the episode we have an interview with 2004 Olympic All-Around Champion, Carly Patterson! Carly shares stories from her Olympic experience and that fateful day she won the Olympic AA title!  

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This week, we have two very special guests--Blake and Kino from the Half in Half Out Podcast--to discuss the ramifications of the 2021 U.S. Championships and our current Olympic team predictions. Also be sure to check out part 1 over on Half in Half Out to hear a more in depth discussion of Championships. 

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This week we catch up on the latest gymnastics news including Leah Smith's commitment to Arkansas, Konnor McClain switching gyms to train at WOGA, the unexpected death of Severine Djala Abaka, and more! Plus we share what we're looking forward to most with championships this weekend. 

Schedule for Championships: 

Thursday, June 3

Friday, June 4 

Saturday, June 5

Sunday, June 6 

The Gymternet article regarding lack of resources for developing programs: https://t.co/uIBFpB8XQu

Petition to get a gymnastics program at Clemson: http://chng.it/s2ph9YtH 

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This weeks episode is sponsored by Stephanie S and is all about NCAA controversies! We discuss the arrests of former Missouri gymnast Morgan Porter and all the fallout afterward, the arrest of former Florida gymnast Melanie Sinclair, a house party (involving Maggie Haney) gone wrong, suspicious college admissions and more! Links to news articles with more information on all the incidents we discuss are linked below. 

Lauren Li shoplifting: 

Melanie Sinclair arrest: 

Morgan Porter arrest/Shannon Welker: 

Tia Kiaku racism at Alabama: 

Scott Vetere, sexual relations with athlete: 

Maggie Haney college party: 

Nebraska Suspension:

Maria Claire and Cory Tomlinson: 

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This week we discuss Alexis Vasquez's retirement and give an update on the list of gymnasts who are taking a COVID year and will be returning in 2022. (Shoutout to College Gym Insights! You can view the full list here: https://collegegyminsights.wordpress.com/2021/03/14/2021-5th-6th-years) Later in the episode we talk with MSU gymnast Tristan Brown about overcoming obstacles in life; both prior to college and during. 

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The 2021 NCAA gymnastics season is officially over and the Michigan Wolverines are your NCAA Champions for the first time in history! Michigan is only the 7th program to win an NCAA Championship and boy was it a nail biter! We discuss it all plus we are joined by a few of the champs--Sierra Brooks and Abby Heiskell and coach Bev Plocki to talk about the historic win. 

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