2006 U.S. all-around champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, is one of 20 identified as ones to watch in 2007 in Newsweek’s “Who’s Next?” feature in the Dec. 25-Jan. 1, 2007, issue that is available at newsstands Monday, Dec. 18.
The U.S. acrobatic gymnastics delegation to the 2006 British Open Tournament in Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain, won one gold, two silver and one bronze medal in the international competition that featured teams from clubs and federations from the Republic of Ireland, Belgium, Spain, Wales, London, Scotland, West Midlands, United States and Yorkshire.
Congratulations to all the athletes named to the trampoline, tumbling and double mini Senior and Junior National Teams this week! Click below for a complete list of the 2007 National Teams.
Philadelphia and USA Gymnastics today formally confirmed their partnership to host the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pa., from June 19-22.
Athletes from 15 U.S. clubs competed recently in the David Ward-Hunt Cup in Gillingham, England and the Slavic Games Open in Vitebsk, Belarus.
The “polls are closed” and the new T&T Technical and Jr. Olympic Program Committees have been elected.
2006 all-around world silver-medalist Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla., and 2006 pommel horse bronze-medalist Alexander Artemev of Morrison, Colo., have accepted invitations to represent the United States in the 2007 Tyson American Cup, one of the world’s most prestigious gymnastics events, on March 3 at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.
Greenfield, Indiana was the site of the 5th Annual JumpStart National Testing, December 1-2 at Ultra Stars Academy.
Yuliya Hall, Idaho Falls, Idaho, took fourth place in women’s tumbling at the World Cup Final today in Birmingham, England.
The 2007 Winter Classic will be held in Lubbock, Texas, February 23-24 at the Lubbock Civic Center
2006 U.S. Junior National Team members Sarah DeMeo of Overland Park, Kansas, and Cassie Whitcomb of Cincinnati, Ohio, will represent the United States in the 2006 Top Gym Competition, Nov. 24-25, in Charleroi, Belgium.
The 2006 Future Stars Camp took place again at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. on September 24-28.
USA Gymnastics has awarded the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics to Philadelphia, which will hold the event at the Wachovia Center, June 19-22.
Sean Townsend won the bronze medal in the parallel bars at the 10th Glasgow Grand Prix and World Cup at Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena.
USA Gymnastics is pleased to announce that Jeff Robinson of Orlando, Fla., has been named men’s Junior Olympic Program coordinator.
When the 2006 World Championships came to a close, the USA had claimed five silver medals and one bronze. Jana Bieger was the USA’s biggest medal winner, claiming the silver medal in the all-around and floor exercise to go with the women’s team silver.
USA Gymnastics is pleased to announce Michael Rodrigues as the new athlete representative for the acro program. Congratulations to Michael! We look forward to his continued involvement and support within the Acro Program!
2006 all-around world silver-medalist Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla., won her second gold medal at the 2006 DTB-Pokal, a World Cup event held in Stuttgart, Germany.
2006 all-around world silver-medalist Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla., won the uneven bars and 2006 U.S. World Championships Team member Kevin Tan of Fremont, Calif., finished third in the still rings at the 2006 DTB-Pokal, a World Cup event held in Stuttgart, Germany.
Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass., and Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, won the silver medal for the vault and uneven bars, respectively, at the 2006 World Championships, with Alexander Artemev of Morrison, Colo., claiming the bronze medal in the pommel horse.
Due to an injured right shoulder, Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., has withdrawn from the uneven bars finals at the 2006 World Championships scheduled for later today.
2005 all-around world champion Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla., Guillermo Alvarez of Denver and Alexander Artemev of Morrison, Colo., will compete in the all-around finals at the 2006 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, on Oct. 19.
Due to an injured right shoulder, 2005 all-around world champion Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., has withdrawn from the all-around finals at the 2006 World Championships scheduled for later today.
The U.S. Women’s Team is poised to defend its 2003 world team title at the 2006 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark.
The U.S. Women’s Team moved into first place in the team competition preliminaries with its total score of 243.325 at the 2006 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark.
