212: Rio WAG Olympic Prelims

IN THE NEWS

In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer, Stefane and Jessica chat about:

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• How to watch live on BBC, CBC or NBC (details here).
• Injury updates, rumors and coaches who don't know basic first aid procedures:
  • Samir Ait Said (FRA) suffered compound fracture of his leg, he wasn't splinted before he was moved and then the Rio medical staff dropped him.
  • Ellis O'Reilly coaches did not have her checked by medical staff immediately following this crash on her beam dismount. Maybe she was checked after the rotation, either way, absolutely unconscionable.
  • Martha Karolyi says injury played role in keeping Laurie Hernandez out of the all-around.
• Yesterday's guest, Houry Gerbisian got her her skill named after her! See it here.
• Results, finals qualifiers, upsets and shockers, plus individual highlights from the fan favorites. Hint: CHUSO DID IT WITHOUT THE PROD!
  • Tutya Yilmaz, Larissa Miler, Vasiliki Millousi, Catalina Ponor, Ana Derek (vault blooper),Dipa Karmakar Jessica Lopez, Hong Un Jong, Marissa Dick, Giulia Steingruber, Zsofia Kovacs
• Vault Issues, got clarification from men's head coach, Mark Williams on what equipment the men actually have. "This is new Speith vault top. OTC has older version + Speith PH, PB & HB." Alex has Speith PH. OU does not have Speith equip."
• Our favorite non-gymnastics moments; The Judge Cheryl Hamilton Cam

• Worst moment: Al Trautwig tweets about Simone's biological grandparents who adopted her when she was a toddler,"They may be mom and dad, but they are NOT her parents."

GYMTERNET NEWS

Round-up of the latest news from Rio includes:

• NBC has streaming covering and a daily online gymnastics recap show called the Daily Dismount. We are obsessed with how good they are! Jim Watson, Courtney Kupets and Jonathan Horton #Jhortney 4 eva!
• Sex Abuse Cover Up Allegations update:
  • "Four U.S. senators wrote a letter to USA Gymnastics President Steve Penny on Friday, expressing "deep concern" about the organization's handling of sex abuse allegations about coaches" - IndyStar
  • USA Today has an excellent explanation about this issue in the article titled: Sexual Predators Left Off the Banned List
• In happy news, Alicia Sacramone had her baby!

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