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Are These The Five Chinese Women’s Olympic Team Members? A Wrap-Up of This Weekend’s Chinese Nationals

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Andy Thornton

The American women’s team isn’t the only gymnastics powerhouse with five out of six returning Olympic veterans trying to make a run for London. Like the American squad that it battled with for gold in Beijing four years ago, the Chinese team also has five returning members from its historic gold medal winning squad from ...

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Cheng’s Chances

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Andy Thornton

With so much hype surrounding the American and Russian women’s teams – which have split the last two world team titles and are expected to battle for gold in London – it’s easy to forget that the defending Olympic women’s team champions are still the Chinese. Perhaps it was the inspiration of a home Olympic ...

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Surprises and Opportunities: The Chinese and Russian Women’s World Teams

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Andy Thornton

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 competition in Tokyo might shape up. The “Big Four” in women’s gymnastics over the past 30 years have been Russia, China, Romania, and the USA. ...

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Some Highlight Routines From Women’s World Cup in Ghent

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Andy Thornton

Jade Barbosa Vault 2011 Ghent World Cup Gold medal with a 14.437 (5.8, 8.85 and 5.6, 8.725) So great to see this gymnast back and looking better than she has in the last couple of years. She may not be the world medal contender she was back in 2007, but this Brazilian team has three very experienced ...