During the Olympic Team Finals and All-Around Finals, gymnastics fans from all over the world have been burning up keyboards discussing the new scoring rules and how the judges have applied them. To most concerned, another tweaking of the system seems imminent.
Originally, the change was meant to improve judging by separating the difficulty of the chosen routine from the gymnast's execution of it. Theoretically, this would make scoring more transparent for all, as previously the old perfect 10 scoring was [...more]
Yes, social scientists (with or without your tax dollars?) at Clemson University have been working hard to determine which sports get the most prime time coverage. Shocker results are now in. Gymnastics, beach volleyball, and swimming top the evening’s prime coverage on NBC so far, says the Boston Globe. Next week, perhaps those short shorts-clad […] [...more]
Kohei Uchimura, 19, of Japan, hoped for a medal in the Olympic All-Around competition, but was surprised when he actually did win silver. After tumbling from the pommel horse twice, he may have felt nothing could have made up his score deficit. Yet his high bar routine was beautiful to watch, and he really is […] [...more]
It was a weird night of gymnastics, chock full of untimely falls and miscues. In the end, China's Yang Wei ran away with gold, turning in a yeoman-like performance. He posted a 94.575 to demolish the field. The only other human being on the planet who could have contended with a score that high is Paul Hamm. Yang Wei never had to worry about collecting [...more]
Just a few thoughts before the Men's All-Around Finals. As Jonathan Horton predicted to his Mom, just before departing for Beijing, "I'm going to win an All-Around medal." You know what? It wouldn't be a surprise if he does. Horton has been red-hot since the Trials. His tendency [...more]
StickItMedia extends well-deserved props to the American women for their silver medal performance tonight in the women’s Team Finals. The Chinese team turned in a powerful performance to win the long anticipated Olympic showdown between the world’s top two women’s teams. Romania captured the bronze, while Russia finished in fourth place. We wish Team USA […] [...more]
The Men's All-Around Finals are shaping up to be every bit as exciting as the Team Finals, although China's Yang Wei will enter the competition as the prohibitive favorite. Jonathan Horton's big-time performance in last night's Team Finals is setting him up to be a [...more]
What an incredible night for the U.S. Men's Olympic Gymnastics Team. All odds were against them. Saturday night's qualifying round had USA in 6th place. Only a miracle tonight would allow them to [...more]
China 286.125 Gold Medal Japan 278.875 Silver Medal USA 275.850 Bronze Medal Germany 274.600 South Korea 274.375 Russia 274.300 Romania 274.175 France 272.875 For complete results, click here. [...more]
NBC Olympics is offering Olympics On The Go. The free download and play service, created by NBC and Wavexpress, offers on-demand, full-length video coverage of the Beijing Olympics. You can also access the service just by launching Windows Vista Media Center.
On the Go allows viewers to subscribe to channels of just the sports they enjoy the most, well in our case, Men's Gymnastics! [...more]
