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Men's Still Rings Final  2012 London Olympics When: Monday, Aug. 6 - 9:00 a.m. ET ARTHUR ZANETTI TAKES DOWN REIGNING CHAMP CHEN YIBING! Brazil's Arthur Zanetti upset the still rings master and reigning Olympic champion Chen Yibing to take gold in the still rings final, earning a final score of 15.9 (6.8/9.1). The standard was set early on by Chen, who began the meet by posting a daunting 15.8, capped off by a gorgeous full-twisting double layout dismount (opens out of second flip). With a smile, Chen then sat back to watch the challe...

BERKI WINS AGAIN! Two-time defending world champion Krisztian Berki of Hungary won his first Olympic title on his specialty, the pommel horse, with an execution score that gave him a slight edge over Great Britain's Louis Smith, whom he tied with scores of 16.066.  Smith's young teammate, Max Whitlock, gave the performance of his life to win bronze (15.6). The final began with strong routines from Cyril Tommasone of France (15.141) and Alberto Busnari of Italy (15.4).  Hungary's Vid Hidvegi suffered the only fall of the final, hoppin...

Photo: Justin Sutcliffe For 48 years Larisa Latynina's record has been untouchable. The former Soviet gymnast's total of 18 Olympic medals put her far above the reach of any other Olympian. But the 77-year-old has delighted in the fact that this year, someone has surpassed her. American swimmer Michael Phelps came into London with 16 Olympic medals, 14 of them gold. Latynina was well aware that there was a chance of her record being broken by Phelps at the 2012 Olympic games.  Earlier this year Latynina met Phelps for the first time in Ne...

Gabby Douglas was in a familiar spot heading into the second day of Olympic Trials. Trailing national champion Jordyn Wieber is a place that Douglas has found herself many times before. After four solid routines, she passed Wieber (123.450) and earned the one guaranteed spot to the 2012 Olympics in London.  Douglas was the first competitor of the night, starting off with a huge 16.0 score on her Amanar vault.  That was the highest score she has ever earned on the event. Moving into the second rotation, Douglas performed her crowd fav...

We caught up with Elizabeth Price before trials and asked her a few questions about her preparations. She trains at Parkettes and is a first year senior. Price has huge tumbling skills in her floor routine (double-double, double layout) and a well executed Amanar vault. She has gotten a lot of attention since the Secret Classic and Visa Championships. Though seen as an underdog in the competition, she may sneak in to clench a spot on the 2012 Olympic Team.  Q: You are a first year senior who placed 5th in the all-around at the Secret Clas...

Jordyn Wieber successfully defended her all-around title at the 2012 Visa Championships fending off a dominant performance from Gabby Douglas.Wieber scored 121.9 a mere .2 more than Douglas. The two were tied after night one and Douglas' fall on beam allowed Wieber to defend her title.Wieber started the night on bars and made a few small errors, still scoring a 15.05. On beam, Wieber was tentative on several connections, but hit the majority of her skills for another 15.05.She matched her score of 15.25 from the first day of competition on flo...

Donnell Whittenburg (Ultimate) and Marvin Kimble (Swiss Turners) were named the junior men's national champions for their age groups.Whittenburg finished with a total all-around score of 172.400. He excelled on the floor exercise with a double front side pass and a big double arabian dismount.The well executed routine earned him a score of 14.3. Whittenburg took first place on the rings with a full-twisting double layout dismount for a score of 14.8. His combined score for the two days of competition on the event was a 29.50. He also took...

Reigning world all-around champion Jordyn Wieber and unofficial American Cup Champion Gabby Douglas are tied after night one of the 2012 Visa Championships, each scoring a 60.65 Wieber started on the vault landing lock-legged on her Amanar. She avoided an injury and scored a 15.65. Wieber hit a strong routine on bars (15.05), but broke several connections on beam (14.7). In the final rotation Wieber needed a 15.25 to tie Douglas and she matched the score exactly hitting a double-double and a 1 1/2 to triple full immediate stag jump. ...

Photo by Mellisa J. Perenson Defending Visa Champion Danell Levya leads the senior men at the end of night one with a score of 91.85 barely edging out John Orozco who scored a 91.8. In the last rotation, Leyva was on the parallel bars, which he is the world champion, and scored a 15.8.  He also performed well on pommel horse, earning the second-highest score of the night with a 14.8. However, Orozco finished just .05 shy of Leyva's score.  Throughout the night Orozco only scored less than a 15.0 on one event, the pommel horse, where ...