The Junior U.S. Women’s Team won the team gold medal and swept the all-around at the 2009 Junior Pan American Championships Saturday in Aracaju, Brazil, the Americas qualifier for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, Aug. 10-26, in Singapore.
Despite the participation of 2008 Olympic silver-medalist Jonathan Horton and 2008 NCAA all-around champion Steven Legendre of Flower Mound, Texas, the U.S. men finished sixth in the team all-around competition at the 2009 Japan Cup, July 18, in the Makuhari Event Hall in Chiba, Japan.
2008 world silver-medalists Michael Rodrigues and Kristin Allen of Livermore, Calif./West Coast Training Center, won the all-around title in World Cup mixed pair at the 2009 Freedom Cup at The Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul, Minn.
Ava Gehringer of Evanston, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center, and Rachel Marmer of Los Angeles/Eurogymnastics, were among the 10,000 athletes from around the globe at the World University Summer Games, July 1-13, in Belgrade, Serbia.
After two days of competition, world silver-medalists Michael Rodrigues and Kristin Allen of Livermore, Calif./West Coast Training Center, lead the tight World Cup mixed pair all-around standings in the 2009 Freedom Cup at The Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul, Minn.
Brandon Wynn of Voorhees, N.J./Ohio State University, won the all-around in the senior division and garnered the top points in the ranking system to qualify for the 2009 Visa Championships, Aug. 12-15, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
After the first day of competition in the 2009 Freedom Cup at The Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul, Minn., 2008 world silver-medalists Michael Rodrigues and Kristin Allen of Livermore, Calif./West Coast Training Center, lead the World Cup mixed pair competition with a balance score of 29.000.
2008 U.S. all-around champion David Sender of Arlington Heights, Ill., is one of four athletes who will lead the U.S. Delegation into Ramat Gan Stadium during the Opening Ceremony on July 13 to mark the beginning of the 18th Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 13 – 23, 2009.
Nearly 160 acrobatic gymnasts from Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Monaco, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia and the United States are vying for gold medals at the 2009 Freedom Cup July 10-12 at The Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul, Minn.
2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin, 2008 Olympic balance beam gold-medalist Shawn Johnson, and 2004 Olympic silver-medalist Courtney Kupets are nominees for 2009 ESPY Awards.
As the Taste of Chicago enters its last few days, the Tyson Fitness Challenge conducted by the Chicago Park District has been a popular stop. Situated as part of the 2016 Olympic bid area, the Tyson Fitness Challenge Zone is open from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. every day through Sunday, July 5.
World mixed pair silver-medalists Kristin Allen and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif., recently visited the Twin Cities to promote the 2009 Freedom Cup, scheduled for July 10-12 at The Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul, Minn.
1984 Olympic gold medalists Mary Lou Retton and Peter Vidmar are among the dozens of Olympians who are expected to participate in a gala celebration on July 18 at the Los Angeles Coliseum to commemorate the 25-year anniversary of the 1984 Olympic Games.
Three-time U.S. Olympic men’s gymnastics head coach Abie Grossfeld, who in 1984 coached the U.S. men to their only Olympic team gold medal, is among the 2009 class of inductees for the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame presented by Allstate.
2008 mixed pair world silver-medalists Kristin Allen and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif., and World Cup Finals tumbling silver-medalist Kalon Ludvigson are among the 10 athletes who will represent the United States at the 2009 World Games.
2008 mixed pair world silver-medalists Kristin Allen and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif., and World Cup Finals tumbling silver-medalist Kalon Ludvigson of Pocatello, Idaho, are among the 10 athletes who will represent the United States at the 2009 World Games.
Gymnastics star and two-time Honda Sports Award winner (2007, 2009) Courtney Kupets of the University of Georgia has been awarded the 33rd annual Honda- Broderick Cup, designating her as the 2009 Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year.
2009 Chicago Cup all-round champions Rebecca Sereda of Staten Island, N.Y., and Russia’s Ellina Tregubova headline individual event winners on the final day of the Chicago Cup, held at Chicago’s Broadway Armory.
Members of the Women’s Junior Olympic National Team are attending a training camp conducted by USA Gymnastics at the United States Olympic Training Center and Aerials Gymnastics in Colorado Springs, June 19-23.
