@barbiebackstage thank you for the reminder that there is no selection camp this year! Definitely makes for a way more exciting Trials!
If history is any indication, a 2012 Olympic comeback for Alicia Sacramone might just be possible. Don’t get me wrong – it’s going to be incredibly tough. But so was the case for Courtney Kupets, who made a stunning comeback from the exact same injury in 2003 to make the 2004 Olympic team. And Courtney didn’t ...
It was the final event of the final day of competition at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Thus far, it had been a bit of a disappointing Olympics for the American men. They had placed a disappointing 6th place as a team. Scott Keswick was the highest American all-around finisher in 19th place. Chris ...
Was this team REALLY beaten? Shawn Johnson Beam 2008 Olympics Podium Training Nastia Liukin Beam 2008 Olympics Podium Training Alicia Sacramone Beam 2008 Olympics Podium Training Samantha Peszek Beam 2008 Olympics Podium Training Bridget Sloan Beam 2008 Olympics Podium Training Chellsie Memmel Bars 2008 Olympics Podium Training It’s easy to forget just how incredible this team was until you go back and ...
A while back I posted a blog entitled “Russia’s Ten Little Indians,” highlighting the ten female gymnasts I consider to be in contention for this summer’s Olympic team: Aliya Mustafina: 2010 world all-around champion Viktoria Komova: 2011 world all-around silver medalist Ksenia Afanasyeva: 2010 world floor champion and 2008 Olympian Anna Dementieva: 2011 European all-around champion Anastasia Grishina: 2011 Russian ...
In this weekend’s annual WOGA Classic, Rebecca Bross competed on bars and beam for the first time since dislocating her patella at the 2011 Visa Championships six months ago. It wasn’t a perfect comeback meet for the 2009 world all-around silver medalist and 2010 world all-around bronze medalist, but it sure told us a lot ...
It’s early in the Olympic year, and at this point it’s fun to begin to predict who will likely make the U.S. Olympic teams that will be announced in just a few months. After all, how much can possibly change in such a short amount of time? All of the world championships of the quadrennium ...
In this Olympic year, this is how many of us will remember the legendary Whitney Houston. No Olympic theme song will ever top this.
My new current top ten U.S. Men's Olympic contenders (in order), based on the results of this weekend's Winter Cup: 1. John Orozco – Currently America’s best male gymnast. Orozco had an even more stunning performance on Day 2 than he had on Day 1, including 15’s on five out of the six events. His next ...
What happened to the Olympic “stock” of some of the top Olympic contenders on Day 1 at the Men’s Winter Cup in Las Vegas? Stock Went Up John Orozco: Any performance that simply re-demonstrates the gymnastics and composure that he showed at last year’s nationals and world championships will continue to solidify his value to Team USA. ...
I don’t have any videos yet, but just wanted to make sure everyone knew that the first session of the Men’s Winter Cup is taking place right now, and live scoring can be followed at http://live.usagym.org. Paul Hamm is competing, as is Jonathan Horton (it appears on just one event), as well as Chris Brooks, ...
