Tweet Yesterday saw Podium Training taking place at the VISA Championships. Gymnastics Examiner, Inside Gymnastics and Gymnastike were on location providing updates. Here are a few interesting points:
Shawn Johnson will compete on vault, bars and beam. She doesn’t quite have a routine together yet and is playing things safe for the sake of her knee. Smart girl.
Rebecca Bross will compete on all 4 apparatus and has the same floor music as Jessica Lopez
Nastia Liukin is finally letting the other gymnasts have the limelight and has declined to do interviews with …

Tweet You can now watch the UK documentary “Gymnast” on YouTube.
Part 1

Part 2

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Thanks to the wonderful GymNiceTic for this information!

Tweet With Rebecca Bross set to compete AA, Full Twist asks – who is going to be the 2011 AA VISA Champion? Is it down to Jordyn Wieber and Bross? Or could someone else swoop in and take the title?

Tweet Another look into USA National Champions of the past in the run up to this weeks VISA Championships.  Here are a few quick fire facts:
Youngest US Champions

Dominique Moceanu in 1995 at aged 13
Bart Conner in 1975 (tie) aged 17

Oldest US Champions

Linda Metheny Mulvihill in 1971 aged 24
Al Jochim in 1933 aged 31
Mas Watanabe in 1970 aged 28

Most number of US Event Titles
Women

All-Around
Joan Moore Gnat (4)

Vault
Alicia Sacramone (5)

Uneven Bars
Dominique Dawes (4)
Nastia Liukin (4)

Balance Beam
Dominique Dawes (3)
Nastia Liukin (3)

Floor Exercise
Joan Moore Gnat (4)
Dominique Dawes (4)

Men

All-Around
Blaine Wilson (5)

Floor Exercise
Ron Galimore (3)
John Crosby …

Tweet There has been a discussion going on at the International Gymnast forum for the past while as to which countries will find it the hardest to choose their team to represent them at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo and for the London 2012 Olympics. A few teams names have been batted about but many are stuck between  China and USA.

In my opinion, it seems like the USA will find it tough when deciding on their Worlds Team, especially with the teams being made of five gymnasts as opposed …

Tweet Here we will take a look back at the VISA Championships from the past. This huge USA competition has been going for years, prior to the formation of USAG in 1963, it was known as the AAU. Many successful and well known gymnasts are two, three, four, five, six and even seven time USA Champions. Lets have a look back at those Champions from the past.

Women
Two Time US Champions

Consetta Caruccio
1933-34

Helm McKee
1938, 1944

Helen Schifano
1947-48

Ruth Grulkowski
1953-54

Muriel D. Grossfeld
1957, 1963,’63 AAU

Donna Schaenzer Kramer
1963, 1966,’63 USAG / ’66 USAG

Cathy Rigby McCoy
1970, 1972, ’70 …

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 The Couch Gymnast reported that The Shenzhen Universiade gymnastics competition will be lacking one of China’s most established stars, three time World Vault Champion Cheng Fei is injured again. This time she sustained a soft …

Tweet The Men’s and Women’s VISA Championships will be held at Xcel Energy Center, August 17th-20th. 50 women will take to the competition floor for this years competition, 28 Juniors and 22 Seniors representing 19 States. The 2011 National VISA Championships will feature the USA’s best gymnasts, all vying for national titles and spots on the U.S. National Team in men’s, women’s and rhythmic gymnastics. Last months CoverGirl Classic really set the stage for the VISA’s to be a very competitive event.

Line Up
Full MAG line up available here
Full WAG line …

Tweet …until the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. It’s strange to think that this time next year we will know who our new All Around and Event Olympic Champions are.

Who will be the next WAG All Around Olympic Champion
Who will be Queen of the Bars?
Who will own the Beam?
Can Alicia Sacramone add to her World title on Vault and become Olympic Champion?
Is Uchimura on course to be the next MAG All Around Champion or who can knock him off course?
Leave a comment with you predictions below.
Follow all of the 2012 …

Tweet The second in a series of posts looking into Great Britain’s potential Worlds 2011 and London 2012 team.  This weeks edition features the stunning 22 year old Imogen Cairns.
History
Imogen Jane Cairns was born on 26th January 1989 in Winterbourne in Bristol. She began taking gymnastics classes at aged 6 in her local club, Fromeside. From a young age she showed true talent, being the dominant and strong gymnast in her age group.  At the ages 9, 10 and 11 she won three successive overall National titles. She continued to …

Tweet Can Jonathan Horton make it three in a row like Paul Hamm did in 2004?Or will we see a tough fight between Horton and 19 year old Danell Leyva?  See a list of the former Men’s National Champions from the past 30 years below.

Year
Name
Club
Age
Score

1980
Peter Vidmar
University of California-Los Angeles
18
114.90

1981
Jim Hartung
University of Nebraska
21
115.70

1982
Peter Vidmar
University of California-Los Angeles
20
116.55

1983
Mitch Gaylord
University of California-Los Angeles
22
117.55

1984
Mitch Gaylord
University of California-Los Angeles
23
117.85

1985
Brian Babcock
Southern Illinois University
25
111.90

1986
Tim Daggett
University of California-Los Angeles
24
114.10

1987
Scott Johnson
University of Nebraska
25
114.70

1988
Dan Hayden
Woodward Gymnastics
23
116.85

1989
Tim Ryan
Stanford University
18
112.22

1990
John Roethlisberger
University of Minnesota
19
114.30

1991
Chris Waller
University of California-Los Angeles
22
114.62

1992
John Roethlisberger
University of Minnesota
21
115.44

1993
John Roethlisberger
University of Minnesota
23
111.30

1994
Scott …

Tweet Gymnasts from Great Britain are set to take part in the upcoming Romanian Nationals.On August 25th,British Juniors and Seniors will take to the floor at the new Nadia Comaneci Arena in Onesti.The Nationals kick off on August 26th and will finish up on the 28th. Those said to be traveling to Romania are:

Beth Tweddle
Imogen Cairns
Hannah Whelan
Jenni Pinches
Danusia Francis
Niamh Rippin
Laura Edwards
Charlotte Lindsley
Laura Mitchell
Liz Beddoe
Kelly Simm
Jocelyn Hunt
Becky Downie

Sounds like a great bunch of gymnasts traveling to Romania. It will be great to see Becky Downie perform, since she has been out …