2024 NCAA Championship Recap & Olympic Qualification Update

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

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HEADLINES

Jessica is joined by Michigan great, Olivia Karas while Spencer is on the mend.

• LSU are Champions!!
• Courtney Kupets is out at Georgia. After seven seasons the UGA gymnastics coach, Courtney Kupets Carter, is gone. This has since kicked off a whirlwind of speculation surrounding her successor. The lead candidate heading into the weekend was new national champion head coach Jay Clark, which pushed a bidding war that is rumored to have reached $2 million before Clark turned it down according to our sources. We discuss the other coaches we're hearing Georgia is interested in and are expected to make an announcement soon.
  • We discuss how this transpired
  • Why this is good for the sport
  • Who we've heard is currently in the running

FINAL OLYMPIC QUALIFIER WORLD CUPS

• Qualifier World Cups have concluded and the spots go to:
• Vault: An Chang Ok (PRK), Valentina Georgieva (BUL)
• Uneven Bars: Georgia-Rose Brown (NZL), Levi Ruivivar (PHI)
• Balance Beam: Nina Derwael (BEL) , Ting Hua-Tien
  • Emma Malabuyo (UCLA/PHL) failed to qualify
    • She still has one more shot
• Floor Exercise: Charlize Moerz (AUT), Laura Casabuena (ESP)

NCAA FINALS

• LSU won their first ever NCAA Championship
  • The 8th NCAA program to be crowned champion
• The Stanford men won their fifth consecutive NCAA championship
• Bests and Worsts from Championships
• Judges Award for Getting it Right
• Shocking Twist Awards
• That Girl Award
• Mother Award
• Badass Skill Award
• Individual Queen Award

GYMTERNET NEWS

• The DOJ has reached a settlement with 139 claimants for a total of $138.7 million
• Sunisa Lee revealed she has been battling two kidney diseases
• Simone Biles is the 2024 Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award winner
• Curran Phillips' coach says he withdrew from the Doha World Cup because of USAG policy
• GymCastic is featured in the Wall Street Journal
• Hashimoto Daiki wins his fourth straight All-Japan All-Around Championships title
• Morgan Price from Fisk University has won the first-ever collegiate national title for an HBCU gymnast

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