Broadcasts.com - "360: European Championships and NCAAs Preview" (GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast)

Published: April 16, 2019, 11:55 p.m.

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (1:54)

Gymnastics journalist and (now) broadcaster extraordinaire Blythe Lawrence joins us to talk all about the European Championship!

WOMEN
- MELANIE DE JESUS DOS SANTOS - she is the official queen of Europe, and the happiest person about it is Coline Devillard in the stands
- Alice Kinsella's rollercoaster meet, where no British women fell on beam
- Maria Paseka's Cheng. We have a necessary emergency therapy session about it.\xa0
- The rise of the new Italian seniors, Ukraine, and Belarus (!)\xa0
- Just talking about Eythora for a long time because WE NEED TO
MEN
- Russian dominance and Nagornyy's dethroning of Dalaloyan
- Dalaloyan almost fell on a man wipe in the FX final. You know, the important stuff
- MARIOS succeeds with execution
- Breaking down the insanity of that vault final, moment by moment
- Updates on the Dom Cunningham injury and Oleg's current status
The REAL stories of Euros (47:14)
- Luba got the scoop behind Nekrasova's unitard from Baku
- Spencer starts an entire sub-podcast about Nicola Bartolini's tattoos, and it's going to be long.
- The usher kids and the couches and the hand holding\u2014a deep dive
- Lankin's Wakanda Forever
- Pauline Sch\xe4fer's double turn save
- What do we do about Alice D'Amato's bars walking?
- We tackle the issue of Luigi the Monkey, the bananas, and Melanie

NCAA NATIONALS PREVIEW (1:11:34)

Remember: GYMCASTIC FLIPPING FOUR AFTER PARTY LIVE SHOW PRESENTED BY TUMBL TRAK, Saturday April 20th, 8:00 CT - everything you need to know, including what types of "cowboy dancing" Spencer will not be doing
We announce the winners of the ticket giveaway
Semifinal preview - Assessing every team's chances to advance from the semifinal of death and the semifinal of life
Team final preview - Jessica makes the argument for Oklahoma; Spencer makes the argument for UCLA
Individuals preview - Who might actually win the titles, who has already won the titles in Jessica's heart, and who should bring a bonkers upgrade just cuz
(1:40:31) USAG Nationals - Lindenwood wins the team title, and there was a feelings thing that happened with UIC
NAIGC Nationals is "like I opened a secret door into an underground group of people who get the purpose of gymnastics."

GYMTERNET NEWS (1:14:06)

L10 proposal to get more event qualifiers to nationals
Mark Cook is retiring
When the phone sex operator is the hero of the story
Lou Anna Simon can't recall
Reminder: The deadline to Take Legal Action in USA Gymnastics Sexual Assault Cases is April 29, 2019