Olympic gymnastics is usually a fan favorite at the Summer Games. Check out pictures and articles from past and present Olympic gymnastic competitions.
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
The Associated Press located a report on the morning of August 14, 2008 that indicated in November 2007 Chinese gymnast He Kexin was 13 years of age. Later that same afternoon that same Xinhua Chinese news agency report was no longer accessible.
We’ve already uncovered and preserved Chinese press articles ourselves that indicate He Kexin’s age is indeed 14.
The International Olympic Committee is (finally) launching an investigation into Chinese gold-medal-winning gymnast He Kexin’s age... Read Full Story
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... 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
I stayed up until 1:30 am, knowing I had to get up at 6 am. It was well worth it. My heart raced and pounded as these beautiful, talented, super phenom’s Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson won the USA all-around gymnastics Gold and Silver. I couldn’t be prouder.
Watching the honer and respect they brought to each other as teammates was impressive. Watching ‘Nas’ dad and her was heart wrenching, and I teared up with them when they cried. What a pure joy. The only weird thing was why was Nas... Read Full Story
Gymnast Nastia Liukin (Photos and Video) RightFielders Women in Sports, CA - --- You can see photos, video, and a biography of Nastia here. **UPDATE 8/14/08 - Congratulations to Nastia Liukin for winning the gold medal in the women’s Beijing 2008 Photos: American Nastia Liukin wins Women's All-Around Gymnastics gold Beijing 2008 CBC.ca US gymnasts finish 1-2 in individual all-around CBC.ca New Zealand Herald Gymnastics: Liukin edges Johnson for all-around gold New Zealand Herald San Diego... Read Full Story
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... 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
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... Read Full Story