Guillermo Alvarez of Denver and Alexander Artemev of Morrison, Colo., both qualified for the men’s all-around finals on Oct. 19 at the 2006 World Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark.
USA Gymnastics has submitted its line-up for the women’s competition at the 2006 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark.
The U.S. men competed today on the first of two days of men’s preliminaries at the 2006 World Gymnastics Championships.
The best in men’s and women’s international gymnastics return to Florida when Jacksonville plays host to the 2007 Tyson American Cup, one of the world’s most prestigious gymnastics events, on March 3 at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.
2005 world champions Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, and Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass., and fellow 2005 teammate Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla., are among the women named to the U.S. Women’s Team for the 2006 World Championships, Oct. 14-21, in Aarhus, Denmark.
The U.S. named its women’s team for the 2006 World Championships on Thursday, Oct. 5. The team includes in alphabetical order: Jana Bieger, Jacquelyn Johnson, Natasha Kelley, Nastia Liukin, Chellsie Memmel, Ashley Priess, and Alicia Sacramone.
The USA won the team title at the 2006 Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Toronto, Ont., finishing ahead of Canada and Mexico.
2005 world champions Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, and Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass., and fellow 2005 teammate Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla., are among the 12 women invited to attend the U.S. Women’s Team Selection Camp
David Sender of Arlington Heights, Ill./Stanford University, has been added to the U.S. Men’s Team for the 2006 World Championships, Oct. 14-22 in Aarhus, Denmark.
Yuliya Hall of Idaho Falls, Idaho, has qualified for trampoline and tumbling’s World Cup Final in Birmingham, England, Nov. 25.
Yuliya Hall, Idaho Falls, Id., took fifth place over the weekend at the World Cup event in Salzgitter, Germany. The top eight athletes from the two-year series of World Cup events will advance to the World Cup Final in Birmingham, England in November.
Four U.S. women have advanced to the final rounds of trampoline and tumbling’s World Cup event in Salzgitter, Germany.
Rachel Marmer of Los Angeles won three gold medals and one silver in the individual event finals at the 2006 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Toronto, Ont.
Erin Blanchard, Lafayette, La., took fifth place in women’s individual trampoline at the World Cup in Savognin, Switzerland over the weekend.
Ryan Weston of Pocatello, Idaho, and Erin Blanchard of Lafayette, La., will compete in the individual trampoline final round of the World Cup event in Savognin, Switzerland, on Aug. 26.
USA Gymnastics has selected the rhythmic gymnasts who will represent the United States in the 2006 Junior Pan American Championships, Aug. 25-29, in Toronto, Ont., and the Grand Prix in Deventer, Netherlands, Sept. 2-4. 2006
he United States qualified to send two men and two women to compete in trampoline at the 2007 Pan American Games, July 13-29, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by winning the men’s team competition and finishing second in the women’s team event at the 2006 Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico.
2006 U.S. junior all-around champion Shawn Johnson of Des Moines, Iowa, is one of four women who will represent the United States in the 2006 Junior Pan American Championships, Aug. 25-27, at the Palais des Congres in Gatineau, Que.
All were named following the conclusion of the 2006 Visa Championships; trampoline and tumbling will name its national team in early 2007.
2006 U.S. all-around champion Alexander Artemov of Morrison, Colo./Team Chevron, is one of six men named to the U.S. Men’s Team for the 2006 World Championships, Oct. 14-22 in Aarhus, Denmark.
2005 world uneven bars and balance beam champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas/WOGA, successfully defended her U.S. all-around title at the 2006 Visa Championships at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
Preliminaries concluded yesterday at the Pan American Championships, with the U.S. men’s team finishing first and the women second to secure two places each at the debut of trampoline in the 2007 Pan American Games.
A 60-second vignette titled “Becoming the Champion,” featuring top male gymnasts from Team Chevron, will air during NBC’s broadcast of the men’s competition of the 2006 Visa Championships in St. Paul, Minn., on Sept. 10 at 1:30 p.m. ET.