The all-around competition of the 2009 Chicago Cup wrapped up Saturday night at Chicago’s Broadway Armory with the United States’ Rebecca Sereda and Russia’s Ellina Tregubova taking home top honors at junior and senior levels. The USA earned four total medals, one gold, one silver and two bronze.
Ivana Benson of Valrico, Fla./Tampa Bay Rhythmics, and Sarah Kudishevich of Eden Prairie, Minn./International Gymnastics Minnesota, won the senior Level 9 and 10 all-around titles, respectively, at the 2009 U.S. Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior Olympic Optional National Championships at Chicago’s Broadway Armory.
Nearly 1,500 gymnasts from Europe, North, Central and South America, as well as the United States, are headed to Ft. Worth, Texas, for American Sokol’s 2009 International Sport and Cultural Festival June 23-27 at the Fort Worth Convention Center.
After the first night, the United States holds two of the top three spots in the all-around competition at the junior and senior levels of the 2009 Chicago Cup, which is taking place this weekend at Chicago’s Broadway Armory.
North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center gymnasts Ava Gehringer of Evanston, Ill., and Jazzy Kerber of Highland Park, Ill., were among two groups of senior and junior rhythmic gymnasts who visited Chicago-area gymnastics clubs on June 11, 2009, to promote the 2009 Chicago Cup, an international rhythmic gymnastics event scheduled for June 19-21 in Chicago.
2008 world mixed pair silver-medalists Michael Rodrigues and Kristin Allen of Livermore, Calif./ West Coast Training Center, are among the USA’s acrobatic gymnasts expected to compete in the 2009 Freedom Cup
2008 individual all-around Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, is the honorary race chair for the 19th Annual Susan G. Komen North Texas Race for the Cure taking place Saturday, June 6, 2009, in Plano, Texas.
2008 Olympic bronze medalist Raj Bhavsar of Houston/Houston Gymnastics Academy met with India’s Gymnastics Team in Allahabad, India, on June 6. The team performed some routines and then Bhavsar did a small workout with them.
Seven of the USA’s top rhythmic gymnasts – including Chicago natives and North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center gymnasts Ava Gehringer of Evanston, Ill., and Jazzy Kerber of Highland Park, Ill.- will compete in the inaugural Chicago Cup, an international rhythmic gymnastics competition at Chicago’s Broadway Armory Park on June 19-21.
Three-time Olympian and 1996 Olympic gold-medalist Dominique Dawes of Gaithersburg, Md., was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame as part of its Class of 2009 on May 30, 2009, at The Petroleum Club in Oklahoma City, Okla.
The USA earned 6 medals at the 11th International Mol Cup in Mol, Belgium. Megan Kinkaid of California Rhythms finished 2nd in the All-Around in the junior division and qualified into three event finals. She won the gold in Hoop finals.
2008 Olympic bronze-medalist Raj Bhavsar of Houston/Houston Gymnastics Academy won the silver medal on the parallel bars at the 2009 World Stars, an International Gymnastics Federation World Cup event, at Moscow’s Olympic Sport Complex.
U.S. Rhythmic National Team members Rachel Marmer of Los Angeles/Eurogymnastics, and Ava Gehringer of Evanston, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center will join more than1 0,000 athletes from around the globe at the World University Summer Games, July 1-13, in Belgrade, Serbia.
2008 Olympic bronze medalist Raj Bhavsar of Houston/Houston Gymnastics Academy, advanced to the finals for still rings and parallel bars at the 2009 World Stars, the first International Gymnastics Federation 2009 World Cup series.
2008 Olympic bronze medalist Raj Bhavsar of Houston/Houston Gymnastics Academy, 2008 U.S. all-around champion David Sender of Arlington Heights, Ill./Stanford University, and 2007 U.S. floor exercise champion Guillermo Alvarez of Minneapolis/Minnesota Gymnastics, are competing in Moscow this weekend
Shelby Kisiel finished 5th All-Around in the junior division at the No Limits Tournament in Antwerp, Belgium. She qualified into all 4 event finals and earned the bronze in hoop. Anastasia Torba finished 5th All-around and also qualified into all 4 event finals in the senior division.
The USA’s Alaina Williams of Huntsville, Ala., won the women’s trampoline title and Steven Gluckstein of Atlantic Highlands, N.J., and Logan Dooley of Lake Forest, Calif., went one-two in men’s trampoline at the 2009 International Frivolten Cup in Herrljunga, Sweden, May 22-23.
