Gymnastics
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Tweddle to Represent Britain in Serbia
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. more...
Shawn Johnson Wins Gold in Olympic Beam Final
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. more...
He Wins 2008 Olympic Bars Final in a Tiebreaker
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. more...
2008 Olympic Women's Gymnastics Scoring
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. more...
2008 Olympic Women's Gymnastics Bars Final
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. more...
Hong and Izbasa Win 2008 Vault and Floor Finals
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. more...
2008 Olympic Women's Gymnastics Floor Finals
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. more...
2008 Olympic Women's Gymnastics Vault Final
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. more...
Nastia Liukin Wins the 2008 Olympic All Around
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. more...
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. more...
2008 Women's Olympic Gymnastics All-Around Picks
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. more...
Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin
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. more...
China Wins the Olympic Gymnastics Gold
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. more...
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. more...
