Classic Episode 142: They Broke Bart Conner

Published: Nov. 25, 2015, 7:48 a.m.

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South Durham Gymnastics Club, home of English all-around champion, Amy Tinkler.

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Originally aired March 25, 2015. English Nationals,\xa0NCAA Conference Championships and Jesolo are on the menu this week. Uncle Tim, Emma, Spencer, Spanny, Evan, and Jessica chat about:

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  • Princess Catherine\xa0leading her troops to battle to strike fear into the heart of the balance beam.
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  • Senior champ Amy Tinkler, is her pepto-pink gym at South Durham, the key to her success?
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  • Claudia Fragapane's improvement from her American Cup fall-a-thon.
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  • Lisa Mason's triumphant performance, pep talks to the baby gymnasts, Artistry\xa0award and practically leaping\xa0onto the judges table to dare them to deduct from her floor routine!
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  • The British Bars Revolution: Kelly Sim and Becky Downie are doing bars that make you wonder if their routines\xa0aren't actually YouTube edited pranks.
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  • Jingoistic floor routine musical advice for the Rio Olympics, from a self-proclaimed Brazilian cultural expert.
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  • Louis Smith competed well but raised some eyebrows with his post-meet exit.
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  • The reason for Max Whitlock's spectacular but \xa0limited performance plus, injury updates on our favorite English gymnasts.
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NCAA Conference Championships (28:00)

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  • Shawn Johnson tweeted that she wants to coach a college team. Where do we think she'd fit in and what are the most important traits of a great coach?
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  • Bedazzling Beelzebub sparkle-tards -The leotard debate.
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  • New vocabulary word "pusillanimous: showing a lack of courage or determination; timid."\xa0as in, wimp.
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  • Would Minnesota's Linday Mable\xa0get better scores if she was a member of one of the six schools that have won an NCAA Championship.
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  • Regional seeding and our picks for biggest upsets.
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  • Coolest vault in college, Alex Marasco - \xa0Yurchenko \xbd on or a Yurchenko full-on Cuervo.
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  • Most robbed vaulter last weekend, Jaida Lawrence of\xa0West Virginia.
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  • Rage-o-Meter regarding the Pac 12 Networks decision to zoom in on every inopportune moment of every routine. Dear Director's of \xa0Television Gymnastics, here are the rules:\n
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    • We do not use stick and ball sports analogies to explain artistic gymnastics.
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    • Never, ever, zoom in during a routine, ever. That's what secondary camera playbacks are for.
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    • We do not zoom in between the hip bones and thighs, ever. If that accidentally happens, the director will immediately switch to a different camera.
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Jesolo Competition Preview! (1:35:00)

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  • How did this meet become the debutant ball of US Gymnastics?
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  • Gabby, Aly, Simone, Skaggs, Hernandez, Flatley - \xa0gymnasts we are most excited to see in Italy!
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