Olympic Gymnastics News Archives

With nearly 1,000 days to go until the London Olympics, organizing chief Sebastian Coe says preparations are on track but there is no time to waste because the 2012 Games will be here in "the blink of an eyelid." Coe said London has met all its targets as it reaches the 1,000-day countdown on Saturday, another milestone in the city's seven-year ...

There were two noteworthy aspects to the United States Olympic Committee's Thursday announcement of the nine-member search and selection committee charged with finding a new USOC chief executive by the end of the year.

Nominees Dani Samuels and Cadel Evans talk with the Herald's Jacquelin Magnay at the launch of the awards this morning.

BASILDON Council has sold Markhams Chase Leisure Centre, and three other pieces of land, raising more than A 8million towards the towna s sporting village.

Steve Omischl from Kelowna, B.C., executes his gold medal jump in the men's finals of the Canada Post Freestyle Grand Prix, Jan.

The Americans are making a habit of this 1-2 thing. Bridget Sloan edged teammate Rebecca Bross for the all-around title at the world gymnastics championships last night in London, one year after Nastia Liukin beat Shawn Johnson for the Olympic gold medal in Beijing.

Chinese President Hu Jintao attends the opening ceremony of the 11th Chinese National Games in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, Oct.

Double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima will return to competitive swimming next month for the first time since the Beijing Olympics.

Stephanie Streeter, a former chairman of Banta Corp. in Menasha, is on her way off the U.S. Olympic Committee.

He and Hong lead Asian charge LONDON: Olympic champions He Kexin of China and North Korea's Hong Un-Jong made their push for gold at the world gymnastics championships here on Wednesday.

GYMNASTICS legend Nadia Comaneci has urged British star Beth Tweddle to keep going until the London Olympics after watching her crowned world champion on the floor at the weekend.

LONDON: Britain's Beth Tweddle raised the domed roof at the O2 Arena on Sunday after she tumbled to glory on the floor exercise, while Olympic champion Zou Kai and his team-mates showed China had lost none of the sparkle that helped them dominate the 2008 Beijing Games.

Alexander Shatilov won Israel's first-ever World Championship medal yesterday, finishing third in the men's floor exercise in London.

Elizabeth Tweddle of Britain stands on the podium with her gold medal in the women's floor final during the World Gymnastics Championships at the O2 Arena in London, Sunday, Oct.

China is raking in the gold again, with Deng Linlin winning the world title on balance beam.

Kayla Williams probably ruins the curve in her classes at school, too. The 16-year-old from Huntington, W.Va., who was still competing at the level below elite five months ago, looked like an old pro yesterday in winning the vault title at the World Gymnastics Championships.

Kayla Williams is taking home quite a souvenir from her first international competition.

Bridget Sloan wore gold, Rebecca Bross wore silver. The big winner? The United States.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 11, 2009 2009's third episode of "USA Gymnastics: Behind the Team" takes fans inside the men's and women's World Team Camps as members of the U.S national team prepare for their shot to wear the red, white and blue at the 2009 Artistic Gymnastics World Championship in London, site of the 2012 Olympic Games.

A year after he watched from the wings as his Huntingdon club-mate, Louis Smith, became the first British man in a century to win an individual Olympic gymnastics medal, Daniel Keatings wrote his own name in the history books in London's O2 Arena on Thursday night.

Photograph: Imre Foeldi/AP The London 2012 Olympic Board today agreed to base badminton and rhythmic gymnastics at Wembley Arena rather than build a temporary venue, but only if they can get approval from the two sports.

Deng Linlin already has one gold medal from China's team win at the Beijing Olympics.

A gymnast who had her sights set on competing in the 2012 Olympics has been forced to give up full-time training after her funding was withdrawn.

The prospect of Wembley Arena hosting badminton and rhythmic gymnastics at the 2012 Olympics moved a step closer today after London Mayor Boris Johnson and Olympics minister Tessa Jowell agreed to propose the venue was their preferred option.

Adrian Stan remembers all too vividly the lowly state of British gymnastics when, in 1992, he swapped his job as a national coach in his native Romania for a similar role in Britain.

There will be no Fabi-mania at these gymnastics world championships. Fabian Hambuechen, one of the sport's most popular athletes and a favorite for the men's all-around title, will miss this week's worlds after rupturing a ligament in his left foot during training Sunday.

Olympic champion Nastia Liukin has a new title. Liukin was elected to the International Gymnastics Federation's Athletes Commission on Sunday, representing women's artistic gymnastics.

Posted on Oct 09, 2009 by Angie Holmes . Allie Sindlinger, 16, of Cedar Rapids, flips through the air as she works out at Twisters Gymnastics in Hiawatha.

Shawn Johnson's visit to Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale Saturday served more as a whiff of what could have been.

Indianapolis usually doesn't cheer for Chicago, at least not on the football field, but Friday the sports rivals were on the same team, hoping the windy city would bring home the 2016 Olympics.

Jacques Rogge has presided over four Olympics, led a determined fight against doping and steadied the ship after the worst ethics crisis in the movement's history.

The International Olympic Committee awarded the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during its meetings in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Bela Karolyi stormed into town like a tornado yesterday, speaking with such power and passion he was given a standing ovation and the key to the city.

COPENHAGEN The International Olympic Committee is concerned that organizers of the 2012 London Games have yet to finalize plans for all the sports venues.

An unusual and interesting edit from the Australian Gymnastics Blog . A montage of Australia and Great Britain 2008 OG prelims floor to the music of Basement Jaxx.

Not only did the International Olympic Committee pass over Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games, but the Windy City was the first of the four candidate cities eliminated.

Sutton School of Gymnastics star Ross Brewer has admitted quitting the sport and passing-up a last shot at reaching an Olympic Games was the hardest decision he has had to make.

A ruling on whether China competed with two underage gymnasts at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney has been pushed back until at least next year.

Every morning at 7:30, the radio-alarm clock switches on in Andrew Rickly's bedroom.

Olympic silver medalist and current U.S. all-around champion Bridget Sloan headlines the women's team that will compete at this month's World Gymnastics Championships in London.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee announced Friday.

Besides President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle, Chicago also has some big-time former Olympians in its corner as it makes a final push toward winning the right to host the 2016 Games.

Olympic team silver medalist Chellsie Memmel has withdrawn from the final selection process for the U.S. team for the 2009 World Gymnastics Championships.

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama greets Chicago 2016 bid team members, including U.S. track great Ed Moses, right, and former NBA player David Robinson, top left, at a hotel in Copenhagen before she meets with International Olympic Committee members in Copenhagen,Wednesday, Sept.

Women members of a civilian reserve force under China's military march past Tiananmen Square in Beijing.