Today's Men's Qualifier at the U.S. Olympic Training Center produced twenty-six Senior Division gymnasts qualifiers for the 2009 VISA Championships. Two Ohio State gymnasts, Brandon Wynn and Jake Bateman, posted the highest scores of the day to lead all qualifiers. Among the top clubbers who qualified to compete in the Senior Division were [...more]
[UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER... MARGARET LIU FROM ARCADIA, CA!} Although no male gymnast was nominated this year, representing the great sport of gymnastics at the 2009 ESPY Awards are Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson and Courtney Kupets. StickItMedia is having a contest to determine the winner of two tickets to see the taping of the ESPY Awards on Wednesday, July 15 (6:00pm) at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. The seats are in the loge section, and are valued at $104.50 each. For those of you unfamiliar with the ESPYs, it is an annual sports awards event created and produced by ESPN. Awards are presented to athletes for individual and team athletic achievement. This year's program will be hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, and will air on Sunday, July 19 at 9:00pm on ESPN. The first person to correctly answer these three questions to our [...more]
U.S. men's gymnastics action is about to heat up again. The 2009 Men's National Qualifier will take place on Saturday, July 11 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO. The athletes will arrive this week with training sessions taking place on July 9-10. Saturday's competition will be divided into two sessions. The National Qualifier is mostly designed to determine qualifiers to next month's VISAs in both the Junior and Senior divisions. Any gymnast who is 16 or older [...more]
