143: The Return of Gabby Douglas

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🗓️ 1 April 2015

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Reigning all-around Olympic Champion, Gabrielle Douglas returned to competition for the first time in three years at the Trophe Jesolo in Italy. © Filippo Tomasi

In the news, Mary-Anne "Mez" Monckton, Emma and Jessica chat about Jesolo:

The Italian crowds reaction to the triumphant return of the reigning Olympic all-around Champion, Gabby Douglas and the reigning Olympic floor champion, Aly Raisman.
Which gymnasts made a case for themselves not to be ignored at Jesolo: Erika Fasana, Alysssa Bauman, and Laurie "Baby Sharkira" Hernandez.
How to tell how Marta feels; The Marta's head-squash vs. the scruff of the neck kitten-grab.
Was the mood between Gabby and Chow strained?
The XL Center Bat, The Antwerp Moth, The Nanning Bee and now, The Jesolo Dog.
Mez tells us what it's like to compete on the infamous Janssen-Fritzen floor which put half of the competitors on their butts
Jesolo Judges: Why were the judges 100 miles away from the apparatus and did it effect the scores? Plus, how the judges broke protocol; they just couldn't' help themselves.
Why Carlotta Ferlito quit Mtv Italy's Ginnaste - Vite Parallele reality show.

The British Championships:

Flame cannons; juniors beating seniors; special awards; and Amy Tinkler, the smiliest winner of all time.
Ellie Downie's successful but strange competition, walking off of the beam rather than dismounting.
Kelly Sim did a full-in dismount off of beam!
Why we love British Disability Champion, Tasha Coates who is allergic to exercise.

The Gymternet News:

Douglas Family Gold: Oxygen is working on a series about Gabby Douglas and her family. Can it be done tastefully or will it make her out to be a train wreck?
SB101: Indiana has legalized discrimination against LGBT citizens. How this would impact gymnastics and why we are cheering on Steve Penny, Josh Dixon and Danell Leyva in their fight against Indiana's Governor Pence.

The world rankings from The All Around here.

Beyond The Routine: WOGA watch here.

Find out what it's like to be allergic to exercise. An essay by British Disability Champion, Tasha Coates here.

USA Gymnastics has a photo gallery from training through finals of Jesolo here.

The Hard Way To Success 17, Sanne and Lieke Wevers (NED) here.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Women's Gymnastics, the perfect blend of strength, elegance, and agility.
0:05.0	Only the very best reach the NCAA championships.
0:09.0	But who will claim the national trophy?
0:13.0	Be there and experience it live.
0:15.0	The 2015 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships,
0:20.0	April 17 through 19th at the Fort Worth Convention Center arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
0:25.0	Tickets on sale now visit NCAA.com slash W gymnastics.
0:30.0	She was obviously that really chuffed for Bailey and she spent a lot of time talking to Kim's
0:34.7	Mescal like they were thick as thieves the whole floor rotation.
0:39.3	Best Buddies.
0:40.3	Yeah, Best Buds.
0:41.8	Well, you know, I think Kim's her actual daughter isn't it because who's ever seen
0:46.7	Bella and Martyr's real daughter?
0:49.1	Who has? Oh! Today, Ali and Gabi are back for real.
0:58.8	They competed.
0:59.8	We're going to talk about Jizolo and the British Championships. This is episode 143 for April 1st, 2015.
1:06.8	Welcome to the number one gymnastics podcast in the entire universe.
1:10.9	I'm Jessica and I'm here with Marianne Mez Monckton of Australia and Emma is here.
1:17.0	So we're going to talk about the results first.
1:20.7	One thing I want to tell you guys there are a lot of questions about how to watch this, and thankfully the Italian Federation.
1:25.0	This is an Italian meat. The U.S. Gymnastics Federation, USA Gymnastics does not own every meat.
1:31.0	In the entire world, it's an Italian meat. It belongs to the Italians and so they
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