198: The Marta Quote

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

IN THE NEWS

Spencer and Jessica chat about:

• Our new podcast about the Gabby's Douglas realty show Douglas Family Gold on Oxygen.
  • Watch the first episode of Douglas Family Gold here.
• Ellie Downie won everything, literally at the Osijek World Cup (2:50)
• Women in their 30's dominated the Sao Paulo World Cup, including 31 year-old Daniele Hypolito who did this on beam! (9:23)
• Olympic prelims order released (13:50):
  • Is it really true that scores go up as the day goes on or is that another gym myth that needs to be busted?!
• Our thoughts on the preliminary Chinese women's team Shang Chunking, Fan Jilin, Mao Yi, Wang Yan and first year senior Liu Tingting. (23:00)
  • We discuss the best parts of TingTing's routines from Chinese nationals including her legit, handspring front on beam! AH-MAZING!

GYMTERNET NEWS

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet is brought to you by 20 Mile Athletic Center in Parker Colorado! We discuss (31:24):

• NBC filmed at the ranch and so there were marshmallows, bonfires and unrelated snake throwing
• The situation in Romania is just getting worse and worse.
• Thema Williams is suing the Trinidad & Tobago gymnastics federation
• We have a lot to say about the Penn State coaching scandal (45:00):
  • A petition was launched to re-investigation the allegations.
  • Associate head coach, wife of Jeff, Rachelle Thompson is stepping down in June.
  • Former Georgia coach, Suzanne Yoculan, says, "I read some of these things, and I think, 'That's not abuse. That's coaching,'
• Don't let boobs get in the way of gymnastics! (1:01:30)
  • How to find the right sports bra for gymnastics
  • The true test of a sports bra's effectiveness.

  • Best sports bra's Babble list, TitleNine list. The Enell Sport bra, also known as, "The bra of last report" is a personal favorite of Jessica's .

  • New York Times article Breast and Body Changes Are Driving Teen Girls Out of Sports
• The Marta Quote (1:10:00)
  • The New Yorker ran a great, exceptionally well researched profile on Simone Biles but it wasn't without controversy, especially this quote from Karolyi; 'after Biles had a subpar workout before Pacific Rims, Martha asked her, “Why are you being a prima donna, you spoiled brat?”'
• Your reactions to our posts this week including, 12-year-old Jaymes Marshall’s Amanar, the Betty Okino interview and MyKayla Skinner’s quad wolf turn.

WHAT TO WATCH

• Mary-Anne "Mez" Monkton doing commentary at Australian nationals. Links to the webcast and schedule here www.gymnasticslive.com.au
• The European Championships! #ECBERN2016 or #FeelTheBERN
• USA Gymnastics' Made in America series

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