Gymnastics

Aly Raisman steps into gymnastics' Olympic spotlight
Boston Herald
LONDON — Aly Raisman was ready to claim her Olympic legacy. She just
needed a little bit of karmic justice to help her do it. The ever-steady,
ever-stoic captain of the U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics team made history
during the event finals on ...
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Gymnastics drama (real or imagined) never disappoints
USA TODAY
LONDON – It is a rare Olympic occurrence indeed to see the breakout star
of the Games, the women's gymnastics individual all-around gold medalist,
dangling from the underside of the balance beam, her foot having slipped,
holding on for dear life ...
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Gymnastics: Another disappointing day for Douglas
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Gabby Douglas, the first U.S. gymnast to win the Olympic
all-around and team gold medals at the same Games, faltered for the second
consecutive day on Tuesday when she tumbled off the balance beam on the
final day of the artistic ...
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Gymnastics: China win, Zonderland in wonderland
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - A beaming Deng Linlin left team mate Sui Lu in floods of
tears as China walked away with two more gymnastics gold medals on Tuesday
while flying Dutchman Epke Zonderland basked in his own Olympic wonderland.
On the final day of ...
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10 Most Unforgettable Moments in Gymnastics at the London 2012 Olympics
Bleacher Report
That is, until Monday, when Great Britain's Beth Tweddle, one of the most
innovative gymnasts ever on the uneven bars, finally got onto that medal
stand in her third Olympics, a bronze piece of history proudly draped
around her neck. It didn't matter ...
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Olympics: The Gymnastics Amanar Vault Heard Around the World
ChicagoNow (blog)
The anticipation was inspiring, truly unrelenting. If the excitement was a
sound, it would have most assuredly been deafening. Rarely a moment went by
where NBC commentator Tim Daggett (Olympic Gold Medalist) didn't refer to
McKayla Maroney's vault as ...
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Gymnastics: Gold is a tonic for medic Zonderland
Reuters
Zonderland's sure and firm grip on the horizontal bar in a daring and
spectacular routine gave the Netherlands only their second Olympic
gymnastics medal, after the Dutch women won team gold at home in Amsterdam
in 1928. "How cool is this!" declared ...
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With swimming, gymnastics finished, will NBC ratings dip?
USA TODAY
Sometimes the second week of an Olympics can get dodgy for broadcasters. At
a Summer Games, the traditional marquee U.S. TV draws — swimming and
women's gymnastics — are over. And with any Olympics, some viewers might
be getting tired of ...
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Gymnastics: Chow finds his Field of Dreams in Iowa
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Not far from the Des Moines home of U.S. Olympic
gymnastics team head coach Liang Chow sits a famed baseball diamond, an
Iowa landmark that featured in the Hollywood movie "Field of Dreams". In
the movie a voice tells farmer Ray ...
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US Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team 2012: Final Grades for Fab Five
Bleacher Report
After all the tears and cheers, a memorable journey has reached its
conclusion for members of the U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics squad. Dubbed
"The Fab Five," this group of athletes performed much better on the globe's
biggest stage than its nickname ...
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