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 [...]
Five Highlights From Event Finals Day 2!
Danell Leyva’s Golden Moment. U.S. National Champion Danell Leyva hasn’t quite had the world championships he had dreamed of. Although he did stand with his teammates on the world team [...]
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 [...]
Uchimura Makes History…But Was He Given Enough?
Hardly a single step was taken. Hardly a single form break was visible. And while he effortlessly performed some of the most difficult gymnastics in the world, hardly even a [...]
Five Things To Watch In The Men’s All-Around Final
Can Kohei Make History? Kohei Uchimura has won the last two world all-around crowns, and has the unique opportunity in this year’s competition to become the first gymnast in history [...]
Dramatic Men’s Team Final…Did The Judges Get It Right?
When a competition is as exciting and unpredictable as this year’s world men’s team final was, the results almost don’t even matter. For a team like the United States, [...]
Five Things To Watch In Men’s Team Final
Kohei’s Magic. Even slightly hampered by a leg injury and an uncharacteristic fall on vault, the invincible Kohei Uchimura still dazzled his way to the top of the all-around qualifications [...]
Meet The Chinese Men’s World Team…Are They Beatable?
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That must have been the philosophy of the Chinese delegation when putting together this year’s men’s world team, which consists of five [...]
Five Thoughts On Men’s Japan Cup
USA Men Win Pommel Horse! This was psychologically a HUGE boost for this team, not only scoring within one point of Japan’s soon-to-be-world team in the final rankings, but outclassing [...]
Did Kohei Deserve a Ten?
I’m certainly not one to go throwing out perfect tens, but I’d have to say that Kohei Uchimura’s high bar routine from the all-around at this weekend’s Japan Cup may [...]
Japan Cup Preview!
Over the last couple of years the Japan Cup, now held in Tokyo, Japan every summer, has become one of the year’s biggest international events. In 2009 the competition was [...]
Uchimura and Tsurumi Win NHK Cup, World Teams Named!
As expected, two-time world champion Kohei Uchimura did go on to win this weekend’s NHK Cup/Japanese World Trials. The typically machine-like Uchimura, who seems poised to take his third consecutive [...]