2008 Olympic silver-medalist Jon Horton of Houston visited schools and gymnastics clubs in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area to promote the 2009 Visa Championships, scheduled Aug. 12-15 at the American Airlines Center.
2009 Winter Classic and U.S. Elite Challenge trampoline champion Steven Gluckstein of Atlantic Highlands, N.J., and U.S. Elite Challenge champion Alaina Williams of Huntsville, Ala., head a strong U.S. field traveling to Herrljunga, Sweden, May 22-23 for the Frivolton Cup
Eight all-around champions, as well as individual event champions in the eight age categories, were determined from the 192 Level 10 gymnasts competing in the 2009 Junior Olympic National Invitational Tournament (NIT) held in conjunction with the Women’s National Junior Olympic Championships at the Puyallup Fair Showplex on May 17, 2009.
2008 Olympic balance beam gold-medalist Shawn Johnson and partner Mark Ballas were crowned the champions of the eighth season of “Dancing with the Stars” Tuesday night, May 19. Johnson was the youngest competitor the show ever had and now becomes its youngest champion.
Manhattan soared into action Friday morning with its second high flying treat this week when U.S. senior trampoline national team member Steven Gluckstein returned to “Good Morning America” to kick-off the “Battle of the GMA Anchors” with trampoline skills.
If you were a Level 9 Eastern or Western All-Around Champion, please send your photo to Luan Peszek at [email protected]. We will post photos of the all-around champions on the website and they will also be included in USA Gymnastics magazine!
Nearly 450 of the USA’s best Level 10 gymnasts will compete in the 2009 Women’s U.S. Junior Olympic National Championships May 14-17 at the. Puyallup (Wash.) Fair Showplex.
2008 Olympic team bronze-medalist Raj Bhavsar of Houston was named as the receipient of the South Asian Excellence Award for sports at a black-tie gala in the Grand Ballroom of Cipriani’s Hotel in New York City on May 9.
More than 200 acrobatic gymnasts from around the world and the USA will compete at the 2009 Freedom Cup, an International Gymnastics Federation World Cup event, scheduled for July 10-12 at The Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul, Minn.
U.S. senior trampoline national team member Steven Gluckstein of Atlantic Highlands, N.J., who won the trampoline title at the 2009 Winter Classic, and his coach Tatiana Kovaleva from Head over Heels were part of a fun segment on “Good Morning America.”
Alaina Williams of Amarillo, Texas/Matrix and Steven Gluckstein of Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Head Over Heels each won the Senior Elite Trampoline gold medal and the Senior Elite Synchro gold medal at the 2009 U.S. Elite Challenge in Ft. Smith Ark.
The U.S. Women’s Team won their second international friendly exchange as they defeated France on May 8. The U.S. women racked up 229.250 points to France’s 219.100. 2008 Olympic team silver-medalist Bridget Sloan of Pittsboro, Ind., won the all-around competition, with the USA taking the first three spots.
Juniors Rebecca Sereda (Staten Island, N.Y./Lido Isadora Sports School) and Jasmine Kerber (Highland Park, Ill./North Shore Rhythmics) earned seven top ten finishes in the Junior Invitational Tournament, held in conjunction with the 2009 Pesaro World Cup on April 30-May 2 in Pesaro, Italy.
The Women’s Junior Olympic Level 9 Eastern and Western Championships are scheduled for May 8-10. The Level 9 Eastern Championships will be held at BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Miss., with the Western Championships at the ConocoPhillips-Adams Building, inBartlesville, Okla.
More than 700 of the USA’s top Level 9 and 10 gymnasts will compete in the 2009 U.S. MenA’s Junior Olympic National Championships, May 6-10, at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The mixed pair of Ani Smith and Jake Kanavel of Aerial Tumbling & AcroGymnastics, San Jose, CA performed two exhibition routines at the opening ceremonies of the 2009 Men’s J.O. National Championships in Cincinnati, OH on May 6.
2008 Olympic team silver-medalist Bridget Sloan of Pittsboro, Ind., is among the eight members of the U.S. Women’s National Team who will compete in the friendly international exchange Saturday night in Muelheim, Germany.
The 2009 USA Gymnastics Collegiate Team National Champion, University of Bridgeport Purple Knights, were recognized by the Bridgeport Bluefish prior to the team’s Atlantic League baseball game versus the Camden Riversharks on Wednesday, April 29th.
