Olympic Gymnastics

Olympic Gymnastics

Olympic gymnastics is usually a fan favorite at the Summer Games. Check out pictures and articles from past and present Olympic gymnastic competitions.


Gymnastics is competed in by both women and men in the Olympics. There are three categories that competitors participate in. Artistic includes events such as floor and pommel horse, rhythmic includes events such as ribbon dancing and is competed in by only women and trampoline is the last group, competed in by individuals only.

Artistic
14 sets of medals are awarded, events are scored individually, but tehre is a team all-around. A country may enter up to 6 men and 6 women athletes, qualification is based on the results of the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Men's Events:
Team All-Around
Individual All-Around
Floor
Pommel Horse
Rings
Vault
Parallel Bars
Horizontal Bar

Women's Events:
Team All-Around
Individual All-Around
Vault
Unevent Bars
Balance Bean
Floor


Rhythmic
Two sets of medals are awarded in the individual and group categories. A country may enter up to two individuals and up to one group of six athletes. Qualification is based on the results of the 2007 World Championships.

Events:
Individual
Group



Trampoline
Two sets of medas are awarded to individual women and men. A country may enter up to two men and two women athletes. Qualification is based on the results of the 2007 World Championships.

Events:
Individual Men
Individual Women
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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
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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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The star treatment is great, and anyone who wins an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics should revel in her fair share of that. What Nastia Liukin really wants, though, is to get back in the gym. She's thinking about London — world championships this year and, yes, maybe even the Olympics in 2012. "I mean, you know, why not?" Liukin said of the possibility of defending her all-around gold medal four years from now. Though it hasn't happened in a while, it's not unheard of for an Olympic champion to try for a repeat. Most notably, Nadia Comaneci came back after her history-making, perfect-10 ... Read Full Story
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Summing up the year, here are SeaTown Sports' top five posts of the year. Enjoy. Seattle Supersonic Eulogy Galore : [Jeff] [Kevin] [James] And thank you especially, David Stern , who lost the respect of anyone who payed attention enough to see how much of a tool you are. Like Bennett, you never failed to stun me with your nonstop lies. Days after the first batch of e-mails were revealed that hammered in the fact that the OKC group never had the intention of keeping the team, he went on Mike and Mike. They asked him what he thought of these e-mails and he ... Read Full Story
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Posted by The West They are barely legal. They wear tight, skimpy outfits. They can arch their backs and straddle like it’s their job, and well, it kind of is, They’re college gymnasts, and we love them. It’s hard not to obsess over these college athletes in all their spandexed, flexible glory. Read on to see CollegeOTR’s Top 10 Hottest College Gymnasts. 1) Nikki Child may have graduated from University of Georgia last year, but she’s such a 10, we couldn’t keep her off the list. 2) UCLA’s Tasha Schwikert won her second all-around title at the 2008 NCAA National Championships and competed for ... Read Full Story
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Frosted Pink with a Twist will be shown on October 12th 4-6pm (EST) on ABC. The program highlights Olympic gymnasts performing with music icons with a goal to move people from awareness to action. Gymnasts expected to appear include Shannon Miller, Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin, Alicia Sacramone, Chellsie Memmel, Paul and Morgan Hamm, The US Men’s Team, Samantha Peszek and Blaine Wilson Musicians expected to perform include Marion, Jesse McCartney, Natasha Bedingfield, Carole King, Cyndi Lauper, Kenny Loggins. http://www.frostedpink.org Posted in Media   Tagged: gymnastics, Natasha Bedingfield, olympics, Shannon Miller    Read Full Story
Bahamas Gymnastics Parent Booster Club (BGPBC) in conjunction with Bahamas Star Gymnastics (BSG) organized a certification course with USA Gymnastics University. A team of 10 persons traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan where the Professional Development ...  
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Whoop. I still can’t get too excited about today’s SPECTACULAR. Olympians Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin join us again for this spectular event. This year’s musical host is Ashley Tisdale, who starred in Disney High School Musical movies. NASTIA LIUKIN SAMANTHA PESZEK SHAWN JOHNSON RAJ BHAVSAR COURTNEY KUPET JONATHAN HORTON IVAN IVANKOV Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City, South Dakota – Progressive Skating and [...]  
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Romanian Coach Nicolae Forminte said: … the Code of Points does not help Romania develop and retain many gymnasts. “Now the scoring is open(-ended), so everyone tries to do many difficult combinations that take a lot out of the body,” he said. “It’s not easy to make many routines. There are two notes, Difficulty and Execution. [...]  
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Who is MunchTheSilivasFan? WOW. She put together an epic edit, almost 9min long. (When is the last time you saw a gymnastics montage of this length?) Plenty of slow motion and close-ups. This is the first video in months that I’ve downloaded to my computer. It’s perfect for showing non-gymnastics types simply how amazing are gymnasts. By [...]  
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LONDON — The Americans are making a habit of this 1-2 thing. Bridget Sloan edged teammate Rebecca Bross for the title at the world gymnastics championships Friday night, just as Nastia Liukin beat Shawn Johnson for the Olympic gold medal last...  
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LONDON – Olympic champion Nastia Liukin has a new title. Liukin was elected to the International Gymnastics Federation’s (FIG) Athletes Commission on Sunday, representing women’s artistic gymnastics. Jani Tanskanen of Finland, the 1997 world champion on high. . . .  
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Ekaterina Kurbatova of Russia leads after the first of five qualifying sessions at the world gymnastics championships, edging Olympic bronze medalist Yang Yilin. Kurbatova, somewhat of a surprise all-arounder, finished with 55.950 points Wednesday. Yilin, the only medalist from Beijing co...  
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Another BIG competition will be hosted in England. Put it on your calendar if you can get there. … will be held at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham from 21 April until 2 May 2010. … Around 800 of Europe’s best gymnasts from 40 countries will participate in this event, which will incorporate team and [...]  
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Greek gymnast Vassilis Tsolakidis narrowly missed out on a medal at the World Gymnastics Championships in London yesterday, finishing fourth in the parallel bars final with 15,350 points. He was the only Greek to participate in a final in this championshi... ...  
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The male gymnastics community has elected the Finnish athlete Jani Tanskanen as a member of the FIG Athletes’ Commission. He’ll represent the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics within the Commission. … … Jani Tanskanen won the World Champion title on Horizontal Bar in 1997, in Lausanne (SUI). Today, he is the MAG Technical Director in the Finnish Gymnastics [...]  
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Shawn Johnson




Age: 16
Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa

Shawn Johnson is an American gymnast, and a 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics hopeful. She was the 2007 World All-Around Champion, and the 2007 U.S. National All-Around Champion.

At 16-years-old she stands to win gold in the women's all-around. Keep track of Johnson as she makes her way to the Olympic games.


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