Andy’s 12 Days of Christmas…Part 2 of 4
On the 4th Day of Christmas, Gym Santa Gave To Me… 4 Days of Trials! And by “Trials” I’m referring to both world championship trials and Olympic Trials, [...]
Andy’s 12 Days of Christmas…Part 1 of 4
On the 1st Day of Christmas, Gym Santa Gave To Me… A Brand New Code of Points! It was a bold idea - take the “roof” off of [...]
Don’t Count Out Huang Just Yet…
Huang Qiushuang has a lot to prove over the next eight months. This exquisite Chinese gymnast showed star-like potential the instant she first took to the senior international stage [...]
Did Shawn Raise The Bar At Pan Ams?
Some might call Shawn Johnson’s performance at the Pan American Games in Mexico this past weekend nothing to get excited about. Watching the reigning Olympic balance beam champion fall twice [...]
Five Highlights From Event Finals Day 2!
Danell Leyva’s Golden Moment. U.S. National Champion Danell Leyva hasn’t quite had the world championships he had dreamed of. Although he did stand with his teammates on the world team [...]
Olympic Tickets and Redemption Highlight Event Finals Day 1
Men’s Floor Highlights Kohei Uchimura’s unveiling of the extremely rare triple twisting double back – a skill competed by only a very small handful of gymnasts EVER - appeared so [...]
Uchimura Makes History…But Was He Given Enough?
Hardly a single step was taken. Hardly a single form break was visible. And while he effortlessly performed some of the most difficult gymnastics in the world, hardly even a [...]
Five Things To Watch In The Men’s All-Around Final
Can Kohei Make History? Kohei Uchimura has won the last two world all-around crowns, and has the unique opportunity in this year’s competition to become the first gymnast in history [...]
Wieber’s Heroic Comeback…One For The Books!
Well I guess Jordyn Wieber can be emotional after all. After looking at the scoreboard in the final moments of the competition and realizing she had beaten her Russian [...]
Wieber vs Komova…Let The Showdown Begin!
Jordyn Wieber, or Viktoria Komova? The battle between Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin that played out in Beijing was certainly exciting for American fans, but there’s just something about [...]
Dramatic Men’s Team Final…Did The Judges Get It Right?
When a competition is as exciting and unpredictable as this year’s world men’s team final was, the results almost don’t even matter. For a team like the United States, [...]
Can Catalina Ponor Learn an Amanar?
Catalina Ponor Vault 2011 World Team Finals Is this vault Amanar-able? With some work, I think it is. Although Ponor has always had some form breaks on [...]