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2012 Olympic team and floor exercise gold-medalist Aly Raisman and her partner Mark Ballas finished fourth in the 16th season of Dancing with the Stars. Unfortunately, the disappointment of fourth place is familiar territory for Raisman. Always the underdog, she finished fourth in the 2011 World Championships All Around Finals. A year later, she was heartbroken to finish fourth yet again in the 2012 Olympic All Around Finals after a tie breaker with Russia's Aliya Mustafina took her off the medal stand. Regardless, Raisman had a g...
USA Gymnastics announced today that the AT&T American Cup will return to the east coast in 2014 with Greensboro, North Carolina as the host city. Scheduled for March 1, 2014, the American Cup in an FIG World Cup featuring a small field of all around gymnasts. It's typically the first big elite meet of the year, making it extra exciting. Jake Dalton during 2013 AT&T American Cup podium training. Photo by Marina Mazor. T...
Gabby Douglas at the 2012 Visa Championships. Photo by Melissa Persenson. It's official. 2012 Olympic All Around Champion Gabby Douglas is back in the gym. Gabby and mother Natalie Hawkins have returned to Iowa to resume training at Chow's Gymnastics and Dance. Douglas told us in March that she intended to return to the gym in May, and despite numerous sponsorships and appearances, she has followed through with her plan. According to a recent article on yahoo news, Douglas had her first training session since the Olympic Games Monday aft...
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...
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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...
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...
2012 Olympic team and floor Champion Aly Raisman continues to be one of the top contenders on this season's Dancing with the Stars. She and partner Mark Ballas have just advanced to the semi-finals! The couple earned two perfect scores in week eight while dancing the Argentine tango. Check it out: Joining Raisman in the semi-finals will be: Jacoby Jones, Zendaya Coleman, Ingo Rademache, and Kellie Pickler. The "Dancing with the Stars" performance shows are on Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC; the results shows are on Tuesdays...
