Nastia Liukin (born October 30, 1989) is a Russian-American artistic gymnast who won the 2008 Olympic individual all-around gold medal. She was also the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the balance beam, and the 2005 World Champion on the...
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Nastia Liukin (born October 30, 1989) is a Russian-American artistic gymnast who won the 2008 Olympic individual all-around gold medal. She was also the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the balance beam, and the 2005 World Champion on the uneven bars. Find more pictures and articles about Nastia Liukin here.
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... 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... 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... Read Full Story
And then there were three.
Mary Lou Retton
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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... 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... Read Full Story
There are three American gymnasts who have won five medals in an Olympic Games: Nastia Liukin: 2008 (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze) Shannon Miller: 1992 (2 silver, 3 bronze) Mary Lou Retton: 1984 (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze) Gotta say we here at the house of babes think this tally shows Nastia off as the best U.S. gymnast ever - higher count by color and consider that Mary Lou wasn't facing much serious competition back in the Soviet boycotted '84 Games. One thing is without any doubt though... Read Full Story
Posted on August 19, 2008 Filed Under In The News |
Nastia Liukin learned the hard way Monday in the uneven bars, losing a gold-medal tiebreaker to China’s He Kexin before admissions of confusion over rules and allegations of unfair judging.
Neither Liukin, 18, of Parker, Texas, nor He, 16, knew who won the gold when they posted 16.725 scores with high-flying routines. Ditto for Liukin’s father and coach, Valeri, and 18,000 fans, most waving Chinese flags and screaming.
Only... Read Full Story
Their stories are already the stuff of Hollywood:
Michael Phelps , the all-time Olympic
medal-winning champion, and
Nastia Liukin , the gold medalist daughter of a
silver medalist. They're the new American heroes and before long, some movie
studio executive will talk about turning their historic journeys into a two-hour
inspirational film.
"It'll be just like Miracle , only in a swimming
pool," will be the oft-heard pitch for the Phelps movie.
Across town, another hungry... Read Full Story
(Quinn Rooney / Getty Images) (Left to right): Silver medalist Shawn Johnson of the United States, gold medalist Nastia Liukin of the United States, and bronze medalist Yang Yilin of China pose together after the women's individual all-around artistic gymnastics final. By John Powers, Globe Staff | August 15, 2008 BEIJING - Nastia Liukin, who had played understudy to Shawn Johnson for a year, took center stage today, winning the gymnastics gold medal in the Olympic women's all-around by six... Read Full Story
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