290: Valeri is Out

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

GYMTERNET NEWS (03:28)

• Valeri Liukin has RESIGNED as National Team Coordinator!
  • Our reactions
  • Was Valeri forced out, or did he decide this himself?
  • Who should succeed him as NTC?
• The state of the current WAG program
  • We discuss the new verification competition being held at LSU
  • ...and the ensuing, totally predictable NCAA coach freak out
  • The 180 USAG just did on the family chaperone issue, along with our concerns
  • #WST
• Larry Nassar's FINAL sentencing (37:33)
  • We might never have to look at him again!
  • The dad who lunged at him in court. Yea or Nay?
• Michigan State offices raided by law enforcement
• The USOC failed to act on Nassar's abuse for a full year (Shock! Surprise!)
• Senator Gillibrand calls for the DOJ to investigate the USOC
• The New York Times says at least 40 people were abused by Nassar AFTER the FBI already knew about him.
  • What an ACTUAL FBI agent told Gina Nichols, and why it sort of blows up USAG's party line

THE. SIMONE. MOVIE. (52:38)

• Ironically amazing or actually amazing?
• WHAT WAS THAT RANCH?
• That thing where Aimee has to explain to Martha what gymnastics is
• The Biles is really just a whip 1/2, you guys
• Why the casting of the national team maybe needed some work
• And SO MUCH MORE.

MEET NEWS (1:08:57)

• All about THAT Oklahoma/UCLA meet
  • We find out how many times Jessica cried
  • Why this meet perfectly encapsulated everything about college gymnastics and everything sport should be
  • Spencer has to ruin the mood by whining about the scores
• Charlie Tamayo is out at Georgia
• Alex McMurtry explains why she opted out of elite
• Brooklyn Moors won Elite Canada and has a new, UPGRADED floor routine (1:34:18)

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