It seems O’Neill has some kind of ankle ligament damage, and could not take part in today’s team practice. Canada has until one hour before Saturday’s team competition to decide if he will be able to compete, or if he will be replaced with alternate Ken Ikeda. [...more]
It doesn't get much worse than this. Morgan Hamm has joined his twin brother, Paul, on the sidelines. Due to a nagging ankle injury, Morgan decided the best thing to do for the team was to withdraw. Something at Tuesday night's workout looked amiss, as Hamm took an abbreviated turn on the floor, [...more]
The U.S. Men's Team took part in a training session at Beijing's National Indoor Stadium. The session, in what's otherwise called "podium training," did not glorify Team USA. Then again, Coach Kevin Mazeika had stressed to the team that it was just another workout. [...more]
You can feel the excitement crackling across the ocean as Miles Avery sends back news of what the men's team is doing. He's having a new silk suit made; he's seen the competition gym and been very impressed. [...more]
In this Olympic year, USA Gymnastics has decided to showcase kid gymnasts in their new ad campaign . Too often, the general public has the wrong impression about children involved with gymnastics. People think the kids are one-dimensional mini-Olympians waiting for world audiences, spending their lives training in the gym under harsh coaches. Not even close. Most children who take gymnastics classes are well-rounded kids who simply [...more]
Zhang Peiwen, the spokesman for both the men’s and women’s Chinese Olympic Gymnastics team, says that no competitor of either gender is troubled by any recent body hurts. Zhang admits that it is common for gymnasts to become injured, but he doesn’t think anything should faze China’s team at this crucial time. Until Sunday, the […] [...more]
Once again, NCAA men gymnasts have proven that they are not only smart in competition, but they are also very smart in the classroom. William and Mary edged out Ohio State and MIT for the national academic team championship. Stanford and Michigan rounded out the top five. Due to the ill-conceived Title IX, [...more]
From China View, 7-30-08 The Chinese men's team eyes most of the gymnastics medals at the Beijing Olympics but Ukraine has also sent its Olympic and European champions to Beijing, head coach of the Ukrainian men's team said on Tuesday. Igor Korobchynsky, the four-time world championships gold medallist and the bronze medallist at the Barcelona Olympics, accompanied his two-member men's team having the pre-game training here on Tuesday. Korobchynsky told reporters after the training that the Chinese gymnasts are strong and will be playing on [...more]
The Hamm family will be well represented even in the absence of twin brother Paul at Beijing’s summer games. Morgan Hamm, who was publicly warned by the USADA for testing positive for a prohibited substance, received final qualification for the USA men’s gymnastics team by the International Gymnastics Federation. This all stemmed from Hamm’s not […] [...more]
The Washington Times article of today by Ryan O’Halloran has some wonderful quotes that show Paul Hamm is bright and mature at his moment of private agony. “From the beginning, my attempt at a comeback has been a long shot,” he said. “The time frame was extremely short. … If I had another month, I […] [...more]