2008 Olympic team bronze-medalists Raj Bhavsar of Houston and Joey Hagerty of Rio Rancho, N.M., are among the five members of the U.S. Men’s National Team who will be competing internationally in late May.
2008 Olympic team silver-medalist Bridget Sloan of Pittsboro, Ind., is among the eight members of the U.S. Women’s National Team who will compete in the friendly international exchanges held on May 2 in Muelheim, Germany, and on May 8 in Rouen, France.
2008 mixed pair world silver-medalists Kristin Allen and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif./West Coast Training Center, earned the silver medal at the 2009 Acro Cup Albershausen in Albershausen, Germany.
2008 Olympic team silver-medalist Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., visited eight gymnastics clubs, as well as met with the Texas Woman’s University’s gymnastics team, during a two-day stop in the Dallas area to promote the 2009 Visa Championships, scheduled for Aug. 12-15 at the American Airlines Center.
The University of Texas’ Jennifer Grabowski won the women’s all-around and vault titles, and Texas A&M University’s Eli Richardson won the men’s all-around and four individual event crowns at the 2009 National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs (NAIGC) National Championships, held at Emory University’s Woodruff Physical Education Center in Atlanta, Ga.
2004 Olympic team silver-medalist Courtney Kupets, a senior at the University of Georgia, added three individual event titles to her 2009 NCAA team and all-around crowns at the 2009 National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Championships
Team, all-around and individual event finals at the 2009 National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs (NAIGC) National Championships are Saturday, April 18, at 11:50 a.m. ET at Emory University’s Woodruff Physical Education Center in Atlanta, Ga.
Stanford University won its fourth national NCAA men’s team title by posting a total score of 362.800 at the 2009 National Collegiate Men’s Gymnastics Championships held at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
The University of Georgia won its fifth consecutive NCAA team title and 10th overall at the 2009 National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Championships, held at the University of Nebraska’s Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Neb.
The University of California – Berkeley, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, Ohio State University, University of Oklahoma and Stanford University posted the top team scores in the National Qualifier to advance to the team finals of the 2009 National Collegiate Men’s Gymnastics Championships held at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
2004 Olympic team silver-medalist Courtney Kupets, a senior at the University of Georgia, won her third career NCAA all-around title at the 2009 National Collegiate Gymnastics Championships at the University of Nebraska’s Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Neb.
2008 mixed pair world silver-medalists Kristin Allen and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif./West Coast Training Center, will compete at the 2009 Acro Cup Albershausen, April 16-19, in Albershausen, Germany.
Mike Burns and Barry Weiner, head men’s gymnastics coaches at the University of Minnesota and University of California – Berkeley, respectively, were named co-recipients of the Honor Coach Award, which is presented by the College Gymnastics Association.
More than 600 gymnasts are expected to compete in the 2009 National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs (NAIGC) National Championships, scheduled for April 16-18 at Emory University’s Woodruff Physical Education Center in Atlanta, Ga.
Temple University’s Katie Canning and Yale University’s Alina Liao added individual event titles to their shared all-around crown during the final day of competition at the 2009 USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate Championships, held at Southern Connecticut State University.
Cornell University and the University of Bridgeport tied for the team title at the 2009 USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate Championships at Southern Connecticut State University’s Moore Fieldhouse in New Haven, Conn.
Texas Woman’s University’s Rashonda Cannie, Temple University’s Katie Canning and Yale University’s Alina Liao tied for the all-around title at the 2009 USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate Championships at Southern Connecticut State University
The University of Illinois–Champaign, the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois–Chicago earned automatic berths in the men’s National Qualifier on April 16 by winning their respective conference championships on April 3-4.
Ashley Stott of Temecula, Calif./Precision Gymnastics, and McKenzie Wofford of Spring, Texas/Stars Gymnastics Training Center-Houston, won the senior and junior all-around titles, respectively, at the 2009 American Classic, held April 4 in San Diego, Calif.
2008 NCAA champion University of Georgia is one of 12 universities that advanced to the NCAA Women’s National Gymnastics Championships, scheduled for April 16-18 at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.
2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, and 2008 Olympic balance beam gold-medalist Shawn Johnson of West Des Moines, Iowa, are two of five amateur athletes chosen as finalists for the 79th Annual AAU Sullivan Award.
