Gymnastics

E.M. Swift: What I'm looking forward to at the 2008 Games

cnn.com     18 hrs ago          

Don't even think about missing the women's gymnastics competition in Beijing. Bag the basketball, if you must. Torpedo the track and field. By all means, skip the swimming. But cancel all plans the night of the ladies' team...                

The 2008 US Women's Olympic Gymnastics Team

suite101.com     17 hrs ago   1 related          

Johnson, Liukin, Memmel, Peszek, Sacramone, and Sloan Go for Gold On July 19th, USA Gymnastics announced the names of the 2008 Women's Olympic Gymnastics Team. Along with automatic team members Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin,...                

Local gymnasts score at regionals

durangoherald.com     18 hrs ago          

Durango Gymnastics competitors qualify for state championships Herald Staff Report Twenty members of the Durango Gymnastics Academy competed at the Colorado Association of Recreational Athletics Regionals in Aurora last...                

NCAA reinstates Redhawks' Hill for next season

semissourian.com     yesterday   1 related          

Southeast Missouri State basketball player Johnny Hill has been reinstated to play for the 2008-09 season, without penalty from the NCAA. Hill, who will be a junior, was suspended for the final three games of the 2007-08 season...                

Tan's captain position well-deserved

psu.edu     yesterday   1 related          

When the opening ceremonies for the 2008 Summer Olympics commence next month, a number of Penn Staters will be sprinkled throughout the processional. Though they will each be wearing different uniforms, some donning the red and...                

The Fairy tale

telegraphindia.com     yesterday          

Romania’s Nadia Comaneci was the indisputable star of the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, becoming the first ever gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of “10”. During her routine on the uneven bars the first score to appear on...                

Elizabeth McGarr: Catching up with Mary Lou Retton

cnn.com     yesterday          

Retton was the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal Her four daughters are the focus of Retton's life these days Bela Karolyi said Retton started a brush fire among gymnastic hopefuls The first American woman to...                

Team China: Cheng Fei

bbc.co.uk     Jul 24, 2008   1 related          

A star of the Chinese gymnastics squad, this 20-year-old floor and vault specialist is expected to lead China's women on their way to their goal of a team gold in Beijing. Four years ago in Athens, the end of her final floor...                

Hamm eyes gold after tarnished dream

reuters.com     Jul 24, 2008   4 related          

By Pritha Sarkar LONDON (Reuters) - Paul Hamm discovered the true meaning of the saying 'all that glitters is not gold' at the Athens Olympics. The gymnast had punched the air in delight when he staged a remarkable comeback...                

U.S. women the team to beat in gymnastics

scrippsnews.com     Jul 23, 2008   116 related          

Having made history at the 2007 World Gymnastics Championships, the United States women now find themselves in the unusual position as the team to beat at the Beijing Olympics. "I guess we kind of earned that," said Nastia...                

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