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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...

According to International Gymnast Magazine, China, the defending team champion from the Beijing Olympics, has named a preliminary squad of seven gymnasts for its Olympic team this summer. The Chinese team lined up for training at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo where they won the bronze medal. Reportedly, of the seven, four have been named to the team -- Sui Lu, Yao Jinnan, Huang Qiushuang, and 2008 Olympian Deng Linlin.  One of the remaining three -- 2008 Olympians He Kexin and Jiang Yuyuan, as well as 2011 world team member&n...

Aliya Mustafina saved her best performances for last, winning two event titles at the 2012 Russian Cup and continuing to improve in the weeks remaining before the London Olympics. Mustafina captured the bars title on Saturday, hitting a 7.0 difficulty routine for a 16.15, over a point ahead of the second-place gymnast.  She also posted the highest floor score of the weekend, a 14.7, to win a second title on Sunday.  On balance beam, Mustafina was on point, scoring 15.0 to finish second. All-around winner Viktoria Komova won beam, sco...

2011 World all around runner-up Viktoria Komova hit all four events to pass Aliya Mustafina and claim the all-around crown at the 2012 Russian Cup.   Komova corrected her beam performance from the first day, where she fell on a layout, scoring 15.067 on the event.  She also improved her scores on vault (15.2 - double-twisting Yurchenko) and bars (16.2), while matching her score on floor (14.3).  Komova's total of 60.767 is one of the highest all-around scores of the year for any gymnast. Second-place Mustafina (59.167) gave away ...

Full results from the 2012 Visa Championships junior women's all-around finals in St. Louis.  Final results are combined from two days of competition. Links: -Visa Championships video channel -Meet recap -Video interview with champion Lexie Priessman  -usagym.org Full event results

International Gymnast is reporting that two-time Chinese Olympian Cheng Fei has ruptured her Achilles tendon, taking her out of the running for a third Olympics in London.  Cheng Fei was practicing her tumbling during training Thursday morning when the injury occurred. Now 24 years old, Cheng Fei's Achilles has given her problems since beginning her comeback in 2011.  She had dealt with the pain, and looked to be a contender for the Chinese Olympic team, able to offset the team's weakness on vault and floor. Cheng is a world-class va...

FIG Artistic Gymnastics Challenge Cup Ghent (BEL), June 9 – 10, 2012 LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, June 11, 2012: China, the Netherlands and Romania came out on top of the medal table at the FIG Challenge Cup in Ghent (BEL) last weekend. With two Gold medals each, the three nations made a strong appearance at the ultimate FIG event prior to the Olympic Games in London. The Chinese men impressed with former World Champion Zhang Hongtao, who prevailed over Daniel Keatings (GBR) and Prashanth Sellathurai (AUS) on Pommel Horse and compatriot C...

2010 World All-Around Champion Aliya Mustafina continues to look stronger, coming back from a torn ACL last April to top the standings after day one at the Russian Cup. Mustafina holds a narrow lead over Viktoria Komova, who fell on beam, 59.335-59.234. Both gymnasts recorded their highest mark on uneven bars, with Komova showing a new routine worth a 7.0, including a piked Tkatchev release and a double-double dismount (16.134).  Mustafina wasn't far behind, scoring 15.834. Mustafina stuck a double-twisting Yurchenko on vault (14.667) and ...

Full results from the 2012 Visa Championships senior men's all-around finals in St. Louis.  Final results are combined from two days of competition. Links: -Visa Championships video channel -Meet recap -Video interview with champion John Orozco -usagym.org Full event results

Shannon Miller is the most decorated gymnast in US Olympic history.  She is a gymnastic legend both individually and as a member of the 1996 US Women’s Gymnastics Team, fondly referred to as the “Magnificent Seven.”  Her Gold medal on the balance beam at the 1996 Olympic Games marked the first time in history for any American gymnast to capture that particular medal.  During those Games, Shannon led the US Women’s Team to successfully oust the Russian dynasty and win Team Gold that year on their home soil...