Back In The Game…Five Things To Look Forward To In The Coming Months!
It’s time to get back in the game! It’s funny – after following the world’s best gymnasts so closely for four years (or more), analyzing their every move, writing [...]
Maria Paseka…Russia's 5th Olympic Team Member?
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 [...]
Russians Unveil New Skills At Moscow Championships
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: [...]
Russia’s “Ten Little Indians”
With the Games in London set to begin in less than seven months, the Olympic selection season is essentially here for all participating countries in London - the final four [...]
Olympic Tickets and Redemption Highlight Event Finals Day 1
Men’s Floor Highlights Kohei Uchimura’s unveiling of the extremely rare triple twisting double back – a skill competed by only a very small handful of gymnasts EVER - appeared so [...]
USA Wins It!!!
The team final that most expected would be a tight race between the USA, China, and Russia ended up being a landslide, with the USA easily regaining the world team [...]
Remembering Rotterdam…The 2010 Women’s World Team Final
Anna Dementieva Floor 2010 World Team Finals Ksenia Afansyeva Floor 2010 World Team Finals Since the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991 and began competing as separate [...]
Komova Wins Final Russian Tune-Up Before Worlds
Viktoria Komova’s all-around victory at this weekend’s Dinamo International certainly isn’t a surprise, but it’s a good indication that she will likely be competing all four events at the worlds [...]
Surprises and Opportunities: The Chinese and Russian Women’s World Teams
As announcements of the six-member squads for the world championships from various teams around the world continue to trickle in, we get a better and better sense of how the [...]
Gabrielle Douglas…America’s Answer to the Bars Dilemma?
It’s been no secret that the U.S. women have been searching for a bars specialist for at least the last three years. Nastia Liukin was able to fill much of [...]
Day 1 at Women’s Euros…Random Thoughts!
I haven't seen all the videos from the competition, but I've seen quite a few. Here are some of my random observations based on videos and results from Day 1 [...]
Top Ten Most Intriguing Senior Women of 2010
1. Alicia Sacramone, United States Alicia Sacramone Vault 2010 World Championships Event Final Alicia Sacramone Beam 2010 World Championships Event Final For the past two years, the former world [...]