Russia's Maria Paseka Shouldn't Have Won The Bronze Medal On Vault At 2012 London Olympic Games
At the 2012 London Olympic Games, Russia's Maria Paseka won the bronze medal on vault behind US Mckayla Maroney (silver) and Romania'...
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Picky Judges Or Not: Cheng Fei Gets Her Fully Rotated Amanar Downgraded
It is so frustrating to see gymnasts landing their Amanars before completing the last half twist and getting credited for it. Photo by S...
Oksana Chusovitina: A Beautiful Reason to Vault Under a Different Flag
In the Rio Olympics, we were no longer surprised that female gymnasts are now competing in their second or third Olympics. Eight years ago ...
A Charitable Act for Oksana Omelianchik: Japanese Fans Who Did Much More Than Smiling for her Birdie Routine
Putting on a Brave Face (1988): Despite personal tragedies, Oksana continued to compete until 1989. (Photo @ Pamela No...
A Promising Gymnast Sues Her Country's Federation For Putting An End To Her Career
Photo by Silvia Vatteroni Elodie Lussac was a very promising French gymnast who was born in 1979. At her time, she was France's f...
Russian Gymnasts Accuse The Judges of Deliberately Trying To Get Them Finish Off The Podium At 2004 Athens Olympics
Up until the 2008 Beijing Olympic games, Athens was the worst Olympics for the Russian Team. Not only for the Russian men who did not ...
Oldie: Coach Beats His Gymnast To Death For Refusing To Do A Certain Element
While gymnastics is unarguably one of the most beautiful Olympic sports, It is highly common for tragedies to take place. As a little girl...
Elena Zamoloditchkova Fulfills Her Father's Promise Whose Death Was Due To Chernobyl Disaster
Perhaps not all of you, knew that before becoming a double Olympic champion, Russia's Elena Zamolodchikova went through enormous...
Was Nadia Comaneci Forced To Jeopardize Her Own Well Being For The Team
With a successful gymnastics career, comes great pain. Legendary gymnast Nadia Comenci had to endure so much pain in order to sec...
A Romanian Gymnast Signs A Written Agreement In Which She Takes Full Responsibility For Putting Her Health At Risk
Silvia Stroescu Elite sport requires sacrifices, hard work, talent and sometimes putting our health at risk. Romania’s Silvia Stro...
Does That Mean China Was Unfairly Stripped Of Their Olympic Medal?
By Robert Tong, USA TODAY Dong Fangxiao’s mother gave an interview some years ago and offered some interesting perspectives regarding ...
A Promising Russian Gymnast Gets Banned From Round Lake
When the great Svetlana Khorkina retired after the 2004 Olympics and the code of points changed, i t was time for the new generation of ...
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