296: Komova in Stuttgart, NCAA Crack, and the Ranch Incident

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STUTTGART!
- Komova is back and as gorgeous as ever on bars and beam
- "It's all fun and games until Russia goes to beam"
- Nina Derwael has a 6.4 D on bars and is ridiculous
- Axelle Klinckaert has the insane Harry Potter floor routine we've been waiting for all our lives. Spencer breaks it down second-by-second because he needs medical help.
World Cup
- The winner is Zhang Jin like everyone predicted!
- Jordan Chiles took bronze with big vault and floor sets. Now, about that routine composition...
- Melnikova wins the hilarious save competition
- Our favorite skills: Tisha Volleman's Arabian beam mount! Sarah Voss's Delladio!
- Brinn Bevan used a medical emergency to warm Jessica's heart
A special tribute to Danusia Francis's floor save from the British Championship
The Baku World Cup restored our fervor for a CHUSO AA 2020 campaign.

In a Washington Post article, Aly Raisman and trainer Melanie Seaman detailed the poor conditions at the ranch. Then, all hell broke loose on our Facebook. We discuss
- The key criticisms leveled by Raisman and Seaman and why they really are serious
- Why the reactions of Kelli Hill and Mary Lee Tracy were so disappointing and show that no lessons have been learned
- What a preposterously inappropriate facility the ranch was in every respect
USAG is now publishing a list of suspended members in addition to the list of permanently ineligible members
Yet another hole in the USAG story—Jordyn Wieber says she witnessed an unnamed “high-profile USAG employee” learning about Nassar pre-2015
Another tragedy at Cirque, which makes three in less than five years
Simone and Stacey are the new celebrity power couple

HAS ASHTON MOVED TO SIMONE'S GYM?!?!?!?!?!?!
The problem with TOPs camp culture
Bringing posters to competitions (in which Jessica gets immediately distracted and starts talking about Judge Aquilina costumes again)
When the WHOLE TEAM GETS SUSPENDED
Where are the verification camp scores?!?
Being more considerate and thoughtful when discussing male body types

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