169: Glasgow Worlds Preview Show
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In the news, Uncle Tim, Lauren Hopkins, and Jessica chat about:
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- The Russian press conference that featured more empty plates than gymnastics \n
- Hashtag Wars: the official hashtag has been changed from #2015wgc to #Glasgow2015 \n
- The Competition:\n
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- Who's here and how they qualified \n
- Competition format six gymnasts per team, one alternate. Five gymnasts compete in on each event prelims with only four scores counting (5 up 4 count). In finals, only three gymnasts can compete and all three scores count towards the team score (3 up 3 count). \n
- Lauren plays\xa0How To Get Your Favorite Gymnast To Rio with Uncle Tim \n
- Non-nominative vs. Nominative \n
\n - Injury report and which teams are on the \u201cOh Crap We Are Going To Have to Go To The Test Event\u201d List \n
- Gymnasts you must watch in prelims because although they might not make finals, they will make you believe in the Gym Gods: Thorsdottir, Berki, Wever, Zapata, Millousi and more. \n
- Jaw dropping skills you must watch lest you kick yourself forever: Bretschneider on high bar, Ablyzin on floor, Toni-Ann Williams Produnova off beam, Chustovitina's Produnova on vault, Ruby Harold's Zuchold, Schafer's side somi half. \n
- Medal Favorites and our predictions: Brenna Dowell will win all the things! \n
- Personal stories we are following in Glasgow\n
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- Cuba is back for the first time since 2003 \n
- Bahamas, Africa,\xa0Caribbean nations representing with exciting gymnasts \n
- Team Jamaica: from zero to an super exciting, unique, dream making national team \n
- Chusovitina and the women of women's gymnastics \n
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Danell Pecht and Kerri Joyce are getting two tickets each for floor seats, t-shirts and hospitality at Elevate the Stage!
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How To Get Your Favorite Gymnast To Rio [A Flowchart] by Uncle Tim
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- 151: Danell Leyva \n
- 88: Rhonda Faehn & Mackenzie Caquatto \n
- 124: Event Finals at the 2014 World Championships \n
- 123: All Around Finals at the 2014 World Championships \n
- 122: Team Finals at the 2014 World Championships \n
- 121: Qualifications Recap from the 2014 World Championships \n
- 120: The World Championships Preview Show \n
- Episode 52: Triumph & Heartbreak Prelims Recap from Antwerp Worlds \n
- Episode 53: All Around Finals Recap from Antwerp World Championships \n
- Episode 54: Event Finals Recap from 2013 World Championships \n
- Episode 55: Worlds Wrap Up & Ferlito-Gate \n
- Episode 51: Podium Training Report From Antwerp \n
- Episode 50: 2013 Antwerp World Championship Preview \n
- Episode 9: Chellsie Memmel, Swiss Cup & FIG Presidential Proposals \n
- Episode 17: Growing Up In The Soviet Gymnastics System And Training At Round Lake \n
- Episode 22: Beth Tweddle \n
- 148: Shannon Miller \n
- 139: Steve Butcher, President of the FIG Men's Technical Committee \n
- Episode 28: Kristen Maloney \n
- Episode 31: Elise Ray \n
- Episode 33: Simone Biles & Her Coaches \n
- Episode 48: Kyla Ross \n
- 130: Mary-Anne "Mez" Monckton \n
- 77: Aly Raisman \n
- 101: Olivia Vivian \n
- 164: Marian Dragulescu \n
- 115: Kenzo Shirai \n
- Tim Daggett: A GymCastic Classic Episode \n
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