London StockWatch Heating Up: Women's Side
Women 1. Jordyn Wieber 2. Gabrielle Douglas 3. Aly Raisman [...]
Jesolo Wrap-Up…A Summary of the U.S. Olympic Contenders
First, here's a link to all results from today's competition at Jesolo: Jesolo 2012 Senior Women's Results Kyla Ross’s performance in Jesolo just firmly placed her on this U.S. Olympic [...]
Three American Stories To Follow From Jesolo Today
The women’s senior competition at the City of Jesolo Trophy Meet begins today. With five legitimate U.S. Olympic contenders on the roster for this international event, this competition could easily [...]
London StockWatch…An Update
I’ll be periodically updating my “London StockWatch” picks between now and the selection of America’s Olympic teams – particularly after major competitions, injuries, comeback debuts, or any other time something [...]
Gabby's Bars and Amanars…A Few Routines You Might Have Missed From The American Cup
Gabby Douglas Bars 2012 American Cup D-score: 6.5 E-score: 9.133 Total: 15.633 Huge routine for Gabby! She has added the piked Tcatchev out of the elgrip endo [...]
Some Random Thoughts On The Women's American Cup
The USA women have become unstoppable on vault. Three consecutive world champions and now Amanars coming out of the woodwork. I’m stunned at how they have mastered this vault, and [...]
Is Winning the American Cup in the Olympic Year a Good Omen?
American Cup Champions In Olympic Years Year Men’s Champion Women’s Champion 1976 Bart Conner (USA) Nadia Comaneci (ROM) 1980 Kurt Thomas (USA) Tracee Talavera (USA) 1984 Peter Vidmar (USA) Mary [...]
The Top 12 For 2012…U.S. Olympic Women’s Preview!
For the United States women, this Olympic cycle is beginning to feel a whole like the one exactly 12 years ago, when five members of the historic gold-medal winning U.S. [...]
And the award for the most outrageous judging moment of 2011 goes to…
Jessica Lopez Bars 2011 World Championships Qualifications D-Score: 6.1 E-Score: 7.866 Final Score: 13.966 Bars Ranking: 24th ????????????????? I’d be willing to bet that Jessica, her [...]
Wieber’s Heroic Comeback…One For The Books!
Well I guess Jordyn Wieber can be emotional after all. After looking at the scoreboard in the final moments of the competition and realizing she had beaten her Russian [...]
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 [...]
Women’s Team Qualifications…Themes From The Top Three
American Rookies Come Through! The USA faced quite the challenge at these world championships. This team has suffered numerous recent major injuries to several veterans who would have provided experience, [...]