Two of the biggest question marks from the women’s competition are whether the falls from Kyla Ross (vault) and McKayla Maroney (bars and beam) will affect their Olympic chances. The four-for-four performances from Wieber, Douglas, and Raisman simply secured these three even more firmly onto this team, but Ross and Maroney are slightly more tenuous. Although ...
Although I wasn’t able to see the full coverage of men’s Day 1 unfortunately (didn’t get the TV station at my house), I did follow along all the quick hits and have seen numerous routines from Leyva, Horton, Orozco, Dalton, and Mikulak on www.nbcolympics.com. I wanted to go ahead and post my initial impression of ...
Here’s one final quick rundown of my most recent London StockWatch, ranking these 15 guys as we head into the first day of Olympic Trials: 1. John Orozco 2. Danell Leyva 3. Jonathan Horton 4. Jake Dalton 5. Sam Mikulak 6. Alex Naddour 7. Glen Ishino 8. Chris Brooks 9. Brandon Wynn 10. Steve Legendre 11. Paul Ruggeri 12. Alex Buscaglia 13. David Sender 14. ...
We’ve received word that McKayla Maroney is at least back in the gym after the concussion she suffered at the recent Visa Championships, and we haven’t received any information suggesting that she won’t be able to compete in this week’s Olympic Trials in San Jose. But the truth is, we still need to be ready ...
To my knowledge, no gymnast has scored a 16 on beam since the 2008 Olympics – partly due to the fact that the number of “counting” elements for the women was reduced from 10 down to 8 after Beijing. With two fewer skills to add points to the difficulty scores, it’s obviously harder to score ...
Here's my latest updated Men's StockWatch, in preparation for the upcoming Olympic Trials: 1. John Orozco 2. Danell Leyva 3. Jonathan Horton 4. Jake Dalton 5. Sam Mikulak 6. Alex Naddour 7. Glen Ishino 8. Chris Brooks 9. Brandon Wynn 10. Steve Legendre 11. Paul Ruggeri 12. Alex Buscaglia 13. David Sender 14. Joshua Dixon 15. CJ Maestas Things have changed quite ...
Russian head coach Alexander Alexandrov recently stated that Aliya Mustafina, Viktoria Komova, and Anastasia Grishina were essentially locks for the Olympic team. Based on the way things have played out this year, that’s certainly the way it was looking to all of us too. The other two spots have appeared to be up for grabs amongst ...
It turned out to be a nail-biter right to the end, and for a few seconds I really thought that Gabby Douglas might overtake the defending champion Jordyn Wieber on that last bar routine. It was definitely one of the very best ones we’ve seen from Gabby – she connected the full spin to elgrip ...
Three of the fifteen men chosen to compete in the upcoming Olympic Trials are particularly strong on floor, vault, and high bar, and were chosen for the Trials primarily based on these events. These three men are Alex Buscaglia. Joshua Dixon, and Paul Ruggeri. Let’s take a look at their routines on these three events ...
WOW. It was another exciting day in U.S. men’s gymnastics, with some of the very best in this nation’s history fighting to earn their places on this year’s national team and Olympic team. And all with only about 36 hours of rest since the conclusion of Day 1. The finale between Leyva and Orozco was stunning. ...