Thirty-six teams and a number of individual competitors will compete on Saturday, April 4, at six regional competitions for an opportunity to advance to the 2009 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships held April 16-18 in Lincoln, Neb.
The United States was represented at the 21st annual Coupe du Pas-de-Calais, an FIG rhythmic gymnastics tournament in Calais, France March 21-22, 2009 by junior Jasmine Kerber and the Senior national group, both of North Shore Rhythmics. (Kerber was 2nd at 2009 Rhythmic Challenge; Senior Group won 2008 Group National Championships)
All-session ticket packages for rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, and acrobatic gymnastics at the 2009 Visa Championships, scheduled for Aug. 12-15 at the Dallas Convention Center, go on sale on March 31 at 10 a.m. CT.
2008 Olympic silver medalist Alicia Sacramone was in the Dallas area on March 29-30 to promote the upcoming Visa Championships which will take place August 12-15 at the American Airlines Center.
The College of William & Mary’s Richard Pearson and James Prim won the gold medal in the pommel horse and parallel bars, respectively, at the 2009 USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships, which concluded today at William & Mary.
The College of William & Mary’s Derek Gygax and Arizona State University’s Alex Gaudour of Arizona State University won the varsity and club all-around titles, respectively, at the 2009 USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships held at William & Mary’s Kaplan Arena in Williamsburg, Va.
As they gathered at SportAccord in Denver for the first major international Olympic sport summit hosted in the U.S. since the Games in Salt Lake 2002, the U.S. National Governing Bodies (NGB) of sport expressed their unified support for the Chicago 2016 bid and its vision for sport development across the country.
Further to the 2009 FIG ACRO Intercontinental Judges’ Course (XII Cycle / 2009-2012) held in Ruit (GER) from 16 to 23 November, 2008, the USA Gymnastics is pleased to herein recognize Jola Jones and Kari Duncan whom both received a Category I Brevet rating.
Junior national team members Briley Casanova of Dallas, Texas/WOGA, Randi Lau of Honolulu, Hawaii/What’s Up Gymnastics, and Sabrina Vega of Carmel, N.Y./Dynamic Gymnastics, are among the 33 women’s gymnasts scheduled to compete in the 2009 American Classic, April 4, in San Diego, Calif.
The College of William & Mary is set to host the 2009 USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships this weekend at Kaplan Arena. The team competition will be held on Friday, March 27, starting at 5 p.m. ET, and the individual events are Saturday, March 28, at 5 p.m.
April is the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s championships month, with six women’s gymnastics regionals on April 4, followed by the men’s and women’s gymnastics national championships on April 16-18.
Voting for the 79th Annual AAU James E. Sullivan Award has now begun online, and gymnastics fans will have a tough time choosing among Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson and Jonathan Horton.
The College of William and Mary and Southern Connecticut State University will host the 2009 USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships for the men and women, respectively.
Julia Zimmerman (Chicago, Ill.), who won all-around title on the first day of competition, added the vault crown on the final day of the 2009 National Collegiate Gymnastics Championships, held at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn.
Fifteen-year-old Samantha Shapiro of All Olympian Gymnastics Center in Los Angeles won the gold medal on uneven bars at the World Cup in Montreal, March 7-8. We caught up with Shapiro and asked about her experience at the competition.
Sixteen-year-old Mattie Larson just returned from the World Cup in Montreal where she won two gold medals on balance beam and floor exercise. Larson trains at All Olympia in Los Angeles, Calif. and is coached by Galina Marinova and Artur Akopyan.
Samantha Shapiro of Los Angeles/All Olympia, won uneven bars at the World Cup in Montreal, Que., Canada, and Tim McNeill of Falls Church, Va./University of California – Berkeley, finished fifth on pommel horse.
In recognition of their hard work, approximately 400 of the 4,400 gymnasts who participated in the Chicago Park District’s Tyson Fitness Challenge earned tickets to attend the 2009 Tyson American Cup on Feb. 21 at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
The USA claimed the team title and Kamerin Moore of West Bloomfield, Mich., won the all-around at the USA-Japan women’s friendly dual meet held at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
Bridget Sloan, Joseph Hagerty,David Sender and Jordyn Wieber recently spoke with members of the media about their preparations for the 2009 Tyson American Cup, scheduled for Feb. 21 at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
Rachel Marmer of Los Angeles/Eurogymnastics and Rebecca Sereda of Staten Island, N.Y./Isadora, won the senior and junior all-around, respectively, at the 2009 Rhythmic Challenge on Feb. 15 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, was among the Olympians and celebrities who participated in the sixth annual Red Dress Collection Fashion Show Friday, Feb. 13 at Bryant Park in New York City.
