Gymnastics International

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• Updates on the US trials petition drama and the statement from USAG saying Tom Forster "misspoke" which only provoke more questions
• A palate cleanser of Laurie Hernandez's skill reveals

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• A deeper dive into the Becky Downie situation and how she says she was treated at her make-up trial
• Russian Cup
  • Valentina just went ahead and announced the Olympic teams mid-competition
  • "Likely Gerasimova" and whether that makes sense
  • A deep interpretation of Viktoria Listunova's new floor routine
  • Varvara Zubova is the beam champion
• The Nabieva 1/2 revolution
  • Is it Nabs? Or is it not Nabs? Only Tatiana Nabieva can tell us
  • Comparing Nina Derwael's version and Sanne Wevers' version
  • The FIG screwed up with the values again
• Important developments from the first Dutch trial
• Plus, The German and French Olympic teams have been named, and that time Kohei got mad

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THE FLIGHT SERIES: Shilese Jones

 

Viktoria Listunova, AA champion, queen of vault faces. Vladislava Urazova AA silver, bringing back the beam mount SERIES. Angelina Melnikova, won floor even though she thought she wasn't ready. Challengers: Yana Vorona – Split jump to immediate front tuck on beam. Elena Gerasimova, Hit beam every time despite being RUSSIAN. Lilia Akhaimova – How will her injury influence her Olympic status? Iliankova – Is she the last bars specialist standing? Sadness and Icons too.

GYMNASTICS INTERNATIONAL

Welcome to Gymnastics International! On this show, we take a deep dive into the latest competitions from around the world, covering them with the depth and detail they truly deserve. This week: Russian Nationals and Chinese Nationals

RUSSIAN NATIONALS

Tatiana Nabieva is the national vault champion for 2020 and all is right with the world, Maria Kharenkova is the Russian beam champion despite no longer competing for Russia, everyone needs to leave Elena Eremina alone, Uliana Perebinosova delivered Derwael-Fenton realness to win the AA, Ekaterina Boeva showed us how to feel about wolf turns, whose floor routine was the most "pain of a nation," and a whole lot more.

ITALIAN NATIONALS

Asia D'Amato and Giorgia Villa tied for the national title, Giorgia Villa's Bhardwaj is still to die for, Stuttgart alternate Martina Maggio is stepping it up, we think we're really excited about Alice D'Amato's floor routine, and junior Angela Andreoli may have stolen the whole show.

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GYMNASTICS INTERNATIONAL

Welcome to Gymnastics International! On this show, we take a deep dive into the latest competitions from around the world, covering them with the depth and detail they truly deserve. This week: Chinese Individual Nationals—not to be confused with Chinese Nationals.

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CHINESE INDIVIDUAL NATIONALS

We discuss...chickenpox (?) and Tang Xijing returning to top form for the all-around title, nearly get into a fight about Shang Chunsong's beam routine, and gush about Gao Ning's future boxing career. We enjoy breakout star He Licheng, the title-winning bars performance of Wei Xiaoyuan, and the casual 6.6 D score on beam from Zhou Yaqin.

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Gymnastics International Episode 2: Szombathely World Cup Gymnastics International Episode 1: Chinese and Japanese Nationals

We dissect every single little moment from the Marta Pihan-Kulesza Show, Starring Marta Pihan-Kulesza. Plus, a new skill in MAG, a full report on the level of mask-wearing (it was low), and CSI Code Edition takes on the issue Lopez/Podkopayeva credit. We celebrate when talls win the day and bemoan when falls win the day, celebrate when execution wins the day, and bemoan when sexism wins the day. And then watch Marta Pihan-Kulesza a few more times because duh.

PAST EPISODES

Gymnastics International Episode 1: Chinese and Japanese Nationals

GYMNASTICS INTERNATIONAL

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Gymnastics International! On this show, we'll take a deep dive into the latest competitions from around the world, covering them with the depth and detail we typically only reserve for US women's elite competitions. Because national borders are stupid. This week: Japanese and Chinese Nationals!

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ALL-JAPAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

From Mai's triumphant and dominant all-around performance (that might have been based on spite), to the return of Asuka Teramoto from her Achilles injury, to the surprise silver medal for Yuna Hiraiwa and the unacceptable Sae Miyakawa erasure, we break down everything that happened at Japan's return to competition. On the men's side, we discuss Kohei's self-reinvention as a high bar specialist, what that means for Hidetaka Miyachi, Kenzo smiling his way to vault credit, and Carlos Yulo's opportunity for comedy.

CHINESE NATIONALS

Another national title for Liu Tingting. Why we can't stop talking about Guan Chenchen (and rules about what dance you have to do any time you say the name Guan Chenchen). Wei Xiaoyuan and the magic hair bow. Qi Qi bringing floor back. All the side jumps. Horror at the stupid physical testing rules. New favorites. Old favorites. Medium favorites. Injured favorites. The fundamental repulsiveness of a white pommel horse. Sun Wei's surprise AA title. We've got it all.

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