212: Rio WAG Olympic Prelims

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IN THE NEWS

In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer, Stefane and Jessica chat about:

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How to watch live on BBC, CBC or NBC (details here).
Injury updates, rumors and coaches who don't know basic first aid procedures:
- Samir Ait Said (FRA) suffered compound fracture of his leg, he wasn't splinted before he was moved and then the Rio medical staff dropped him.
- Ellis O'Reilly coaches did not have her checked by medical staff immediately following this crash on her beam dismount. Maybe she was checked after the rotation, either way, absolutely unconscionable.
- Martha Karolyi says injury played role in keeping Laurie Hernandez out of the all-around.
Yesterday's guest, Houry Gerbisian got her her skill named after her! See it here.
Results, finals qualifiers, upsets and shockers, plus individual highlights from the fan favorites. Hint: CHUSO DID IT WITHOUT THE PROD!
- Tutya Yilmaz, Larissa Miler, Vasiliki Millousi, Catalina Ponor, Ana Derek (vault blooper),Dipa Karmakar Jessica Lopez, Hong Un Jong, Marissa Dick, Giulia Steingruber, Zsofia Kovacs
Vault Issues, got clarification from men’s head coach, Mark Williams on what equipment the men actually have. “This is new Speith vault top. OTC has older version + Speith PH, PB & HB.” Alex has Speith PH. OU does not have Speith equip.”
Our favorite non-gymnastics moments; The Judge Cheryl Hamilton Cam
Worst moment: Al Trautwig tweets about Simone's biological grandparents who adopted her when she was a toddler,"They may be mom and dad, but they are NOT her parents."

GYMTERNET NEWS

Round-up of the latest news from Rio includes:

NBC has streaming covering and a daily online gymnastics recap show called the Daily Dismount. We are obsessed with how good they are! Jim Watson, Courtney Kupets and Jonathan Horton #Jhortney 4 eva!
Sex Abuse Cover Up Allegations update:
- “Four U.S. senators wrote a letter to USA Gymnastics President Steve Penny on Friday, expressing "deep concern" about the organization's handling of sex abuse allegations about coaches” - IndyStar
- USA Today has an excellent explanation about this issue in the article titled: Sexual Predators Left Off the Banned List
In happy news, Alicia Sacramone had her baby!

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