Archive | August, 2008
Title IX Reform: Saving Men’s Gymnastics
Once every four years, the sport of gymnastics sees a huge increase of interest. After all, each and every night of Olympic gymnastics is broadcast in prime time. Many of the world's most popular sports, like basketball, soccer and baseball, don't even come close to that kind of Olympic coverage. Those sports are usually relegated to late night/early morning broadcasts, usually on alternative networks. After the Olympics, gymnastics amazingly disappears from the radar screen, save for annual tape-delayed broadcasts of the U.S. Nationals and World Championships. Need further proof? [...more]
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Paul and Morgan Hamm, Blaine Wilson On Tour With Olympic Team
The Olympians are busting some moves (and hopefully nothing else!) for the huge upcoming Gymnastics Superstars tour. They appear to be working on some hip hop and learning a lot of fun moves from Michael Rice, the owner of Gymcats in Las Vegas, where they are training. Paul and Morgan Hamm, looking more relaxed than […] [...more]
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U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Team Interview Videos
Yahoo has some great interviews with members of the team. It’s a shame we can’t post them here, but that is no reason not to share them through links. Raj Bhavsar : Raj, your journey to become an Olympian is not only quite the story; it also has encompassed your growth to become the best […] [...more]
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Men’s Gymnastics – Your Strength and the Still Rings
By Guest Blogger: Logan Christopher of www.lostartofhandbalancing.com Did you catch the Men's Gymnastic Rings final the other night? For anyone who has never mounted a pair of rings its hard to comprehend the difficulty of even basic moves. But when you have, no matter your skill level or lack there of, you'll have a greater understanding of what these Olympic athletes are going through. It's not just one move they do, but to string several [...more]
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Justin Spring Online Interview: the Olympics, the future of gymnastics
From The Washington Post Friday, August 22, 2008; 1:00 PM Washington, D.C.: If you wanted to get more American kids to do gymnastics, and to compete in these events, how would you go about encouraging them to do so? And if we did encourage more competition, should we recruit more Latinos, African Americans, Native Americans […] [...more]
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Jonathan Horton: “Go Big or Go Down”
The traditional American spirit of "get there or die trying" was alive and well in the Olympic high bar silver medal winner. Jonathan Horton performed a routine he had never done before, a tremendous risk for the venue, the pinnacle of achievement in the sport. His attitude was as American as poker, as American as […] [...more]
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Final Analysis of 2008 Men’s Olympic Gymnastics Competition
Obviously, the biggest stories of the Beijing Games were China’s absolute domination and Yang Wei’s demolition job on the the entire field. China picked up a whopping seven gold medals, leaving all the other teams in the chalk dust. Team USA, despite all the drama preceding the games, showed respectability and sheer grit, clawing their way to a bronze medal in the Team Finals. Jonathan Horton proved he is a major [...more]
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