Twelve U.S. athletes travel to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico this week to compete in the Pan American Trampoline Championships.
The field of 25 acrobatic gymnasts competing in the Acrobatic Gymnastics National Team Trials, held in conjunction with the 2006 Visa Championships, Aug. 16-19, at the Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, Minn., includes several newly crowned U.S. champions
2005 U.S. all-around champ Todd Thornton, 2006 Tyson American Cup champ Jonathan Horton, and 2006 Tyson American Cup bronze-medalist David Durante, are among the 81 male gymnasts competing in the 2006 Visa Championships, Aug. 16-19, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
World champions Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, and Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass., are among the 56 female gymnasts competing in the women’s competition at the 2006 Visa Championships, Aug. 16-19, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
Mixed pair Clare Brunson and Michael Rodrigues and men’s pair Julian Amaro and Tyler Spray successfully earned their second consecutive U.S. titles at the 2006 Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championships at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.
Aline Bakchajian, Brenann Stacker, Lisa Wang, and Julie Zetlin are among the 23 senior rhythmic gymnasts vying for the all-around and event titles at the 2006 VISA CHAMPIONSHIPS, Aug. 16-19, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
Natasha Kelley of Katy, Texas, and Ashley Priess of Hamilton, Ohio, tied for the senior all-around title at the 2006 U.S. Classic in Kansas City, Mo.
Less than a point separated the top three juniors at the 2006 U.S. Classic in Kansas City, Mo., July 29, showing the depth of the junior women’s program.
The 2006 Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championships concluded last night with the first annual National Gala. Jr. Elite and Elite athletes performed their favorite routines as the annual award winners and Junior Olympic National Team were announced.
Twelve U.S. athletes travel to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico this week to compete in the Pan American Trampoline Championships.
The 2006 class of inductees for the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame includes Olympians and sport innovators.
Performing as Realis, two-time acrobatic gymnastics world champions Arthur Davis and Shenea Booth were the judges’ choice from the July 19 semifinal to advance to the finals of NBC’s new talent show, America’s Got Talent.
2004 Olympic team alternate Raj Bhavsar and 2001 world parallel bars champ Sean Townsend, both from Houston, are among the 27 gymnasts who qualified for the senior division of the Visa Championships based on performances at the 2006 Men’s Qualifier at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Senior and Junior Elite competition concluded today with National Champions named in four events.
Jonathan Horton of Houston and David Durante of Garfield, N.J., who finished first and third, respectively, at the 2006 Tyson American Cup, are among the 99 male gymnasts competing in the 2006 U.S. Men’s Qualifier.
The United States nailed all five parallel bar routines in its final rotation to clinch the team title in the France/Switzerland/USA tri-meet at the Robert Charpentier Palace of Sports in Issy les Moulineaux, France.
The USA’s trio of Nicole and Melissa Summers, both of Dickerson, Md., and Karilynn Rockhill of Clarksburg, Md., earned the 12-19 women’s group’s silver medal at the 2006 International Age Group Competition, acrobatic gymnastics’ equivalent to junior world championships, in Coimbra, Portugal.
The USA’s mixed pair of Clare Brunson of Riverside, Calif., and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif., claimed the bronze medal at the 2006 World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships in Coimbra, Portugal.
USA Gymnastics and GymRoots, Inc. are presenting the 2006 USA Group Gymnastics Nationals, June 21-24, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Blue Ribbon Pavilion.
The country’s rhythmic gymnasts have two opportunities to qualify for the 2006 Visa Championships, Aug. 16-19, in St. Paul, Minn., where the U.S. champions will be crowned.
The top male gymnasts in the United States are heading to Colorado Springs, Colo., to compete in the 2006 U.S. Men’s Qualifier, which is the last opportunity to qualify to compete in the 2006 Visa Championships.
