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Paul Ruggeri Rocks Toyota Cup

Paul Ruggeri shines at the Toyota Cup, winning two bronze medals and placing 5th on parallel bars. Check out some videos of his routines from the competition!

By amgym|2017-01-09T01:12:25-05:00December 12th, 2010|Categories: Andy's Angle, Blogs|Tags: 2010 toyota cup, andrew thornton, andy thornton, Andy's Angle, Kohei Uchimura, Paul Ruggeri|4 Comments

Danell Leyva Caps Off Stellar Year With All-Around Win

Danell Leyva has been going in one direction for the past five years now…UP. It’s hard to believe this two-time world team member and two-time world high bar finalist is [...]

By amgym|2010-12-12T10:40:01-05:00December 12th, 2010|Categories: Andy's Angle, Blogs|Tags: 2010 valeri liukin, alexy bilozertchev, andrew thornton, Andy's Angle, Chris Brooks, Danell Leyva, sasha artemev, Wesley Haagensen|0 Comments

Shawn Johnson…The New Underdog

I'm not usually a huge fan of montages. They typically move too fast for my taste, and all the constant splicing tends to make me a little dizzy and very [...]

By amgym|2017-01-09T01:12:30-05:00December 11th, 2010|Categories: Andy's Angle, Blogs|Tags: andrew thornton, Andy's Angle, Nastia Liukin, shawn johnson, Shawn Johnson comeback, shawn johnson olympics|6 Comments

A few more perfect tens…

And here are a few more of my “perfect tens” on the women’s side: Tatiana Lysenko Vault 1991 World Championships Tatiana Lysenko Vault 1992 Olympics Mo Huilan Vault 1995 World [...]

By amgym|2017-01-09T01:12:32-05:00December 1st, 2010|Categories: Andy's Angle, Blogs|Tags: andrew thornton, andy thornton, Andy's Angle, daniela silivas, fan ye, Kim Zmeskal, mo huilan, perfect ten, shannon miller, svetlana boguinskaya, tatiana lysenko, Yang Yun|1 Comment

Some more "perfect tens" on the men's side

A few more “perfect ten” routines on the men’s side in my book. Note that four of them come from some of the top Chinese men over the last couple [...]

By amgym|2017-01-09T01:12:35-05:00December 1st, 2010|Categories: Andy's Angle, Blogs|Tags: andrew thornton, andy thornton, Andy's Angle, chen yibing, Kohei Uchimura, li xiaopeng, Marian Dragulescu, perfect ten, xiao qin, Zhang Hongtao|0 Comments

Which routines in history were most deserving of a perfect ten?

“The perfect ten.” Although we don’t actually see it happen in reality anymore, it’s a phrase that will forever be closely linked to the sport of gymnastics. It’s one of [...]

By amgym|2017-01-09T01:12:38-05:00November 30th, 2010|Categories: Andy's Angle, Blogs|Tags: andrew thornton, andy thornton, Andy's Angle, dimitri bilozerchev, oleysia dudnik, perfect ten, valentin moguilny, vitali scherbo, yang bo|3 Comments

Some American men's routines you might have missed from Rotterdam

Check out some spectacular routines from the American men that didn't receive much coverage on television, including Chris Brooks, Jonathan Horton, Danell Leyva, Steven Legendre, and Chris Cameron.