Some Random Thoughts On The Men’s American Cup
Chris Brooks was an unrecognized star of this meet. I was disappointed and surprised they didn’t show one routine of his, and in fact didn’t even seem to mention the [...]
Gabby's Bars and Amanars…A Few Routines You Might Have Missed From The American Cup
Gabby Douglas Bars 2012 American Cup D-score: 6.5 E-score: 9.133 Total: 15.633 Huge routine for Gabby! She has added the piked Tcatchev out of the elgrip endo [...]
Some Random Thoughts On The Women's American Cup
The USA women have become unstoppable on vault. Three consecutive world champions and now Amanars coming out of the woodwork. I’m stunned at how they have mastered this vault, and [...]
London Stockwatch: Gabrielle Douglas and Chris Brooks
Gabrielle Douglas and Chris Brooks will be doing a whole lot more than giving “exhibitions” at this weekend’s American Cup. They’ll be making their cases to be granted one of [...]
Remembering Jacksonville…Highlights from the 2011 American Cup
Horton holds off Kuksenkov by 0.166: Jonathan Horton High Bar Mykola Kuksenkov High Bar Horton might not have been at his very best, but he showed [...]
Is Winning the American Cup in the Olympic Year a Good Omen?
American Cup Champions In Olympic Years Year Men’s Champion Women’s Champion 1976 Bart Conner (USA) Nadia Comaneci (ROM) 1980 Kurt Thomas (USA) Tracee Talavera (USA) 1984 Peter Vidmar (USA) Mary [...]
Olympic Flashback – The Greatest Men’s Floor Team Of All Time?
Vladimir Novikov…Vladimir Gogoladze…Dmitry Bilozerchev…Valeri Liukin…Vladimir Artemov…Sergei Kharkov. Some of the greatest names in men’s gymnastics history – all on the same team at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea. You’ve [...]
Olympic Flashback…Catalina Ponor Secures Gold For Romania
Catalina Ponor Floor 2004 Olympics Team Finals It was one of the most decisive team victories in recent gymnastics history. Romania, the reigning Olympic champions who had been [...]
Could Alicia Really Do It? A Realistic Look
If history is any indication, a 2012 Olympic comeback for Alicia Sacramone might just be possible. Don’t get me wrong – it’s going to be incredibly tough. But so [...]
Olympic Flashback…Trent Dimas
It was the final event of the final day of competition at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Thus far, it had been a bit of a disappointing Olympics [...]
Flashback to Beijing…Rare American Footage
Was this team REALLY beaten? Shawn Johnson Beam 2008 Olympics Podium Training Nastia Liukin Beam 2008 Olympics Podium Training Alicia Sacramone Beam 2008 Olympics Podium Training [...]
Russians Unveil New Skills At Moscow Championships
A while back I posted a blog entitled “Russia’s Ten Little Indians,” highlighting the ten female gymnasts I consider to be in contention for this summer’s Olympic team: [...]