360: European Championships and NCAAs Preview

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (1:54)

Gymnastics journalist and (now) broadcaster extraordinaire Blythe Lawrence joins us to talk all about the European Championship!

• WOMEN
  • MELANIE DE JESUS DOS SANTOS - she is the official queen of Europe, and the happiest person about it is Coline Devillard in the stands
  • Alice Kinsella's rollercoaster meet, where no British women fell on beam
  • Maria Paseka's Cheng. We have a necessary emergency therapy session about it.
  • The rise of the new Italian seniors, Ukraine, and Belarus (!)
  • Just talking about Eythora for a long time because WE NEED TO
• MEN
  • Russian dominance and Nagornyy's dethroning of Dalaloyan
  • Dalaloyan almost fell on a man wipe in the FX final. You know, the important stuff
  • MARIOS succeeds with execution
  • Breaking down the insanity of that vault final, moment by moment
  • Updates on the Dom Cunningham injury and Oleg's current status
• The REAL stories of Euros (47:14)
  • Luba got the scoop behind Nekrasova's unitard from Baku
  • Spencer starts an entire sub-podcast about Nicola Bartolini's tattoos, and it's going to be long.
  • The usher kids and the couches and the hand holding—a deep dive
  • Lankin's Wakanda Forever
  • Pauline Schäfer's double turn save
  • What do we do about Alice D'Amato's bars walking?
  • We tackle the issue of Luigi the Monkey, the bananas, and Melanie

NCAA NATIONALS PREVIEW (1:11:34)

• Remember: GYMCASTIC FLIPPING FOUR AFTER PARTY LIVE SHOW PRESENTED BY TUMBL TRAK, Saturday April 20th, 8:00 CT - everything you need to know, including what types of "cowboy dancing" Spencer will not be doing
• We announce the winners of the ticket giveaway
• Semifinal preview - Assessing every team's chances to advance from the semifinal of death and the semifinal of life
• Team final preview - Jessica makes the argument for Oklahoma; Spencer makes the argument for UCLA
• Individuals preview - Who might actually win the titles, who has already won the titles in Jessica's heart, and who should bring a bonkers upgrade just cuz
• (1:40:31) USAG Nationals - Lindenwood wins the team title, and there was a feelings thing that happened with UIC
• NAIGC Nationals is "like I opened a secret door into an underground group of people who get the purpose of gymnastics."

GYMTERNET NEWS (1:14:06)

• L10 proposal to get more event qualifiers to nationals
• Mark Cook is retiring
• When the phone sex operator is the hero of the story
• Lou Anna Simon can't recall
• Reminder: The deadline to Take Legal Action in USA Gymnastics Sexual Assault Cases is April 29, 2019

FURTHER READING

• National Championship Preview: Semifinal of Life
• European Championship – Event Finals Day 2
• National Championship Preview: Semifinal of Death
• European Championship – Event Finals Day 1
• European Championship – All-Around Finals
• European Championship – Women's Qualification
• European Championships – Men's Qualification
• Things Are Happening – April 9, 2019
• Onward to Fort Worth!

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