GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast10 Mai 2017

251: Chinese and JO Nationals

IN THE NEWS

In the news, Spencer, and Jessica chat about:

Chinese National Championships 2017 (1:40)
- The floor fell apart
- Shang Chunsong got a 3 on bars with a scary fall/ invents clear-hip seat drop to back tuck for 0.8 CV
- Lo Huan gorgeous beam and bars
- Li Qi (pronounced Lee Chee *squeals*) 6.3 D score (WOAH!) beam with so many missed connections.
  - Adorable gallop to handstand
  - Her floor is ready for NCAA. So. Ah. Mazing.
- Chen Yile switch ring to catastrophe but is it the future of chinese bars
- Du Siyu silver on bars
- Lu Yufei doing a GORGEOUS Fabrichnova
- Zou Jingyuan stole the show and got really mad when he wasn't perfect on the 6.6. D p-bars routine.
Level 10, Junior Olympic National Championships (26:07)
- Watch every routines here.
- Kalyxta Gamiao (Hawaiian Island Twisters) toe-on counter Kim
- Aleah Finnegan (sister of Sarah) won age group AA/BB
- Leanne Wong - Basically just won the 2020 US Bars title
- Lexy Ramler (Minnesota, Kid Sport) toe-on full twisting shaposh to immediate pak; also highest BB score of competition (aerial + split ring)
- Ky George (Cal) will be the next NCAA floor star, highest FX score of meet
- Vault:
  - We explain the JO vault bonus.
  - Kai Rivers (LSU, won the Nastia) - DTY (automatic 80-point Geddert behavior deduction)
  - Haleigh Bryant - handspring pike ½ is Rachel Slocum good
  - Lexi Graber got a 10 for this 1.5

GYMTERNET NEWS

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include (41:59):

Nikita Nagornyy casually chucking a Tsuk double-double.
A gymnastics name pronunciation database!
Should Parkour be an Olympic sport and under the FIG?
All the college coaching news
The US men are actually going to University Games!
"The Damage I've Done" Kristen Maloney
Everyone should sing their heart out during their gymnastics dance class like these kids.
When you miss prom because you qualified for Nationals, your coaches take you out for dinner in your prom dresses
FEEDBACK:
- Gender outrage: How is gymnastics gender unequal when rhythmic is only for women!
- Military academy hazing
- How to include Nassar news without triggering
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