The Top 12 For 2012…U.S. Olympic Women’s Preview!
For the United States women, this Olympic cycle is beginning to feel a whole like the one exactly 12 years ago, when five members of the historic gold-medal winning U.S. [...]
The Top 12 For 2012…U.S. Olympic Men’s Preview!
Another Olympic year is about to arrive…can you feel it? While the numerous silver and bronze medals the U.S. men have won over the past decade have been a tremendous [...]
A New Year’s Proposal For Bruno Grandi
A Proposed Code of Points...As Simple As A-B-C-D-E (A)rtistry Score = 0.5 points. Every routine is graded from 0.0 to 0.50 based on its overall artistic impression. Attention is given [...]
And the award for the most outrageous judging moment of 2011 goes to…
Jessica Lopez Bars 2011 World Championships Qualifications D-Score: 6.1 E-Score: 7.866 Final Score: 13.966 Bars Ranking: 24th ????????????????? I’d be willing to bet that Jessica, her [...]
Andy’s 12 Days of Christmas…Part 3 of 4
On the 7th Day of Christmas, Gym Santa Gave To Me… 7 Skills Counting For Difficulty One aspect of the current rules that is often criticized is the [...]
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 [...]