Olympic Gymnastics

As the Olympic gymnastics champion, Nastia Liukin has traveled the world, hobnobbed with celebrities, even walked the runway at New York's Fashion Week. But she can still remember going through that awkward phase that's a part of life for pretty much every teenage girl. Gymnastics helped her cope with it, giving her something of her own and boosting her confidence, and Liukin is hoping to share that message. She and Warner Bros. announced Tuesday that Supergirl, the brand based on the DC Comics character who is Superman's younger cousin, will sponsor the inaugural Nastia Liukin Cup in March. "Hopefully it will bring a message ... Read Full Story

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Kevin Mazeika is the new national team coordinator of U.S men's gymnastics team. Mazeika led the U.S. men to back-to-back Olympic gymnastics medals for the first time. Read Full Story

Gymnastics San Antonio is a very artistic sport that requires strength, endurance and muscle coordination. It is becoming a more popular leisure sport. To perform gymnastics at a competitive position it requires intense dedication, perseverance, and to be all around fit. Gymnastics is defined as a highly impacted non-contact sport. With this said, injuries still happen in gymnastics such as bad landings, falling, and hitting equipment. Skilled gymnast who push themselves to their limits tend to be the ones who hurt themselves the most. Partially due to long intense practices in which they have set the bar for themselves high and practice and attempt ... Read Full Story

LONDON (Reuters) - Unheralded Rebecca Bross, Ana Porgras and Lauren Mitchell looked every inch like seasoned campaigners as they kept their poise to top qualifying at the gymnastics world championships on Wednesday. The competition had been expected to be a three-way battle between China's Yang Yilin, European champion Ksenia Semenova of Russia and American Bridget Sloan but while they suffered some spectacular falls, a trio of unfamiliar names floated through their routines on the four apparatus. Bross scored 57.400 points and fans could only watch in awe as fellow debutant and 15-year-old Porgras from Romania stuck all her landings to trail the American by ... Read Full Story

When Bridget Sloan's friends heard she was coming to London, one asked her to bring back pictures from a Chelsea game. Maybe next time. If things go as expected at the world gymnastics championships, Sloan won't have much free time this week. A year after being the youngest member of the U.S. team that won the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics, Sloan is the one to beat at this year's worlds. The U.S. champion is considered a favorite for the all-around title along with Olympic bronze medalist Yang Yilin, Deng Linlin and up-and-coming American Rebecca Bross. "It does feel weird," Sloan said Monday. ... Read Full Story

LONDON (Reuters) - At the ripe old age of 16 and 17, Russian Ksenia Semenova and American Bridget Sloan will stand out as the two Olympic veterans vying for the coveted women's all-round title at the world gymnastics championships. The European all-round gold medalist and the American champion are just two of the few familiar names out to make their mark at the O2 Arena in East London when the new Olympic cycle kicks off on Tuesday. The end of every Olympics sparks a mass exodus in the sport and the 2008 Beijing Games proved to be no different. Olympic and world champion Yang ... Read Full Story

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who you got? pics to help you decide: Nastia: I'd Nastia her Liukin anytime. Sha Read Full Story