Luisa Blanco Interview and Oversight Season

Interview: Luisa Blanco (48:17) NCAA champion for Alabama, Colombian Olympian and Paris all-around finalist talks about her career and what's next. In this week's interview we discuss: Her next chapter in gymnastics Growing up at WOGA What her parents did to afford gymnastics Her most embarrassing fall of all time Learning a Patterson Why she went elite and what she learned about herself Details about her shoulder injury The Paris Olympic experience Gymternet News German gymnasts are speaking up about abusive coaching practices. (2:31) Oceanside quad meet's organizational disaster and the 2019 article in Variety detailing a lawsuit against the organizer. We said goodbye to Olympic great and holocaust survivor, Agnes Keleti. Watch her gorgeous beam routine under trees. Week 1 Meet News Jessica and Spencer attended the American Gold Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Classic in Oceanside, CA and share their impressions How Jade Carey, even after all her success, continues to improve The return of Brooklyn Moors to three events Cal's steady performance to open the season Reactions to the scoring and Score Board from Cal co-head coach, Justin Howell (27:02) Ondine Achampong (Cal/GB) on adjusting to life at Berkeley and her ACL recovery (46:26) Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!): Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  College & (M)Cocktails menu GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even "tapestries" (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast! Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED Things You Only Know if You Are A Gymnast Growing Up at Round Lake Behind The Scenes: every Friday find them all here Behind The Scenes: GOAT Tour & Jordan's Swiss Appeal COMMISSIONED EPISODES The FluffCast Gymnastics Dumest Rules  GymKata starring Kurt Thomas A Quitters Try: The CNN Parkettes Documentary  The Leotard Episode Uncle Tim's Mythbusters Find them all here