Germany's Fabian Hambuechen, AKA The Flea, will be one of the top gymnasts to watch in Beijing. The 2007 European and World high bar champion is the favorite to win the high bar competition. In fact, he will compete for gold in the all-around. Flea was only 16 years old when he competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics, where he garnered a silver medal on high bar. [...more]
George Johnson, Calgary Herald Calgary Gymnast Ready to Defend Gold Published: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Kyle Shewfelt wants everyone to know he hasn’t been beset by doubt, that insidious "brother-devil to despair.” He’s calm. Healthy. In the moment. Even if, admittedly, just kind of freaking out. [excerpted from above article; continue reading here ] [...more]
Diane Pucin, on her El Lay Times blog, is stirring up the pot with her recent blurb about Morgan Hamm. It appears that Morgan hasn't quite officially been given the green light for Beijing. [...more]
Kevin Tan has been selected to be captain of the U.S. Men's Olympic Team. Was it because he will be able to read the menu for his teammates and play tour guide in Beijing? [...more]
Today in Colorado Springs at the Olympic Training Center, Miles Avery was named Assistant Coach for Team USA, serving alongside Head Coach Kevin Maseika of Houston. This will be Avery's fourth consecutive Olympics to serve as Assistant Coach. Among their duties, it is typical for Olympic assistant coaches to act as liaisons for the athletes' personal coaches, who are not allowed on the floor during competitions. [...more]
The biggest quote to come out of yesterday's intra-squad meet held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center was "they should be worried." That was Paul Hamm's reply when asked if the Chinese should be worried about his comeback. [...more]
Check it out. He describes today’s Final Prep competition, and lets us know that all three alternates will be going to Beijing, so his blog will be right on the scene. http://duranteolympics.blogspot.com/ [...more]
Paul Hamm proved to the U.S. men's selection committee that he is ready for Olympic competition. At today's intra-squad meet at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Hamm worked out on all six events. [...more]
The other day, we posted an article about six of our men's Olympic gymnasts' competition results at the 1999 J.O. Nationals. We dug up some more results from the 2000 J.O. Nationals. [...more]
USA Gymnastics (USAG) has confirmed Morgan Hamm's spot on the U.S. Men's Olympic Gymnastics team. Two weeks ago, Hamm received a warning for using a prescribed anti-inflammatory without filing proper paperwork with the anti-doping authorities. The U.S. Olympic Committee concurred with USAG's decision. [...more]
