A Week Later…Did The U.S. Selection Committees Get It Right?
It’s now been just over a week since our five-member U.S. Olympic teams were finally named at the Trials in San Jose. I’m playing a bit of catch up this [...]
Women’s Prelim Wrap-Up…And My Current Five Olympians!
Two of the biggest question marks from the women’s competition are whether the falls from Kyla Ross (vault) and McKayla Maroney (bars and beam) will affect their Olympic chances. The [...]
If Maroney Is Out…Who's Next In Line?
We’ve received word that McKayla Maroney is at least back in the gym after the concussion she suffered at the recent Visa Championships, and we haven’t received any information suggesting [...]
Could Finnegan Score The First 16 On Beam This Quadrennium?
To my knowledge, no gymnast has scored a 16 on beam since the 2008 Olympics – partly due to the fact that the number of “counting” elements for the women [...]
The Elephant In The Room…Should Nastia Have Made Trials? And Other Competition Notes…
It turned out to be a nail-biter right to the end, and for a few seconds I really thought that Gabby Douglas might overtake the defending champion Jordyn Wieber on [...]
Huge Women's Day 1 Wrap-Up!
I had to rewatch last night's women’s competition this morning before finalizing my thoughts on it. There are so many great gymnasts with so many different strengths…and also so many [...]
Women's London StockWatch…So Much Has Happened Since May!
Before the start of the women’s U.S. Championships in St. Louis this evening, I wanted to throw out my most up-to-date London StockWatch List, including all of the major moves [...]
"Don't Forget About Floor" – Another Twist In The Olympic Selection Saga
“Don’t Forget About Floor.” That was the advice of a couple of our wise readers, Louise and Brynn, after reading my post about my three possible U.S. women’s Olympic [...]
Putting The London Puzzle Together…Secret U.S. Classic Wrap-Up
Competitions like this weekend's U.S. Classic tend to stir up a lot of “dust.” With so many top contenders competing on various selected events, yet several notable absences…and so many [...]
Sacramone Back In It? Footage From National Team Training Camp!
Alicia Sacramone Vault April National Team Training Camp WOW!!! I’m not sure if I’m more shocked that USA Gymnastics is posting videos from a national team training camp [...]
London StockWatch Heating Up: Women's Side
Women 1. Jordyn Wieber 2. Gabrielle Douglas 3. Aly Raisman [...]
Jesolo Wrap-Up…A Summary of the U.S. Olympic Contenders
First, here's a link to all results from today's competition at Jesolo: Jesolo 2012 Senior Women's Results Kyla Ross’s performance in Jesolo just firmly placed her on this U.S. Olympic [...]