Fabian Hambuchen doesn’t disappoint very often. He’s been one of the most successful and consistent gymnasts in the world over the last 4 years, particularly on his four specialties – floor, vault, p-bars, and high bar
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It’s unfortunate that Samantha Shapiro and Mattie Larson couldn’t get healthy in time to be considered for this world team. Both were recovering from ankle problems, and I could understand why that would hinder Larson because floor and vault are really her two best events, followed by beam
Since women’s gymnastics team selections have become somewhat like a game show or beauty pageant, I figured we might as well treat it as such! Originally we had ten “survivors” of the world selection process, but unfortunately it’s already been reduced to nine since Samantha Peszek has decided to drop out of contention, opting for shoulder surgery instead
Thoughts on the men’s world team… It was just announced that Wesley Haagensen and Jake Dalton will be replacing Sasha Artemev and David Sender on the U.S. men’s world team. This [...]
A look at some routines you may not have ever seen from today’s stars… Prepare to be AMAZED. I honestly had no idea that Jana Bieger ever did a floor routine [...]
Did you know that the same tie-breaking controversy between He Kexin and Nastia Liukin on the uneven bars was also played out on men’s vault in Beijing?
I have to admit I was a bit shocked to read that Nastia pulled out of consideration for the world team. She seemed so committed and excited to get back out on the world stage.
Because four of the top gymnasts in Russia are all too young to compete in London, I see five gymnasts realistically challenging for this team.
Alexander Alexandrov was the head coach for the teams that many would consider to be the most dominant in women’s gymnastics history – the 1989 and 1991 world championship and 1992 Olympic gold medal teams from the Soviet Union.
For now we’ll have to stuff Mustafina, Dementieva, Komova, and Nabieva into our “what-if” box that unfortunately keeps getting larger and larger as worlds is approaching.
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