176: Worlds Wrap-Up Show - a podcast by gymcastic@gmail.com

30-year-old Marian Dr?gulescu (ROM) won his 10th world medal in Glasgow and the coveted Mr. Congeniality 2015 award from GymCastic.  © Christy Linder

 

Uncle Tim, Spencer, and Jessica discuss the state of gymnastics after the Glasgow World Championships:

• Awards:
  
  
  
  • Miss & Mr. Congeniality Awards
  
  
  • Artistry Award (both intended and unintentional)
  
  
  • Highest non-vault E score Awards:
    
    
    
    • FX - 9.066 - Simone Biles of USA (Quals)
    
    
    • PB - 9.300 - Artur Davtyan (Quals)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Biggest D Awards (non-vault):
    
    
    
    • UB - 6.900 - Fan Yilin (TF, EF) and FX - 6.900 - Simone Biles (Quals)
    
    
    • FX - Kenzo - 7.600 
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • “Size Isn’t Everything” Award
  
  
  
  


• The State of Gymnastics:
  
  
  
  • Rules most desperately needed to change.
  
  
  • What worked in this code and what didn't.
  
  
  
  

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include:

• Mustafina has had knee surgery. Gulia Steingruber knee injury update.


• The Rio Olympic Qualifer Hunger Games-style rule changes have begun, starting with Trinidad & Tobago.


• Are Jordyn Wieber, Shawn Johnson and Nastia all training for the post-Olympic tour?


• The Myth of Pregnancy Doping: where it began, lawsuits that were won and why it's just stupid crap "science."


• Simone Biles and John Orozco will perform at the Colgate Skating  & Gymnastics Spectacular at Northern Illinois University on December 16th.


• The NCAA signings we are most excited about, including Ruby Harold, Sabrina Vega and Polina "Puppy Feet" Shchennikova.


• Your voicemails:
  
  
  
  • Is Romania focusing too much on veterans?
  
  
  • Was Mustafina engaged and where to find your fellow gym nerds.
  
  
  • The perspective of the Belarusian-American gymnasts and maybe we need an international meet for all this American talent?
  
  
  
  

Fantasy Gym drafts open on November 29th collegefantasygymnastics.com!

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• 173: Women’s All-Around Finals Recap from 2015 World Championships


• 172: Men’s Team Finals Recap from 2015 World Championships


• 171: Women’s Team Finals Recap from 2015 World Championships


• 170: Women’s Qualifying Recap from 2015 World Championships


• 169: Glasgow Worlds Preview Show


• Episode 33: Simone Biles & Her Coaches


• 151: Danell Leyva


• 164: Marian Dragulescu

 

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