2021 US Nationals Recap, Starring Petition Drama
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🗓️ 10 June 2021
⏱️ 138 minutes
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Summary
US NATIONALS
- Morgan Hurd was not advanced to Olympic Trials. We discuss what Tom Forster said to the press about it, the confusion USAG fully brought on itself, and whether that decision actually makes sense
- Simone Biles. Gushing about the best parts of her 7th national championship
- Queen of Consistency Jordan Chiles and Queen of Bars Composition Sunisa Lee
- Who makes up the highest-scoring Olympic team based on nationals? Who's still in contention?
- Why Tom Forster's press conference was great news for MyKayla Skinner
- Did Grace McCallum and Kayla DiCello jeopardize their chances with falls at nationals?
- The latest on the Jade Carey Problem
- Highlight routines like Riley McCusker's bars and Emma Malabuyo's beam
- The US men earned a +1 Olympic spot at Pan Ams
- Brody Malone broke Sam Mikulak's streak to win the national championship
- Realistic team and specialist options for the men's Olympic team
- BATTLE POMMEL HORSE is on for Olympic Trials
OLYMPIC TEAM NEWS
- Becky Downie will not be in Tokyo as Great Britain announced its women's team
- Kohei ALMOST didn't make the Olympics
- Rebeca Andrade dominated to make the Olympics
- The EQUIPMENT WARS have come to France
- Aliya Mustafina officially announced something we are choosing to ignore
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We have a special dedication this week. Michelle, Michelle, if you have a wife named Leslie, |
| 0:06.7 | Michelle, this is for you. Leslie shared with us that it's your birthday on Saturday and that you |
| 0:13.3 | were uncertain about buying tickets for trials to see Simone in person. And we just want to let you |
| 0:19.3 | know that you made the right choice. Happy birthday. Thank you for listening and being a fan of |
| 0:24.9 | the show and have an amazing time at Olympic trials watching Simone Biles. Remember the show |
| 0:31.9 | is PG-13. So you might hear a naughty word or two. This week Simone Biles is once again the greatest |
| 0:40.5 | of all time giving us the proof with a little goat on her leotard that is now named Goldie |
| 0:47.0 | and she won her seventh all-around title. Brody Malone has de-throne six-time US champ Sam McCoolick, |
| 0:54.0 | the US man got a plus one spot from Pan Am. There were cowboy hats. There were cowboy dances. |
| 1:00.6 | Becky Downey didn't make the British team. We're not over it. Kenley made a new drink called the |
| 1:06.2 | Spike Yeager. We have the Kyle shoe belt book contest winners and this is the week of June 9th. |
| 1:13.4 | US championships have concluded for 2021. It was the last meet before Olympic trials. We know |
| 1:19.3 | who's going to Olympic trials now. The petition process, quote-unquote has concluded. We have many |
| 1:25.9 | thoughts. Welcome to the number one gymnastics podcast. In the galaxy, I'm Jessica. I'm here with |
| 1:30.5 | Spencer from the Balanced Beam situation and Kenzley who is our men's gymnastics expert. Thank you |
| 1:36.4 | to all of our new club gym nerd members who supported us this weekend so we could bring you all |
| 1:42.2 | of our live behind the scenes coverage from Fort Worth where all the cowboy hats were happening. |
| 1:48.9 | I just want to thank our listeners for being so lovely. A bunch of listeners came up in the stands |
| 1:55.9 | and said hi to us and we're so nice and they also respected we could chat for a sec but we were at |
| 2:01.0 | work. We chatted and then they were just thanks for chatting and let us do our jobs and it was just |
| 2:06.6 | so nice to meet you guys and you're just the best. We have the best listeners. For new members |
| 2:12.7 | every Friday we do a live Q&A at 12 noon and you can log on and ask questions live or you can |
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