16-Year-Old Blasts Her Way Into an Olympics Possibility At the 2016 P&G National Gymnastics Championships, Laurie Hernandez, who had just turned 16, wowed everyone with her vivacious performances. She did…
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No More Alternate for Chris! At the 2012 Olympics, Chris Brooks was an alternate. That meant he came close, but didn’t get to compete. Since then he’s been working like…
Continue ReadingPommel Horse Hero – Alex Naddour The USA men’s gymnastics team has a big weakness that has reached out to bite them in the past – Pommel Horse performances that…
Continue ReadingFlashback to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials This was one of the most amazing performances that we’ve seen from Jonathan Horton, and it was a big factor in his being…
Continue ReadingGabby Douglas’s Uneven Bars Routine at Glasgow 2015 Some folks wrote her off because she took so long to get back into training after the 2012 Olympics. They said she’d…
Continue ReadingWorking to Get It All Back Aly Raisman is working like crazy to not only get her skills back, but to surpass what she has done in the past. She…
Continue ReadingAt the 2015 Jesolo competition, the U.S. women didn’t give the competitor teams a chance. Not only did they win the team competition, but they won the first five places…
Continue ReadingKyla Ross at the January 2015 Women’s National Team Camp Training was in session for the women’s national team. It’s no secret that Kyla Ross wants to make the 2016…
Continue ReadingAly Raisman was one of the awesome gymnasts in the “Fierce Five” victors for the U.S. at the 2012 Olympics. After taking time off from gymnastics, she’s back in training…
Continue ReadingThis vault was performed by Nia Dennis in the juniors’ competition at the 2014 P&G Gymnastics Championships. Nia is a rising star who shows lots of talent. She and her…
Continue ReadingNastia Liukin won 5 Olympic medals in Beijng in 2008. Here’s the entire interview on SportsWorldNews.com. At age 9, when winning a level 6 state championship, she knew that her…
Continue ReadingNastia Liukin has a very interesting story regarding her start in gymnastics and her participation at the 2008 Olympics. Here’s Part 2 of the Documentary. Winning the All Around at…
Continue ReadingDid you enjoy this back in time video of Phoebe Mills doing her animated floor exercise at the 1988 Olympics? She put so much energy, as well as skill, into…
Continue ReadingAs you can see in this video, Kristian Thomas did a near perfect vault at the London Olympics. The crowd went wild, for he is on the British team. However,…
Continue ReadingMarta Karolyi – Her name brings a lot of feelings to the surface when you are a gymnast who wants to make the USA team for international competition. There is…
Continue ReadingWe’ve been asked by one of our blog visitors to post more men’s floor exercise routines. So here’s one by Zou Kai from China. He is a highly esteemed gymnast…
Continue ReadingGoing back into history a bit – the US women didn’t always do so well in world level competitions. But this video shows the turn-around for the USA early in…
Continue ReadingIf we go back in time to the 1976 American Cup, we can see the beginnings of Bart Conner’s rise to fame in the sport as he does this vault.…
Continue ReadingHighlights of the London Olympics Gymnastics Competitions Gymnastics at the 2012 London Olympics were full of suspense as the rivals of years gone by, USA and Russia, faced off in…
Continue ReadingDan Keatings was left out of the 2012 British Olympic gymnastics team, even though he’s a former British champion. Dan, who is from Scotland, had injuries which kept him from…
Continue ReadingIn 1997 the age for participating in senior level women’s gymnastics was raised to age 16. If this age requirement had been in place earlier, Nadia Comaneci, the Romanian super…
Continue ReadingThis beautiful floor exercise took place at the 2004 Olympics. It was the third Olympic competition that Russian Svetlana Khorkina was in, and you can tell by the look on…
Continue ReadingGymnasts are tough. But sometimes they still cry. Why? Because of pain. This video shows some painful landings and the tears of a few gymnasts. It’s not easy to watch,…
Continue ReadingWhen you combine speed and height in gymnastics, sometimes things go wrong. This video of men’s gymnastics accidents reminds us how dangerous the sport can be. What is the worst…
Continue ReadingYou’ll love these close up snippets from the best floor exercise performances done in men’s competition at the London Olympics. These guys were amazing! Not only were their performances spectacular,…
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