Nola Matthews and Brazilian Championships

Jessica and Spencer cover the biggest headlines: Rebeca Andrade's new documentary, Jordan Chiles joining Dancing With the Stars, update on Chow's coach arrest, and a chat with fan favorite, Nola "Angst Queen" Matthews.

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Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:16 Headlines: Andrade documentary, Jordan Chiles on DWTS

07:23 Gymternet news: SafeSport & coaching updates

10:45 Paris World Cup preview & Headstand game

12:45 Morgan Hurd live show replay announcement

13:00 Nola Matthews Interview – artistry, UCLA, pets, travel stories

29:00 Skills talk & beam mount wishlist

45:24 Brazilian Championships Recap – Flavia Saraiva, Julia Soares, Gabriela Barbosa

56:30 Team Brazil Worlds selection discussion

59:19 Andrade sabbatical & rehab updates

1:03:08 Mixed men's & women's format at Brazilian Nationals 1:05:36 Brazil's Worlds team strategy

1:09:19 More Gymternet News – Worlds tickets

1:13:16 Dream gym features (viewing areas, plants, ninja course)

1:17:10 Athlete wellbeing studies & abuse impacts

1:18:48 NCAA News: Southern Utah to Pac-12

1:20:17 Canadian sports abuse report & new book "Historic" by Emma Webb

1:21:06 Coaching updates, Alice Kinsella baby, Maggie Nichols engagement

1:22:41 Closing: Paris World Cup preview & BTS reminder

NOLA MATTHEWS INTERVIEW

• Nola Matthews, the queen of angsty Y2K emo artistry, is on the show today to talk about her unmatched performance quality on floor, her beautiful bars, and Taylor Swift's engagement, the only engagement to ever matter

BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Andrade's taking a chill pill, and Barbosa is having a baby. Who is competing at this meet?
• FLAVIA IS BACK ALERT: watch her 13.933 on beam
• Sophia Weisburg won the all-around with a 51.231 and Caio Souza won the MAG all-around with a 80.950
• Where do scores from these Championships rank internationally heading into Worlds?
• Should MAG and WAG gymnasts compete simultaneously in the meet AND on the same apparatus?
• Post-meet interview snippets
  • What did Andrade and Barbosa say about their off-time training?

GYMTERNET NEWS

• The Sports Illustrated Games roster.
• Pacific Reign Gymnastics is moving to a new big ass two-story facility! Jessica pontificates about how they should design it.
• A new Swedish study shows abuse impacts elite gymnasts well after retirement, identifying 54 negative consequences affecting athletes later in life
• Southern Utah will migrate over to the PAC-12 starting in the 2026-2027 season
• Jordan Chiles has been announced for Dancing With the Stars
• After weeks of intensive care, Lorenzo Bonicelli was transferred to a spinal unit
• A preliminary report from Canada's Federal Commission found the sports system is 'broken' and suffers from widespread abuse
• Who are the new coaches in town?
  • Jade Carey joined Oregon State's coaching staff as a student coach
  • Emma Malabuyo joins UCLA as a graduate assistant coach
• Tickets are finallllyyy on sale for 2025 Jakarta Worlds! Buy one here
• Alice Kinsella had a baby!

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