Olympic gold medalist gymnast Shawn Johnson was nearly knocked off her feet by her own memories when she returned to Beijing in May as part of a promotional trip to China.
Bridget Sloan stood erect at the uneven parallel bars, her arms at her sides. Then, she raised her right hand to salute the crowd on one side of the arena and then the crowd on the other side.
Hunter Brewster and Savannah Vinsant, both of Lafayette, La., will represent the United States in trampoline at the first-ever Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, August 14-26.
It was also the year that a group of American gymnasts finished fourth at the Olympic Games in Sydney, marking the first time since 1976 that the U.S. women’s gymnastics team didn’t earn a medal.
Tickets for the 2009 U.S. Classic, the final qualifying event for women’s gymnastics for the Visa Championships, on July 25 at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa, are on sale now.
Julie Zetlin of Bethesda, Md., finished in the top 10 in the all-around and competed in three of the individual event finals at the rhythmic gymnastics World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia.
2004 Olympic team silver-medalist Courtney Kupets, a senior at the University of Georgia, added three individual event titles to her 2009 NCAA team and all-around crowns.
The University of Georgia won its fifth consecutive NCAA team title and 10th overall at the 2009 National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Championships, held at the University of Nebraska.
2008 Olympic balance beam gold-medalist Shawn Johnson of West Des Moines, Iowa, was named the recipient of the 79th Annual AAU Sullivan Award at a dinner at the New York Athletic Club.
Ashley Stott of Temecula, Calif./Precision Gymnastics, and McKenzie Wofford of Spring, Texas/Stars Gymnastics Training Center-Houston, won the senior and junior all-around titles, respectively.
The College of William and Mary and Southern Connecticut State University will host the 2009 USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships for the men and women, respectively.
The meet that the Central Michigan University gymnastics team has worked towards all season is here as the Chippewas take part in the Mid-American Conference Championships on Saturday, March 21.
Florida gymnastics team (6-4, 3-3 SEC) finished its 2009 regular-season schedule with a 197.075-196.00 loss at No. 2 Utah (11-1) Friday evening in front of a Jon M. Huntsman Center crowd of 15,082.
No. 8 Auburn to Entertain No. 18 Ohio State in Home Finale. Auburn's three seniors, Claire Seiffert, Lindsey Puckett and A.J. Mills, will be honored following the meet.
Tim McNeill of Falls Church, Va./University of California - Berkeley, and Danell Leyva of Miami, Fla./Universal Gymnastics, advanced to the finals at the World Cup in Montreal, Que., Canada.
