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Tiny Sydney Johnson-Scharpf burst into the spotlight at the 2013 Chicago Style Meet. Daughter of 1988 U.S. Olympian Brandy Johnson, the 12-year-old snagged the sole junior age division qualification spot the Nastia Liukin Cup with a 38.250 all around score. Floor routine at the 2013 Chicago Style Johnson-Scharpf continued to charm audiences and judges at the Nastia Cup with her high level of difficulty and sassy personality. Her performance on floor especially is a showstopper.   Johnson - Scharpf following her performance at the 2013 Nas...

The gymnastics season may have slowed down, but gymnastics content in Gymnastike Gold is multiplying. We are excited to give you the scoop on some brand new offerings. Introducing: the 2013 Gymnastike Gold Summer Series -our extravagant premium release, which will give Gold subscribers a variety of live competition coverage as well as more of everyone's favorite gymnastics series, Beyond the Routine.  LIVE Event Coverage 6/21-23 - Anadia FIG World Challenge Cup 9/14-15 - Osijek FIG World Challenge Cup Gymnastike has the exc...

L to R: Li Li, Nia Dennis, Kitta Carpenter of Buckeye Gymnastics After a successful training camp at the Karolyi Ranch, Nia Dennis of Buckeye Gymnastics has been added to the USA Junior National Team.  Dennis narrowly missed qualifying to the National Team at the 2012 Visa Championships, tying for 7th all around in her first appearance at elite nationals. Other highlights from her 2012 season include all around victories at both the Buckeye Classic and Gliders Invitational and finishing 5th all around at the Nastia Liukin Cup.  The 1...

Bruno Grandi, President of the FIG,  announced a drastic change to the World Cup Series events that will allow gymnasts to qualify for World Championship and Olympic competition. Grandi describes the change as a historic decision that will have a lasting impact on the sport.  Additionally, the rule will change both the format and date of World Cup events.   The FIG ruling aims to provide athletes from countries with smaller gymnastics federations a larger opportunity to qualify for world and Olympic competition. Grandi explains,...

2012 Olympic Gold Medalist McKayla Maroney returned to National Team Training camp this week and "impressed" the National Team staff with her level of difficulty. Maroney returned to the gym in late January but was still recovering from three post-Olympic surgeries. This was the first training camp for Maroney since before the Olympic Games and shows that the star gymnast is in fact serious about returning to training in 2013.    The U.S. Junior National Team also earned a new member in Nia Dennis of Buckeye Gymnastics. Rea...

With the 2013 Secret Classic just under two months away, training camps at the Karolyi Ranch are starting to get serious. Well, more serious than usual.  U.S. National team and national training team gymnasts and coaches are currently down at the Karolyi Ranch in Texas for the second to last training camp before the summer elite season officially begins.  The biggest news from camp so far is the return of 2012 Olympic Champion McKayla Maroney. This marks her first trip to camp since the Olympics and proves that she is serious about r...

                       Photo: LOCOG Everyone loves Olympic dreams, glory, and pure competition. But deep down, the Olympics is all about MONEY. And lucky for us, gymnastics is about to get more of it.  The IOC announced Wednesday that gymnastics and swimming will be given a boost in a new revenue-sharing ranking of Olympic sports.  Yahoo sports notes that prior to this, track and field "ranked alone in the highest of four groups and received the biggest share of the hundreds...

                                        McKayla Maroney is officially on her way back to serious training. Maroney will be attending her first U.S. National Team training camp since the London Olympic Games where she helped Team USA to the gold medal and won an individual silver on vault. Maroney revealed travel plans to Texas, accompanied by her coach, in a funny keek on her way to the airport this morning: May 30, 2013 | My mom dares me to make...

The Stanford women's gymnastics team improves its depth as it welcomes three more gymnasts to the team for the 2013-14 season. Joining the program will be twin sisters Danielle and Nicolette McNair, and Haley Spector. They complete a talented 2013-14 freshman class that also features Rachel Daum, Carinne Gale and Sophia Lee who signed national letters of intent in November 2012. "I am extremely excited to add Danielle, Nicolette and Haley to a very strong 2013 incoming class," Head Coach Kristen Smyth said. "These three scholar-athletes have h...

(c) Canada Gymnastics Facebook On the last day of competition at the 2013 Canadian Championships,  Ellie Black of Halifax won bronze on vault, silver on floor and gold on beam. Black won the senior all-around title earlier in the week.  (c) Canada Gymnastics FB Maegan Chant of Watertown, Ontario/World Class won vault with a 14.225 and Gabriella Douglas of Georgetown, Ontario/Futures placed first on floor exercise with a score of 14.575. Kaitlyn Hofland of Georgetown, Ontario/Futures was the champion on uneven bars with a score o...