Bridget Sloan, Joseph Hagerty, David Sender and Jordyn Wieber are among the world’s top gymnasts and rising stars expected to compete in the 2009 Tyson American Cup, scheduled for Feb 21 at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
2008 U.S. all-around silver-medalist Rachel Marmer of Los Angeles/Eurogymnastics is among the 17 rhythmic gymnasts scheduled to compete in the 2009 Rhythmic Challenge, Feb. 15, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
2008 Olympic gold-medalist Shawn Johnson of West Des Moines, Iowa, is one of the celebrities appearing on “Dancing with the Stars” during the show’s eighth season, which begins on March 9 at 8 p.m. ET.
2008 Olympic team silver-medalist Samantha Peszek of Indianapolis signed autographs and spoke to participants at the 2009 IGI Gymnastics competition at Chicago’s Navy Pier to promote the 2009 Tyson American Cup
2008 Olympic team bronze-medalist Joseph Hagerty of Rio Rancho, N.M./U.S. Olympic Training Center, leads the all-around after the first day of competition at the 2009 Winter Cup Challenge at the Las Vegas Sports Center in Las Vegas, Nev.
2008 Olympic team bronze-medalist Joseph Hagerty and 2008 U.S. all-around champion David Sender are among the seven members of the U.S. Men’s Senior National Team scheduled to compete in the 2009 Winter Cup Challenge, Feb. 5 and 7, at the Las Vegas Sports Center in Las Vegas, Nev.
Valerie Rustad loves a challenge. That is why she found fulfillment in rhythmic gymnastics. Because she was born without a left hand, she had to learn how to catch and toss the rhythmic gymnastic apparatus such as the ribbon, rope, and clubs wearing a prosthetic arm.
2004 Olympic all-around champion Carly Patterson, 2004 Olympian Mary Sanders, 2000 Olympian Steve McCain and 1996 Olympian John Macready are among the 2009 class of inductees for the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame that USA Gymnastics announced today.
Beth Horn, a former collegiate gymnast who now plays “Venom” on NBC’s American Gladiator, visited three Chicago Park District gymnastics clubs on Jan. 29 to talk with local gymnasts about the importance of fitness and the Tyson Fitness Challenge.
The Rhythmic Program Director, Rhythmic IEC Coaches and Rhythmic Youth Elite Squad Coordinator visited the Karolyi Ranch to observe a Training Camp and meet with Women’s National Team Coordinator, Martha Karoyli.
During her two days in the Chicago metropolitan area, Olympic and world champion Shannon Miller spoke with thousands of local gymnasts and students when she visited gymnastics clubs and area schools to promote the 2009 Tyson American Cup
Olympic and world champion Shannon Miller, who just returned from the Mideast where she visited U.S. military troops, is in Chicago visiting local gymnastics clubs to promote the 2009 Tyson American Cup
Colorado Springs, Colo., is again playing host to America’s largest Olympic-style multi-sport festival for amateur athletes when 10,000 athletes come to the city for the 2009 State Games of America, July 30-August 2.
2008 U.S. Olympic silver-medalist Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., has made her Olympian status official — with the Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles. Her new license plate, OLYMPYN, says it all!
Approximately 4,400 kids in the Chicago Park District gymnastics program will get a healthy start for 2009 by participating in the Tyson Fitness Challenge, a local six-week fitness initiative geared to help today’s youth achieve active, healthy lifestyles.
2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, 2008 Olympic balance beam champ Shawn Johnson of West Des Moines, Iowa, and 2008 Olympic high bar silver-medalist Jonathan Horton of Houston are three of the USA’s seven 2008 Olympic medalists featured in the “Progressive presents Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular,”
Leanne Seitzinger of Stafford, Va., and Novak’s Gymnastics, earned the gold medal in senior women’s tumbling at the Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships, Dec. 6-7, in Argentina. USA Gymnastics talked to Leanne over the holiday break about her successful experience. Here’s what she had to say!
