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Olympics gymnastics: 5 athletes to watch
Some of the best Olympic drama can be found on the high beams or mats. This is the stage where Kerri Strug and Nadia Comaneci became global stars. Any slight wobble or misstep can undo a performance, making gymnastics competitions far from predictable. Butt here are five gymnasts who should find themselves in the medals hunt in London.
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Michael Phelps: Will his Olympic medal records ever be broken?
Sure, everyone loves a bit of Michael Phelps hyperbole, but it is almost inconceivable that his Olympic career gold and total-medal marks could be broken in any foreseeable future.
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Olympic medal count: Women shine as US surges past China
It was a day worth celebrating as the US passed China in total medal count and caught them in gold, with gold medal performances by American women in four events.
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Olympics gymnastics: 5 athletes to watch
Some of the best Olympic drama can be found on the high beams or mats. This is the stage where Kerri Strug and Nadia Comaneci became global stars. Any slight wobble or misstep can undo a performance, making gymnastics competitions far from predictable. Butt here are five gymnasts who should find themselves in the medals hunt in London.
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Best news for the 2012 Summer Olympics? A comeback for Shawn Johnson.
Gymnast Shawn Johnson announced that she'll try to make the US team for the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Here are four reasons why that is a very good thing.
05/13/2010 02:36 pm -
In defense of He Kexin, sort of
08/22/2008 01:00 am -
For some US gymnasts, success is a family affair
Gold medalist Nastia Liukin’s father is also her coach. It’s a delicate balance they’ve worked out over years.
08/19/2008 01:00 am -
For US gymnasts, 1-2 is the perfect number
08/15/2008 01:00 am -
Amid US gymnastics disappointment, Shawn Johnson's grace
Perhaps nothing at these Games will be more precious than that one moment, when we caught a glimpse of a young woman whose gifts stretch well beyond sports.
08/13/2008 01:00 am -
Russian elite and America’s girl next door power US gymnastics
Shawn johnson and Nastia Liukin lead the US women’s team against China’s Tuesday night (Wednesday morning Beijing time).
08/11/2008 01:00 am -
Jump higher, swim faster: Olympians blast past old barriers
Athletes are pushing their bodies to new limits, setting times never before recorded, and wringing from a few frantic airborne seconds a new twist or turn that previous generations thought fantastical.
08/10/2008 01:00 am -
Morgan Hamm: Injuries keep another star gymnast from Beijing
08/07/2008 01:00 am
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