Sho Nakamori is a hard-working, cerebral member of the men's gymnastics community. Not only is he an eight time All-American and member of the U.S. Senior National Team, he is also a CGA National Academic All-American. Nakamori just completed his undergraduate career by earning degrees in International Relations and Japanese Studies. His recent tweet on Twitter said it all - "snakamori done with school. now, focus=gymnastics."
Now that his studying days are over, for the time being at least, Nakamori is focused like a laser beam to earn [...more]
Legendary Nebraska Head Gymnastics Coach Francis Allen announced his retirement effective July 1. Allen has had an amazing career which spans forty years, in which his teams won eight national championships. Hired at the age of 26, he is still a very young man. Among the highlights of his career was coaching Nebraska gymnast Trent Dimas to a gold medal on high bar at the '92 Barcelona Olympics, which were the games where Vitaly Scherbo won an unprecedented six gold medals.
Allen had the pleasure of rubbing elbows with such luminary football coaches as [...more]
Stanford All-American gymnast, Sho Nakamori, has launched a new blog that will chronicle his quest to make the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team. The blog, while new, is jam-packed with interesting information about Nakamori's life, interests, and hopes.
His about page is a very interesting bio including his fond memories of [...more]
We don't know who this person is, but he (she) brings up some good points. The blog Brusqueness commented on American male figure skater Evan Lysacek's recent accomplishment in winning the World Championship, the first for the U.S. in 13 years. The blogger continued, "Don't expect him to appear on a box of Wheaties anytime soon." Good point. He (she) goes on to say that "men's figure skating (like men's gymnastics) lacks a broad appeal to the general public."
The blogger goes on to point out the many examples of [...more]
We would need a slapping if we didn't link to a great post by retired Michigan gymnast, Ward Black. It's all about the relative demise of U.S. excellence on pommel horse. Ward nailed it. He was very harsh on our guys, but he said what needed saying. He was not without some praise, though, especially that reserved for [...more]
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As a reward for their inspired bronze-medal finish at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, members of the U.S. Men's Olympic Gymnastics Team were quickly signed on to perform in the Gymnastics Superstars Tour, which ended this past November. Prior to the Games, Paul and Morgan Hamm had already signed on for the tour. It was a lot of fun for the guys, since they were paid to do their favorite activity while not having to worry about judges. Even better, no uniforms, as they often performed in jeans.
Joining them on the tour was a new all-girls band. These young ladies spent two months together with the Olympic team on the whirlwind nation-wide tour. We're talking about KSM.
If you haven't heard KSM yet, you should. This is not your little sister's [...more]
The Progressive Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular took place on Tuesday night (Dec. 23) at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City, SD. The men were well represented by Paul Hamm, Jonathan Horton, Justin Spring, Raj Bhavsar and Ivan Ivankov. For those who were unable to make the trek to Rapid City, don’t worry. NBC [...] [...more]
Hamms set to give up competition By Gary D’Amato of the Journal Sentinel, November 12, 2008 Paul Hamm is approaching the end of his gymnastics career with mixed emotions. He’s sad that it’s almost over but excited about the future. He’s disappointed he didn’t get a chance to defend his Olympic all-around medal in Beijing but [...] [...more]
Thanks to Gymnast.com for posting a great USA Today interview with Jonathan Horton . Horton lamented his 13.675 pommel horse score that prevented him from winning an all-around medal in Beijing. "I was (four-tenths) away from a silver at this Olympics with a 13.6 on pommel horse. That's ridiculous," Horton said, shaking his head in disgust. "Who gets a 13.6 at the Olympic Games? This guy." That's classic Horton. Afterall, this is the same guy who [...more]
Saving Sports is wondering how President-Elect Barack Obama's administration will deal with Title IX. Good question. The Obama campaign received a record amount of money, and it's fair to ask what Obama is going to be expected to give in return. After all, MoveOn.org raised $80 million for Obama and they are [...more]
