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346: Peng Is Here!

Published: Jan. 9, 2019, 12:02 a.m.

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:\xa0Bailie 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:\xa0Natalie Wojcik is our freshman of the week,\xa0Gracie 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\u2014we discuss what's right and what's wrong about this score
    • Were any of the vaults really 10s?
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