30-year-old Marian Drăgulescu (ROM) won his 10th world medal in Glasgow and the coveted Mr. Congeniality 2015 award from GymCastic. © Christy Linder
Uncle Tim, Spencer, and Jessica discuss the state of gymnastics after the Glasgow World Championships:
- Awards:
- Miss & Mr. Congeniality Awards
- Artistry Award (both intended and unintentional)
- Highest non-vault E score Awards:
- FX - 9.066 - Simone Biles of USA (Quals)
- PB - 9.300 - Artur Davtyan (Quals)
- Biggest D Awards (non-vault):
- UB - 6.900 - Fan Yilin (TF, EF) and FX - 6.900 - Simone Biles (Quals)
- FX - Kenzo - 7.600
- “Size Isn’t Everything” Award
- The State of Gymnastics:
- Rules most desperately needed to change.
- What worked in this code and what didn't.
Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include:
- Mustafina has had knee surgery. Gulia Steingruber knee injury update.
- The Rio Olympic Qualifer Hunger Games-style rule changes have begun, starting with Trinidad & Tobago.
- Are Jordyn Wieber, Shawn Johnson and Nastia all training for the post-Olympic tour?
- The Myth of Pregnancy Doping: where it began, lawsuits that were won and why it's just stupid crap "science."
- Simone Biles and John Orozco will perform at the Colgate Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular at Northern Illinois University on December 16th.
- The NCAA signings we are most excited about, including Ruby Harold, Sabrina Vega and Polina "Puppy Feet" Shchennikova.
- Your voicemails:
- Is Romania focusing too much on veterans?
- Was Mustafina engaged and where to find your fellow gym nerds.
- The perspective of the Belarusian-American gymnasts and maybe we need an international meet for all this American talent?
Fantasy Gym drafts open on November 29th collegefantasygymnastics.com!
Rio qualifiers and Test Event qualifiers:buff.ly/1NSt2dd
How to Get Your Favorite Gymnast to the 2016 Rio Olympics [A Flowchart]
- 173: Women’s All-Around Finals Recap from 2015 World Championships
- 172: Men’s Team Finals Recap from 2015 World Championships
- 171: Women’s Team Finals Recap from 2015 World Championships
- 170: Women’s Qualifying Recap from 2015 World Championships
- 169: Glasgow Worlds Preview Show
- Episode 33: Simone Biles & Her Coaches
- 151: Danell Leyva
- 164: Marian Dragulescu
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