296: Komova in Stuttgart, NCAA Crack, and the Ranch Incident

MEET NEWS (6:23)

• STUTTGART!
  • Komova is back and as gorgeous as ever on bars and beam
  • "It's all fun and games until Russia goes to beam"
  • Nina Derwael has a 6.4 D on bars and is ridiculous
  • Axelle Klinckaert has the insane Harry Potter floor routine we've been waiting for all our lives. Spencer breaks it down second-by-second because he needs medical help.
• World Cup
  • The winner is Zhang Jin like everyone predicted!
  • Jordan Chiles took bronze with big vault and floor sets. Now, about that routine composition...
  • Melnikova wins the hilarious save competition
  • Our favorite skills: Tisha Volleman's Arabian beam mount! Sarah Voss's Delladio!
  • Brinn Bevan used a medical emergency to warm Jessica's heart
• A special tribute to Danusia Francis's floor save from the British Championship
• The Baku World Cup restored our fervor for a CHUSO AA 2020 campaign.

GYMTERNET NEWS (58:05)

• In a Washington Post article, Aly Raisman and trainer Melanie Seaman detailed the poor conditions at the ranch. Then, all hell broke loose on our Facebook. We discuss
  • The key criticisms leveled by Raisman and Seaman and why they really are serious
  • Why the reactions of Kelli Hill and Mary Lee Tracy were so disappointing and show that no lessons have been learned
  • What a preposterously inappropriate facility the ranch was in every respect
• USAG is now publishing a list of suspended members in addition to the list of permanently ineligible members
• Yet another hole in the USAG story—Jordyn Wieber says she witnessed an unnamed "high-profile USAG employee" learning about Nassar pre-2015
• Another tragedy at Cirque, which makes three in less than five years
• Simone and Stacey are the new celebrity power couple

NCAA NEWS (01:32:50)

• Real 10s, fake 10s, and the problem with legs-apart-on-landing deductions
• The phenomenon known as Senior Day Crack: Is it OK? (Spoiler alert: No)
• Another CAMERAMAN INTERFERENCE RAGE-O-METER

YOUR FEEDBACK (1:53: 47)

• HAS ASHTON MOVED TO SIMONE'S GYM?!?!?!?!?!?!
• The problem with TOPs camp culture
• Bringing posters to competitions (in which Jessica gets immediately distracted and starts talking about Judge Aquilina costumes again)
• When the WHOLE TEAM GETS SUSPENDED
• Where are the verification camp scores?!?
• Being more considerate and thoughtful when discussing male body types

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