Nastia Liukin

Nastia Liukin of the United States reacts after competing in the women's individual floor final in the artistic gymnastics event held in National Indoor Stadium on Day 9 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 17, 2008 in Beijing, China. Liukin went on to win the bronze medal. (Getty Images) more pics » USA Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin is a hot search topic today. In fact, this search frenzy started last night and I failed to realize hot hot Nastia would get. Unlike many of the hot topic female gymnasts, Nastia Liukin did not obtain her search notoriety by showing us naked pictures ... Read Full Story

Hello, The same like you we like to watch Beijing Olympics. And Gymnastics is one of the most beautiful and interesting sports there. My favorite Rhythmic Gymnastics will start only 21st of August... So today we will talk about Artistic Gymnastic and watch together this great video from Beijing Olympics about "Trials Night 1" of Nastia Liukin (Настя Люкина): Nastia Liukin won all-around gold at Beijing Olympics! For our readers who wants to know more about Nastia Liukin: Nastia Liukin was born on October 30, 1989 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR. She is the only child of two former Soviet champion gymnasts: 1988 Summer ... Read Full Story

Nastia Liukin shows off her ESPY award. CAPTION HERE Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin will be sporting a bit more bling in her home mantelpiece, after the 19-year-old Olympic gymnast picked up an ESPY award. She defeated other nominees such as Serena Williams and Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin . From an article at intlgymnast.com: "It's still a little surreal," Liukin said backstage at the Nokia Center after accepting the trophy. "It's definitely going to add a little bit of weight to my purse on the way home." Johnson, the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and recent "Dancing with the Stars" champion, won the award ... Read Full Story

And then there were three. Mary Lou Retton Carly Patterson Nastia Liukin With her Gold medal winning finish in today’s Women’s All-Around Gymnastics competition , Nastia Liukin became the third U.S. woman to ever win All-Around Gold at the summer games . With her friend, roommate, and teammate Shawn Johnson taking Silver after a dramatic, clutch performance in the floor exercise, the two became the first-ever American duo to finish first-second in a Women’s gymnastics all around. The two both overcame some borderline ridiculous judging that still left them in the hunt for the podium after the first two rotations, but the judges certainly ... Read Full Story

(BEIJING, August 9) -- A total of 98 women will be competing in the Women's Artistic Gymnastics at Beijing 2008. Seventy-two gymnasts will be participating in the team and individual competitions, while the other 26 will compete only in the individual competitions. A total of six gold medals will be awarded in the women's competition, including Team, Vault, Balance Beam, Uneven Bars, Floor Exercise and All-Around. The top 12 teams from the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany qualified for Beijing 2008. The top three qualifiers were the United States, China and Romania. The top eight teams from the qualification round of the Olympic ... Read Full Story