StickItMedia had the pleasure of attending the Gymnastics Superstars performance held on 9/20 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. It was a great show, featuring the entire U.S. Men's Olympic Gymnastics Team, Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson and Chellsie Memmel, and others. What would a gymnastics extravaganza be without Paul and Morgan Hamm and Blaine Wilson? [...more]
While on the Tour of Gymnastics Superstars, Paul and Morgan Hamm sat down with Elliot Almond of the Silicon Valley Mercury News. They talked about how hard it was to be able to influence the USA Men's Team during the Olympics only by yelling at the TV, like the rest of us, and we know how that always works out. They were very impressed with our boys, though, and hoped that their remarkable comeback attempts helped raise the bar for the others. Morgan talks about his upcoming wedding and entry into chiropracter school. He admits that he is done with the sport of gymnastics after this tour. However, Paul cannot quite [...more]
MeetScoresOnline (MSO) is America's premier website for club gymnastics scores for men and women. Gymnasts, fans and parents race online to MSO after every meet, generating over 15 million visitors over the past seven years. MSO is an indispensable tool for those interested in scores. There is no better way to research the historical archives of scores since MSO began keeping stats. It is very easy to find your gymnast or particular meet with MSO's robust search engine. You can access a gymnast's entire [...more]
Gymnastics is a sport for shorter people, right? It's true that the average height for adult male gymnasts is around 5'4" to 5'7". Jonathan Horton is listed at 5'1". Paul Hamm measures in at 5'6". Russia's Alexei Nemov is 5'8", and he won 12 Olympic medals before retiring after the 2004 Athens Olympics. Recently deceased Russian Olympic champion, Boris Shakhlin, was also 5'8", and always considered tall. Get on your tiptoes, guys, because coming up through the elite level are some serious six-footers. Here is at least a partial list of [...more]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
