447: Butt Spins for Friendship

WATCH HERE Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded (pre-edits with all the bloopers and blunders that don't make it onto the final show) and see video clips of the gymnastics while we discuss.  MEET NEWS The Friendship and Solidarity Competition in Tokyo went off without a hitch! At least...if you don't count the gymnastics. We discuss: COVID protocols and fancy special spraying machines Japan just hosting all the gymnastics now and forever. We might be fine with it Angelina Melnikova is having a GREAT pandemic, and Nikita Nagornyy's is pretty good too Sophia Butler and Yana Vorona delivering our skills (well, combinations) of the week Kohei things and casual middle-school Yurchenko 2.5s The difference between a Tsukahara (Tsuk) and a Kazamatsu (Kaz) vault. Plus, the statuses of Shilese Jones and eMjae Frazier, comeback performances from Zhang Jin and Chiaki Hatakeda, whether we should be worried about Artur Dalaloyan, and which events are jinxed (all of them) Jessica and Kensley's feelings corner and international friendships and world peace and whatnot GYMTERNET NEWS Who's pulling out of Euros now, contingency plans for holding an Olympics with fans, Gymnast Alliance news from Switzerland, and a (shockingly non-ironic) coaching award for Bellu and Bitang. JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd for access to Behind the Scenes episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have masks too! RELATED EPISODES 446: Chellsie and Andy Memmel 445: Xenophobic Bells Ringing Gymnastics International Episode 3: Chinese Individual Nationals 444: Friendship and Solidarity 443: Gymnastics' Greatest Stars (Commissioned) 442: A European Saga