Olympic Gymnastics

The gymnastics competition at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 24.

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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Liukin says `Why Not?' to thought of comeback

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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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SeaTown Sports' Top 5 Posts of 2008

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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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The Top 10 Hottest College Gymnasts

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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

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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

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SPORTS ILLUSTRASIAN: Chinese Gymnast Slips Us Some Tongue

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First, gymnastics officials investigating the ages of the gold medal-winning, Chinese women's team at the Beijing Olympics announce that they've expanded their inquiry to include the 2000 Sydney Olympics squad. Then the AP reports that Yang Yun, a member of that team, said last year in a televised interview that she was 14 at the time of the Sydney Games. Last week, however, Yang claimed she made a mistake : "Everyone has misspoken before. On television shows, there are always slips of the tongue," she said. Which, frankly, I think is not so true these days, what with TV stars hating their co-stars and ... Read Full Story

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Olympic Celebrity Can be Short-Lived for Female Gymnasts

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Font size: Hardbodies News 16 September, 2008 08:30:00 Nastia Liukin Carly Patterson, who won the Olympic women's all-around title in 2004 at 16, has devoted herself to a music career after briefly attending community college. She's trying to make it in an industry that is as cutthroat as elite gymnastics. September 17, 2008 By Marlen Garcia Nastia Liukin plans to stay busy for a long time. The 18-year-old is riding the fame of the Olympic all-around gymnastics championship she won in Beijing last month. She is on a 37-city gymnastics tour with all-around silver medalist Shawn Johnson . Liukin also has commitments to sponsors ... Read Full Story

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Shawn Johnson or Nastia Liukin? The Ultimate Teenage Boy Debate.

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So who have teenage boys been casting their votes around and throwing their support around? No, not Barack Obama and definitely not John McCain. Try Olympic Gold-Medalist gymnasts, Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin. The biggest debate ever has been repeated over and over again when a group of boys see each other in the hallway, at the mall, or at someone's house; "Who's better, Shawn Johnson or Nastia Liukin?". Ever since the Beijing Olympics have ended I've participated in so many Nastia and Shawn debates, it's ridiculous! Although Shawn Johnson is an Obama supporter , I've been a Nastia fanboy because of her complete ... Read Full Story

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China’s Lie Of The Ages

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We’ve been eluding to the fact that we had uncovered more data regarding the ages of the gymnasts that represented China at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Deciding what to include here has continued to evolve over the last many hours. This story has legs and now has world wide attention. Many websites are covering it and are posting their finds. All too often, once their finds are posted to the internet, they are either modified or entirely removed from the internet. Fortunately many of us have captured print screens . No one wants this story to be true I’m sure. I know I don’t. ... Read Full Story

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Under aged Chinese Gymnasts debate continued

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Underage gymnasts : Is China cheating? Nine months before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government's news agency, Xinhua, reported gymnast He Kexin was 13, which would have made her ineligible to be on the team that won a gold medal this week. Read Full Story

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Asians Better at Math, Especially When It Comes to Faking Gymnasts' Ages

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Well, it's official. An IOC investigasian of the Chinese women's gymnastics team members' ages is underway. Five out of the six team members--He Kexin, Yang Yilin, Jiang Yuyuan, Deng Linlin and Li Shanshan--are suspected of being underage, which leaves only Cheng Fei (below, far left), 20, confirmed as an old bag. In response to the media outcry about the gymnasts' ages that started before the Games' commencement and has not let up since, Huang Yibin, head coach of the women's and men's teams, said : " Our athletes participating in these games all conform to the age regulations of the Olympics. Asians have different ... Read Full Story

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elite gymnastics training at Colorado Aerials

Some terrific training video from Colorado Aerials Gymnastics was posted online. Gymnasts Kiersten Wang and Maggie Teets are highlighted. Click through to Gymnastike to watch it – Workout Wednesday with the Colorado Aerials Elites

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