Interview: Luisa Blanco (48:17)

NCAA champion for Alabama, Colombian Olympian and Paris all-around finalist talks about her career and what's next. In this week's interview we discuss:

• Her next chapter in gymnastics
• Growing up at WOGA
• What her parents did to afford gymnastics
• Her most embarrassing fall of all time
• Learning a Patterson
• Why she went elite and what she learned about herself
• Details about her shoulder injury
• The Paris Olympic experience

Gymternet News

• German gymnasts are speaking up about abusive coaching practices. (2:31)
• Oceanside quad meet's organizational disaster and the 2019 article in Variety detailing a lawsuit against the organizer.
• We said goodbye to Olympic great and holocaust survivor, Agnes Keleti. Watch her gorgeous beam routine under trees.

Week 1 Meet News

• Jessica and Spencer attended the American Gold Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Classic in Oceanside, CA and share their impressions
  • How Jade Carey, even after all her success, continues to improve
  • The return of Brooklyn Moors to three events
  • Cal's steady performance to open the season
  • Reactions to the scoring and Score Board from Cal co-head coach, Justin Howell (27:02)
  • Ondine Achampong (Cal/GB) on adjusting to life at Berkeley and her ACL recovery (46:26)

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