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Jun 11, 2009
Tweddle to Represent Britain in Serbia
In: Gymnastics (general)
By: Kim Ford
Beth Tweddle is among the ten gymnasts selected to represent Great Britain at the 25th World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia this July.
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Aug 19, 2008
Shawn Johnson Wins Gold in Olympic Beam Final
In: Gymnastics (general)
By: Judith Faucette
A series of falls and mistakes from competitors on the most stressful event in women's gymnastics paid off for Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin in the last event final.
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Aug 18, 2008
He Wins 2008 Olympic Bars Final in a Tiebreaker
In: Parallel/Uneven/High Bars
By: Judith Faucette
Due to a complicated tie breaking procedure that no longer allows for double medals in gymnastics, Nastia Liukin was edged out on the bars. Yang finished third.
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Aug 18, 2008
2008 Olympic Women's Gymnastics Scoring
In: Gymnastics (general)
By: Judith Faucette
Though some scores at the Beijing Olympics have been unexpectedly low or high, it is unlikely that actual bias is involved, or even that results have been affected.
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Aug 17, 2008
2008 Olympic Women's Gymnastics Bars Final
In: Parallel/Uneven/High Bars
By: Judith Faucette
The start order does not look good for Nastia Liukin in the uneven bars final, but her high A-score could give her the advantage over gymnasts like He and Semenova.
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Aug 17, 2008
Hong and Izbasa Win 2008 Vault and Floor Finals
In: Gymnastics (general)
By: Judith Faucette
Sunday night was full of surprises in women's gymnastics. Johnson was pushed out of gold again at the last minute on floor, and a mistake on vault pushed Cheng to third.
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Aug 16, 2008
2008 Olympic Women's Gymnastics Floor Finals
In: Gymnastics (general)
By: Judith Faucette
The floor exercise final is Shawn Johnson's best shot at a gold these games after earlier disappointment, but Liukin, Cheng Fei, and Sandra Izbasa all also have a shot.
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Aug 16, 2008
2008 Olympic Women's Gymnastics Vault Final
In: Gymnastics (general)
By: Judith Faucette
With Shawn Johnson not competing, Cheng Fei is looking for gold on vault, but she'll have to beat Alicia Sacramone and North Korean Hong Un-Jong first.
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Aug 15, 2008
Nastia Liukin Wins the 2008 Olympic All Around
In: Gymnastics (general)
By: Judith Faucette
In an exciting competition Friday morning, US team member Nastia Liukin became 2008 Olympic women's gymnastics all around champion. Shawn Johnson finished second.
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Aug 15, 2008
Profile of Nastia Liukin
In: Gymnastics (general)
By: Judith Faucette
Despite the disappointing silver medal finish for the US team, Liukin has four more shots at gold and her experience may serve her well in the finals.
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Aug 14, 2008
2008 Women's Olympic Gymnastics All-Around Picks
In: Gymnastics (general)
By: Judith Faucette
Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin from the US are favored to win the all-around. If they falter, however, gymnasts like Nistor, Yang, Jiang, and Semenova could sneak by.
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Aug 12, 2008
Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin
In: Gymnastics (general)
By: Judith Faucette
After a disappointing silver-medal finish in the team competition, US gymnasts Johnson and Liukin both hope to regroup and battle for 2008 Olympic All Around gold.
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Aug 12, 2008
China Wins the Olympic Gymnastics Gold
In: Gymnastics (general)
By: Judith Faucette
Though the US was strong, managing to pull through on their nemesis uneven bars and coming within a point of the Chinese on beam, trouble on floor cost them the gold.
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Aug 12, 2008
World Champion Shawn Johnson
In: Gymnastics (general)
By: Judith Faucette
Shawn Johnson has a shot at the all-around gold in Beijing, though her first challenge will be to help the US team to gold over the Chinese.
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