Vanessa "First American Cheng" Interview and Live Piano for Floor

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

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Interview: Vanessa Zamarripa

Stunt woman, author, NCAA Champion, national team member while in college, first U.S. woman to ever successfully compete a Cheng tells us about her career and her new children's book, Mia and the Win From Within. Zam also shares her best advice for other gymnasts or athletes looking to break into the stunt world and what skills she recommend they sharpen up on.

Gymternet News

• The FIG announced an increase to the number of athletes competing in the 2025 world championships in Jakarta, Indonesia
• It was also announced that the 2027 Worlds will be hosted in Chendu, China
• Illia Kovtun is leaving Ukraine for Croatia
• Hezly Rivera expressed her intentions of competing a full elite quad
• WCC announced new coaches
• Monica Phelps has died
• The Japan Gymnastics Association has decided not to “penalize” Shoko Maya
• Utah NCAA Champion, Jayden Rucker, is out
• Follow up: Arrest of Matthew Shriver, co-owner of Everest Gymnastics in New Jersey
• Are we getting a mixed event in the 2028 Olympics?

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