Olympic Gymnastics

LAUSANNE (Switzerland) - TWO Chinese gymnasts suspected of being underage at the 2000 Olympics have met with international gymnastics officials. Dong Fangxiao and Yang Yun, along with two Chinese gymnastics officials, met over the weekend with the International Gymnastics Federation's disciplinary commission. Dong and Yang are suspected of being as young as 14 in Sydney, where China won the team bronze medal and Yang won a bronze on uneven...  

The little girl from Iowa is still talking about a possible return to competitive gymnastics. I doubt it. kevinthehawk put together a lovely montage of her gymnastics and celebrity careers. … For an amazing athlete who inspired people everwhere with her talent, dedication, and angel like attitude with her big smile that always makes me [...]  

There’s much positive buzz about the return to greatness of Russian gymnastics. What are they doing right? grishinagan from Russia has hundreds of routines posted on a YouTube channel. Senor Nico linked to 3 of them: Like the US, the lower levels of gymnastics in Russia have compulsory routines. But I just noticed how they go about [...]  

Follow Carolina Gymnastics on TwitterFreshman Maura Masatsugu rounded out an exciting freshman class when she joined The University of North Carolina gymnastics team in August. The Fremont,Calif. native took second on vault and uneven bars at the 2007 Level 10 NorCal State Meet. After battling back from injuries in high school, Masatsugu is excited about her first year of collegiate competition.  

Kaja is a young Rhythmic Gymnast from Norway who’s video montages have already generated over 6 million views. Most popular is one called Rhythmics is NOT easy!. Thanks Anastasia Umeh for linking to it. But I prefer another titled Love for Rhythmic Gymnastics. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. This much better explains why [...]  

This is the first I’ve heard of this catastrophic injury. A Jacksonville jury awarded a former gymnastics coach $25.5 million today for injuries he suffered at an Atlantic Boulevard gym that left him a quadriplegic. The bulk of the award is for medical expenses required by Shane Downey, 32, who was injured on a piece of [...]  

The Utah gymnastics team is picked to finish second in the annual preseason coaches' poll. The Utes received 718 total points (six first-place votes) to trail only four-time defending NCAA champion Georgia (739 points, 13 first-place votes).  

I’ve been considering attending Commonwealth Games 2010, Delhi, India, as a spectator. But I see on Gymnastics Examiner that the top British gymnasts including Beth Tweddle will not attend. Gymnastics events at the Commonwealth Games are scheduled for Oct. 4-8. The 2010 World Championships in Rotterdam, Holland begin Oct. 17. The timing is too tight. I [...]  

The financial plight of Cal State Fullerton Titans Gymnastics is close to my heart. My gym had more girls go to this University, over the years, than any other. Two teams, one goal, and 2008 U.S. Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin brought Southern Californian gymnastics fans to Titan Gym during the Southern California College Preview. Click [...]  

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 [...]  

A badly translated but cute article from China. … Yang Le, deeply influenced by Olympic champion uncle Yang Wei, was fascinated with gymnastics. Her passion for the gymnastics led her to this school when she was only 3 years old. … Future star of gymnastics: Little girl’s champion dream  

Alicia Sacramone and Brady Quinn? The gymnast and the quarterback? The “Golden Girl” and the one-time “Golden Boy?” While Sacramone and Quinn seem like an unlikely coupling, she confirmed the relationship in an interview with a gymnastics website: USA Gymnastics: I hear you’ve been attending a lot of Cleveland Browns football games lately. Can you talk [...]  

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ National Olympic Committee of Armenia will host a presentation of 4 stamps, devoted to Olympic champions Grant Shaginyan (gymnastics, Olympic champion), Albert Azaryan (gymnastics, three-time Olympic champion) and Igor Novikov ...  

I’ve been looking at the official 2009 Valeri Liukin Invitational webpage all weekend. (Some great photos.) But it took Blythe on Gymnastics Examiner to put together a proper write-up of the FIG meet. Ukraine’s Nikolai (Mykola) Kuksenkov, ninth all-around at the 2009 World Championships, won the Valeri Liukin Invitational last weekend in Frisco, Texas. Kuksenkov posted the highest [...]  

LIHU‘E — Jack and Kay Leonard, owners of Kaua‘i Gymnastics Academy in Puhi, offered shoppers an excitement-filled break from holiday shopping Sunday when more than four dozen gymnasts performed their routines during the 5th annual holiday exhibition Sunday at Kukui Grove Center.