300: Jesolo and Tokyo for the Brave 300

MEET NEWS

Jesolo! (3:00)

• Emma Malabuyo is the new queen of Italy
• Ragan Smith returns for first competition since worlds qualification
• Adeline Kenlin is officially a national treasure
• BRAZIL!
  • Flavia is back and being so perfectly Flavia that line judges just ignore OOBs
  • Jade Barbosa is partying like it's 2007
• Romania had two whole people (neither named Larisa) who hit bars at the same time
• Elena Gerasimova has speed, backward shoulder rolls, and a wolf turn fake-out for the ages
• Vladislava Urazova's asymmetrical braid took the juniors by storm
• SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMEDY
  • Liu Jinru with the most preposterous 3/1 + punch front in Chinese history
  • Perebinosova got caught in a twister and Eleonora Afanasyeva body slammed herself
  • Lara Mori's vault run is a victory in itself
  • Desiree Carofiglio's Popeye shuffle is the highlight of the whole competition
• The Jesolo award ceremony is a psychotic meltdown with surreal fever-dream trophies

Tokyo! (53:48)

• When the Olympic Channel freaked everyone out for a second
• Jackson Payne injured himself on floor and then vaulted a handspring rather than withdraw from the meet. We discuss why
• MAI IS NOT MESSING AROUND
• Trinity Thomas is confident and consistent even though gymnastics isn't her whole life (WHAA?)
• Simakova's unexpected vault and super, mega extra pre-floor wind-up doll presentation
• Kenzo is back in Japan and Sam Mikulak has a new Achilles, so everything is OK again
• RAGE-O-METER ABOUT NIPPLES

GYMTERNET NEWS (1:23:20)

• Is MSU interim president John Engler even worse? (Yes.)
• Norah Flatley and Rachel Baumann have officially signed with NCAA teams!
• NCAA nationals are this weekend! Who are the favorites, who's going to pull off the upset, and what are our wild dreams for the competition? We discuss.
• The best possible thing a dad has ever cheered from the stands in a meet.

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