Derrick Aldrich, Windermere, FL and Nani Vercruyssen, Honolulu, HI both took gold at recent international competitions. Aldrich won the men’s senior trampoline at the Frivolten Cup in Herrljunga, Sweden, while Vercruyssen won the women’s 17 & Under trampoline at the Canadian National Championships in Quebec City, Canada.
US Delegation returned home winning 4 medals at the British Open Tournament held in Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain Dec 2-3.
The 2006 U.S. Classic, which features the country’s top female gymnasts, will be held July 29 at the Business and Technology Exhibit Hall at Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City, Mo.
2004 Olympic silver-medalist Brett McClure of Colorado Springs, Colo., has announced his retirement from competitive gymnastics.
Three U.S. gymnasts – Sean Golden of Camden, N.J.; Kayla Hoffman of Union, N.J.; and Natasha Kelley of Katy, Texas – are competing in the World Cup event in Moscow, Russia, May 25-26, at the Olympic Sports Complex.
The mixed pair of Clare Brunson of Riverside, Calif., and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif., and the women’s group of Mariah Henninger, Allysha Kidd and Tisa Penny, all of whom are from Livermore, will represent the United States in the 2006 World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships, June 15-17, in Coimbra, Portugal.
2005 world floor exercise champion Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass., is one of five U.S. gymnasts who will compete in the 2006 World Cup event in Ghent, Belgium, May 13-14.
The U.S. Women claimed two silver and two bronze medals at the 2006 World Cup event in Ghent, Belgium. Ashley Priess of Hamilton, Ohio, earned a silver and a bronze medal in the balance beam and floor exercise, respectively.
Congratulations to all of the athletes who competed at the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Team Trials. The competition took place at the Texas Sports Ranch on May 7 – 8.
The U.S. delegation to the 2006 Flanders International Acro Cup and World Cup, a key event leading up to the World Championships and International Age Group Competition, returned from the April 13-16 competition with seven total medals, four gold and three silver, and the Team Cup for the senior division.
The country’s top Junior Olympic artistic gymnasts will compete in USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic National Championships for the next two weekends.
Twelve U.S. athletes combined for 16 individual gold medals on the final day of competition at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships held at the Neil Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.
The USA claimed a total of six medals, including three gold, on the second of three days of competition at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, and Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., tied for the all-around title at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships at the Neil Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.
Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., the 2005 world all-around champion, and Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, the 2005 world balance beam and uneven bars champion, headline the eight-woman U.S. Team that will compete in the 2006 Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships, April 13-15 in Honolulu.
USA Gymnastics has decided to incorporate men’s artistic gymnastics into the competition program for the 2007 Visa Championships, scheduled for Aug. 15-18 in San Jose’s HP Pavilion, rather than have separate events for the men and women.
2006 U.S. Senior National Team member Justin Spring of Burke, Va./University of Illinois was awarded the 2006 Nissen-Emery Award at the Collegiate Gymnastics Association banquet in Norman, Okla.
Clare Brunson of Riverside, Calif., and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif., who were fourth in the mixed pair at the 2005 World Games, headline the U.S. delegation that will compete in the 2006 Flanders International Acro Cup, April 13-16, in Puurs, Belgium.
The Collegiate Women Sports Awards Program announced Monday that Georgia freshman Courtney Kupets is a finalist for this year’s Honda Award for gymnastics.
2005 world uneven bars and balance beam champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, is one of the nominees for the World Top 10 Athletes Award, supported by the Chinese Olympic Committee and the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games for 2008 (BOCOG).
2005 Pan American Championships and Visa Championships all-around champion Olga Karmansky of Brooklyn, N.Y., tops the eight-woman rhythmic gymnastics squad that will compete in the 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships, one of the world’s premier international events.
Australia, Canada and Malaysia achieved great success in gymnastics at the recent Commonwealth Games and are hoping to continue that trend with performances at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships, April 13-15, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla., won the vault gold medal at the 30th Turnier der Meister, a World Cup event held in Cottbus, Germany, as well as finished second on the balance beam and third in the uneven bars.
