clutch BEAM for Mélanie

Until this routine, I still didn’t believe France had a chance at Team Bronze.

Mélanie hit the routine of her LIFE to bring that medal to the Olympic hosts.

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Get good sleep. Have FUN out there.

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2024 American Girl of the Year is a GYMNAST

2024 is an Olympic year.

American Girl — the toy company — has announced its 2024 Girl of the Year—Lila Monetti.

She’s a 10-year-old growing up in Minnesota who is developing new hobbies and pushing through challenges. Both a horseback rider and competitive gymnast.

Minnesota? Isn’t Olympic Champion Suni Lee from Minnesota?

MUST be a coincidence.

Georgia Godwin interview

Looking forward to the Paris Olympics.

Has not ruled out continuing past the 2024 Games. She feels she’s still improving.

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Women’s Team Final result

GBR took the early momentum lead, winning the INTRO dance. 😀

But the big surprise was the Olympic host nation taking the Bronze.

USA

Brazil

France

I really enjoyed the competition. A thriller.

There were falls. And some personal BEST EVER routines.

Great Gymnastics overall.

Italy really impressed despite not having some of their biggest stars in this line-up.

Hashimoto Daiki on TEAM Gold

This feels better than his individual World and Olympic AA titles.

Men’s Team Final wrap-up

Japan was very happy to get back atop the Worlds team podium.

China brought in a replacement gymnast — perhaps the only one with a current visa for Europe. And it worked.

You can relive the drama by listening to Kensley’s LIVE podcast. SUBSCRIBE to that YouTube channel. We need at least 1000 subscribers by end of Worlds.

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Click PLAY or watch the GymCastic summing up on YouTube. With transcript.

Brett McClure interview

After the USA team bronze medal.

He feels the plan to raise difficulty start score over the quadrennial did work.

USA should be even stronger at the Paris Olympics. They have a lot of depth right now.

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