Olympic gymnastics is usually a fan favorite at the Summer Games. Check out pictures and articles from past and present Olympic gymnastic competitions.
The International Olympic Committee will investigate whether the Chinese women's gymnastics team that won the gold medal had underage athletes, saying "more information has come to light." "If there is a question mark and we have a concern, which we do, we ask the governing body of any sport to look into it," IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said Friday. Messages for the International Gymnastics Federation were not immediately returned. Questions about the ages of at least three of the... Read Full Story
Rob Carr/Associated Press U.S. gymnast Shawn Johnson was ecstatic after winning the gold medal on the balance beam during the last night of gymnastics. Shawn Johnson won the balance-beam gold Tuesday night in the final event of women's gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Nastia Liukin took silver.This was a coronation.For American gymnastics royalty has a new power pair.Two good friends, one from Parker, Texas, near Dallas, the other from West Des Moines. read more | digg story Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
The trampoline is an American invention. In 1934, Iowa native George Nissen and his tumbling coach assembled the prototype for the trampoline out iron, a canvas bed, and rubber springs. After trampoline became a competitive sport, Americans dominated: they won 14 world titles from the first Trampoline World Championships in 1964 until the last American World Champion took a medal in 1974. Footage of 1968 World Champion Judy Wills Cline Trampoline's popularity waned in the US over the next... Read Full Story
With the 2008 Beijing Olympic games just over a month away, the U.S. is desperately trying to lock down their gymnastics team roster. Just last week Shawn Johnson of Iowa and Nastia Liukin of Texas solidified their spots on the Women's Gymnastics Team at the team trials in Pennsylvania. Ten other women were slected to attend a final selection camp in July, where the remainder of the team will be chosen. Johnson, only 16-years-old finished with a two-day total of 127.650 and Liukin finished... Read Full Story
(L-R) Nastia Liukin, He Kexin and Yang Yilin. (Photo credit: Getty Images) (BEIJING, August 18) -- He Kexin carried out the most difficult moves tonight in the Uneven Bars, but so did Nastia Liukin of the United States. Both scored 16.725, with even the Score A (a measure of difficulty) of both gymnasts being an identical 7.7. According to the rules of Artistic Gymnastics, the gold medal went to He because she made fewer mistakes than Liukin. The gold medal is He's second of the Games as she... Read Full Story
Gymnasts have it tough in the hair department. Their first priority is to keep that shit out of their faces in order to do all of those crazy circus moves. Hence, the gymnasty hair trends that won't die. Like the infantilizing Goody StayPut barrette : Not to mention that iconic symbol of 90's fug and suburban mom fatigue, the scrunchie . The worst hairstyle of the sport on the women's side has got to be the man-cut. 33 year-old gymnast Oksana Chusovitina--formerly of Russia, Uzbekistan, and... Read Full Story