Australia, Canada and Malaysia achieved great success in gymnastics at the recent Commonwealth Games and are hoping to continue that trend with performances at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships, April 13-15, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
2005 world all-around champion Chellsie Memmel, 2006 Tyson American Cup and 2005 world balance beam and uneven bars champion Nastia Liukin, and 2005 world floor exercise champion Alicia Sacramone headline the roster of 22 women who will participate in the U.S. Women’s Team selection camp (April 4-7) for the 2006 Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships, April 13-15, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
2006 Tyson American Cup bronze-medalist David Durante and 2004 Olympic silver-medalist Brett McClure are among the 10 men selected to represent the United States in the 2006 Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships, April 13-15, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Steven and Jeffrey Gluckstein of Atlantic Highlands, N.J., won gold and bronze medals, respectively, at the 2006 Grenzland Cup in Aachen, Germany.
Samantha Peszek of McCordsville, Ind./Deveau’s Gymnastics, lead the USA’s medal haul by winning the junior all-around, vault and balance beam titles at the 2006 International Gymnix in Montreal, Que.
Honolulu’s Nani Vercruyssen joins fellow 2005 U.S. trampoline champions Chris Estrada of Lafayette, La., Alaina Hebert of Broussard, La., and Steven Gluckstein of Atlantic Highlands, N.J., as members of the eight-person trampoline squad that will represent the United States in the 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships.
The USA’s Ashley Priess of Hamilton, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics, and Yewki Tomita of Tucson, Ariz./Team Chevron, won the balance beam and horizontal bar, respectively, at the World Cup stop in Lyon, France.
The USA claimed a total of six medals, including three gold, on the second of three days of competition at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships in Honolulu, Hawaii.
2005 world uneven bars and balance beam champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, and Jonathan Horton of Houston won the all-around titles the 2006 Tyson American Cup at the Liacouras Center at Temple University in Philadelphia in front of a crowd of 4,237.
The new AT& (NYSE: T) and USA Gymnastics announced today that AT&T will serve as an official partner for USA Gymnastics and provide financial support, products and services to aid in the training of America’s gymnasts.
Olympic champions Elena Zamolodchikova of Russia and Hisashi Mizutori of Japan headline the impressive roster of international gymnasts who have accepted invitations to compete in the 2006 Tyson American Cup, March 4, at Temple University’s Liacouras Center in Philadelphia.
Following the completion of the 2006 Winter Cup Challenge, USA Gymnastics has named its 2006 Senior National Men’s Team.
David Durante of Garwood, N.J./Team Chevron, Jonathan Horton of Houston, Texas/University of Oklahoma, Brett McClure of Mill Creek, Wash./Team Chevron, and David Sender of Arlington Heights, Ill./Stanford University, have accepted invitations to represent the United States in the 2006 Tyson American
David Durante of Garwood, N.J., won his second straight Winter Cup Challenge all-around title, edging out Jonathan Horton of Houston by just two-tenths of a point.
The event, held in Birmingham, Alabama, saw Chris Estrada and Alaina Hebert, both of Lafayette, Louisiana win men’s and women’s trampoline.
2005 world uneven bars and balance beam champion Nastia Liukin of Plano, Texas, has accepted an invitation to represent the United States in the 2006 Tyson American Cup, March 4, at Global Spectrum’s Liacouras Center at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Twelve members of the current Men’s Senior National Team are among the country’s 80 top male gymnasts who are competing in the 2006 Winter Cup Challenge, Feb. 2-4, in Las Vegas.
The nation’s top male gymnasts will make their annual trek to Las Vegas for the 2006 Winter Cup Challenge, Feb. 2-4, to vie for the 14 spots on the Men’s Senior National Team.
Based on results from the Future Stars Championships, 50 10-, 11- and 12-year-old male gymnasts have been named to the 2005-06 National Future Stars Developmental Team.
The 2006 Tyson American Cup, one of the world’s premier international gymnastics events, will showcase top gymnasts from 11 countries March 4 at the Global Spectrum’s Liacouras Center at Temple University in Philadelphia.
