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Gabby Douglas Back in the Gym

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:38:39 +0000

Olympic all-around champ Gabby Douglas returned to Chow's Gymnastics on Monday, according to The Associated Press.

She hasn't committed to a meet schedule or competitive goal yet, but coach Liang Chow ...

Liang Chow, 22 Years Ago

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:52:59 +0000

USA Gymnastics linked out to this video of Liang Chow as a competitor in the 1991 American Cup. It's fun to see him compete -- and Tim Daggett is the commentator, even here!

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Routine to Watch: Anastasia Grishina

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:29:16 +0000

There's plenty of not-so-pretty elite gymnastics being performed in 2013, but Russia's Anastasia Grishina manages to throw high difficulty levels while still paying attention to things like form, amplitude, and presentation.

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Florida Gators Win the Women's NCAA Title

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:20:59 +0000

LOS ANGELES -- The University of Florida won its first-ever NCAA title on Saturday, with a 197.575, edging Oklahoma (197.375) and Alabama (197.35). Florida, led by 2008 Olympian Bridget Sloan ...

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Biles Wins In Italy with Awesome Tumbling

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:19:18 +0000

American Cup runner-up Simone Biles won the all-around at the 2013 Jesolo Trophy on Saturday, a small-scale international competition that included competitors from the US, Italy, Japan, and Switzerland.

Biles led an American sweep in the all-around, with Olympic gold medalist Kyla Ross in second, and 2012 Olympic Trials competitor Brenna Dowell in third. Not surprisingly, the US won the team competition as well. Bailie Key, fourth all-around at the 2012 US junior nationals, earned the junior all-around title.

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Watch This: Kohei Uchimura Video

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:36:25 +0000

World and Olympic champ Kohei Uchimura is still training, and is still pretty much Superman: Check out this video, posted last month of Uchimura throwing a Kovacs to two Kolmans -- in a row!

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Ohashi, Dalton Win American Cup

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:47:58 +0000

First-year senior Katelyn Ohashi and 2012 Olympian Jake Dalton took home the 2013 American Cup titles on Saturday in Worcester, Mass. Ohashi had a solid competition in her first meet as a senior, with small mistakes on bars on her pirouettes (form breaks) and floor (she watered down her last pass). She looked poised throughout, though, and still throws one of the most difficult beam sets of anyone in the world. (Watch it.)

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Ross Out of American Cup; Biles and Ohashi In

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:45:30 +0000

London Olympian Kyla Ross has officially withdrawn from the American Cup, to be held on Mar. 2, due to a bruised heel. Since Elizabeth Price, the other American originally on the roster, also withdrew earlier, two new US athletes have been picked: Katelyn Ohashi and Simone Biles.

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9 Gymnasts to Watch This Year

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:40:13 +0000

It's a new quadrennium, and while many of the best gymnasts of 2012 will retire (or have retired), there is still an impressive group of great US gymnasts to keep your eye on.

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Price, Iordache Withdraw from American Cup

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:55:39 +0000

Up-and-coming American star Elizabeth Price has been withdrawn from the roster for the American Cup (held Mar. 2 in Worcester, Mass.) due to a strained hip muscle. USA Gymnastics has also announced that Romanian gymnast Larisa Iordache will no longer be competing, though no reason was given for her withdrawal.

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