COLLEGE GYMNASTICS WEEK 1
Jessica and Spencer are joined this week by a special guest, the legend that is Peng Peng Lee, to recap the first weekend of the college gymnastics season
- RECORDS: Oklahoma sets a first-weekend record and BRENNA DID BEAM, breaking Jessica
- Peng reveals the secret to perfect beaming
- INJURIES: Bailie Key is going to miss another season and Lexie Priessman is coming back from her 9th surgery
- Peng takes us through the roller coaster that has been her injury history, from back injuries that could have left her paralyzed, to stopping gymnastics for a year, to her multi-season ACL drama
- Plus, how Peng's sixth year came about, why bridges are stupid and no one should do them, and where you can find her now
- OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMEDY: Arkansas has a hog nose on a chain, Alex Hyland has Fresh Prince of Bel-Air floor music, and Maya Bordas wins the beam save award
- HIGHLIGHTS: Natalie Wojcik is our freshman of the week, Gracie Kramer's floor is Spencer's favorite because of weird, and Claire Gagliardi from Ohio State has the most fantastic Yezhova (14:38)
- CRACK OR CORRECT:
- Rachel Dickson's mathematically impossible beam score
- Maddie Desch (1:05:55) receives 9.250 for a beam routine with no fall—we discuss what's right and what's wrong about this score
- Were any of the vaults really 10s?
GYMTERNET NEWS (1:33:30)
- KENZO DID MAI'S FLOOR ROUTINE AHHHHHHH
- KRISTAL UZELAC IS RETURNING TO ELITE AHHHHHHH
- Jessica has been reading too many spy novels: Russian doping conspiracy theory edition
- USAG and Safesport news:
- MELANIE AHHHHHHHH
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