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The latest Team USA Developmental Camp has concluded at the Ranch with Simone Banen of North Stars Gymnastics taking top honors in physical abilities testing. The developmental camps are for emerging elites and are led by newly named Development Team Coordinator Valeri Liukin. He was joined by World Champion and Olympic medalist Chellsie Memmel who is beginning her new journey in gymnastics after retiring from competition. Physical Abilities Top 3: (click the gymnast's name to watch her videos) Simone Banen of North Stars Gymnastic...
The honors keep coming for Jordyn Wieber! On May 18 the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame (IGHOF) will present the World and Olympic Champion with the "Nadia Comaneci Sportsmanship Award". Well deserved. The Nadia Comaneci Sportsmanship Award honors a currently competitive or recently retired gymnast from around the world who has demonstrated great sportsmanship or fair play. Wieber, who was a member of USA's "Fierce Five" gymnastics team at the 2012 London Olympics, is a two-time World Champion and an Olympic Gold Medalist. 1993 IGH...
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2012 Olympic Champion Aly Raisman and her partner Mark Ballas have advanced to the finals on "Dancing with the Stars"! "Team RaisNBall" as they're nicknamed will join three other celebrities in the finals: football player Jacoby Jones, actress Zendaya Coleman, and country singer Kellie Pickler. Aly and Mark performed two dances during week nine. Their Rumba dance received a perfect score of 30 from the judges (watch here). They also received a near-perfect score of 29 for their Afro Jazz dance. The...
Categories: dancing with the stars, fierce five
Former U.S. National Team Member and NCAA Champion Tim McNeill will be stepping down as head coach of the Cal-Berkeley men's gymnastics program after three seasons. McNeill was selected as the surprise leader of the Bears after long-time Coach Barry Weiner’s retirement along with the resignation of assistant coach Aaron Floyd in 2010 when the program was in jeopardy of being dropped. After a massive fundraising effort throughout 2010 and 2011, the program has continued. They finished the 2012 season ranked 7th nationally out of nin...
Junior A – Lexy Ramler of St. Michael, Minn./KidSport Dynamos, won the all-around title with a score of 37.675 and the uneven bars title with a score of 9.450. Emily Gaskins of Coral Springs, Fla./Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy, took second in the all-around with a score of 37.650. Maggie Musselman of Crownsville, Md./Hill's Gymnastics, took third in the all-around with a score of 37.525. Grace Waguespack of Longwood, Fla./Ace Gymnastics, took fourth in the all-around with a score of 37.475. On vault, Rachael Flam of Houston, Texas/S...
Categories: results, jo nationals
Shannon Welker is named Head Coach at Mizzou Former Michigan assistant coach, Shannon Welker has accepted the position of Head Women's Gymnastics Coach at Mizzou. The St. Louis, Mo., native is the third head coach in Mizzou gymnastics history, and brings a wealth of experience to Columbia after spending five years as an assistant coach under Bev Plocki at the University of Michigan and nine years as the head coach and program director at the St. Louis Gymnastic Center. During his time at Michigan, Welker was primarily responsible for coaching ...
Champions Named at USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic National Minneapolis, Minn., May 10, 2013 – Four of the eight all-around champions in Junior A, Junior B, Senior A and Senior B were named today at the 2013 Women's U.S. Junior Olympic National Championships at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The competition wraps up on May 11 with the final four divisions, Junior C, Junior D, Senior C and D. The two-day event features nearly 450 of the USA's best Level 10 gymnasts, who compete on the highest level in the Junior Olympic program th...
The Junior Olympic NIT was developed to allow an additional 192 athletes an opportunity to compete at the national level and features gymnasts who ranked eighth and ninth in the all-around in each of the eight age divisions at the Level 10 Regional Championships (provided they achieved a minimum all-around score of 34.00), plus any Regional individual event champions who did not qualify to the Junior Olympic Nationals or the Junior Olympic NIT in the all-around qualify for that event. Competition is May 12 at the Minneapolis Convention Center....
The 2013 USA Gymnastics Level 10 season will culminate this week in Minnesota with the Junior Olympic National Championships, and Gymnastike will be on-site for coverage of the event! This year's J.O. Nationals will feature nearly 450 of the USA's best Level 10 gymnasts. Competition will take place May 10-11 at the Minneapolis Convention Center and is hosted by USA Gymnastics and Twin City Twisters Gymnastics Club. What you can expect to see on Gymnastike during the Championships: Competition Video - watch top routin...
Norah Flatley of Chow's on beam in 2011. One year ago, Chow's gymnasts Rachel Gowey, Alexis Vasquez and Norah Flatley were winning titles at the 2012 Level 10 J.O. National Championships. Today, they are training hard for this summer's elite qualifiers and national competitions. Coach Liang Chow and the girls were recently featured in the Des Moines Register after returning from the April National Team Training Camp. &n...
