Gymnastics

Gymnastics champion Gabby Douglas shows gold-medal charm to London ...
Washington Post
The 16-year-old Olympic champion in all-around and key part of the United
States' team title recounted her London Games during a scene-stealing show
Thursday at the IOC's daily news conference. Her performance at the mic
completely charmed Sebastian ...
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Women Gymnasts Hit the Mark At Olympics
EmpowHer
In the early Olympics, gymnastics was thought to be "the perfect symmetry
between mind and body," according to London2012.com, the official London
2012 website. "Gymnastics" is said to come from the Greek word "gymnos",
meaning "naked", according to ...
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Gymnastics: Is Rhythmic pure kitsch or sporting skill?
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan could have had a
crack at gold in the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics - but is it art or sport?
A mixture of both would be the answer from Slava Corn, the Canadian
vice-president of the International ...
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Gymnastics meme of the day: McKayla is not impressed
Examiner.com
McKayla Maroney's shock at winning the silver medal on vault was shared not
only by thousands of gymnastics fans, but by the 2011 World vault champion
herself. Her expression on the podium, a look of obvious displeasure
(personally, I thought she was ...
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Quirky rhythmic gymnastics, synchro swimming shine
The Associated Press
By JANIE McCAULEY, AP Sports Writer – 1 minute ago. LONDON (AP) — Time
for those swirling ribbons and shiny balls, the nose clips and sparkly
caps. The Michael Phelps-Ryan Lochte show is long over. So is all-around
gymnastics. Two of the Olympics' ...
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Olympic Gymnastics 2012: Ranking the Top 5 Women's Gymnasts at London ...
Bleacher Report
The 2012 Olympic women's gymnastics competition featured one of the deepest
fields of all-time with a diverse group of talented gymnasts from around
the world. No gymnast truly dominated the competition and the most medals
won by one athlete was four.
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Olympics-Gymnastics-Russia show plenty of tricks and treats
Reuters
By Pritha Sarkar LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - There were still 82 days to go
before children around the world go 'trick or treating' but fans wandering
into Wembley Arena on Thursday could have been forgiven for thinking they
had stumbled upon a Halloween ...
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London 2012 / Rhythmic gymnastics / Team Israel hanging on
Haaretz
LONDON - The rhythmic gymnastics event opened at Wembley Arena yesterday,
destined to be a Russian festival. In that atmosphere, Israel's Neta Rivkin
placed 14th after the first two apparatuses while Team Israel earned eighth
place at the midpoint of ...
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How Phillip Phillips' song 'Home' was chosen for the Olympics
Entertainment Weekly
As we noted here already today, American Idol winner Phillip Phillips'
coronation single "Home" has leapt from number 84 to number 9 on
Billboard's Hot 100 this week following multiple TV spots in women's
gymnastics segments in NBC's Olympic coverage.
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Gymnastics: Grandma's sequins for Egyptian debutante
Chicago Tribune
Related; Gymnastics: Grandma's sequins for Egyptian debutante · Egypt's
Yasmine Mohmed Rostom competes using the hoop in her individual all-around
gymnastics qualification match during the London 2012 Olympic Games ·
Egypt's Yasmine Mohmed ...
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