Paul Ruggeri, Steve Legendre, Brandon Wynn, Donell Whittenburg, Sam Mikulak, Danell Leyva, Alex Naddour and Jake Dalton (L-R) at training camp in Rio.
 
 
In the news, Jessica, Spanny Tampson, and Lauren Hopkins chat about:

The most important innovator on vault of all time, Natalia Yurchenko gave a fantastic interview  which made us wonder if more cultural context is needed when commentary is given about the Russian gymnast's sideline 
Who we are most excited to see at the American Cup and why Mai Murakami is going to win floor according to Jessica. 
NCAA (19:00)

Why aren't there more head coaches of color in the NCAA? 
Heroes of the week: Alex Marks (OU), Kennedy Baker (FL), Michaela Gerber (UCLA) 
The Yurchenko 1.5 situation
Can someone interpret Charity Jones (OU) floor routine for us? 
Which team we'd buy a workout video from because their conditioning is insane!


Gymternet News (49:00)

Afanasyeva has ankle treatment in Munich
Why do all the Russians have to go to Germany for medical care? 
Nica Hults got a 10 on beam while Simone Biles cheered like crazy and Chusovitina intimidated the judges at the Texas Prime meet. 
The US men wore culturally appropriate bathing suits on their trip to Rio, and shocker, the world responded with joy!
Where we'd send the US women for international training camps like the men have. 




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