It seems O’Neill has some kind of ankle ligament damage, and could not take part in today’s team practice. Canada has until one hour before Saturday’s team competition to decide if he will be able to compete, or if he will be replaced with alternate Ken Ikeda. [...more]
It doesn't get much worse than this. Morgan Hamm has joined his twin brother, Paul, on the sidelines. Due to a nagging ankle injury, Morgan decided the best thing to do for the team was to withdraw. Something at Tuesday night's workout looked amiss, as Hamm took an abbreviated turn on the floor, [...more]
The entire American delegation of athletes to Beijing attended a required seminar of both proper international behavior and important Chinese customs. No doubt the U.S. Olympic Committee was wishing to avoid the Bode Miller rude party scene as occurred at the 2006 Winter Games in Italy, or Amy Van Dyken’s spitting in her competitor’s swimming […] [...more]
There are stages one goes through in grief and disappointment. No doubt Paul Hamm went through the shock, the sadness, and the anger as he gave up his Olympic slot. From the sound of the text messaging going on between him and his brother Morgan, Paul has reached the stage of acceptance, and now wishes […] [...more]
The U.S. Men's Team took part in a training session at Beijing's National Indoor Stadium. The session, in what's otherwise called "podium training," did not glorify Team USA. Then again, Coach Kevin Mazeika had stressed to the team that it was just another workout. [...more]
The Albuquerque Journal had a nice article about Joey Hagerty yesterday. Hagerty is the epitome of a success story. Hagerty, who looks like the typical nice guy next door, is arguably the hardest working man in gymnastics. Ever since sitting in the stands as a young teen at the 1996 Atlanta Games, [...more]
You can feel the excitement crackling across the ocean as Miles Avery sends back news of what the men's team is doing. He's having a new silk suit made; he's seen the competition gym and been very impressed. [...more]
In this Olympic year, USA Gymnastics has decided to showcase kid gymnasts in their new ad campaign . Too often, the general public has the wrong impression about children involved with gymnastics. People think the kids are one-dimensional mini-Olympians waiting for world audiences, spending their lives training in the gym under harsh coaches. Not even close. Most children who take gymnastics classes are well-rounded kids who simply [...more]
Radio Australia is rating the U.S. men's Olympic team pretty high, even though they must have forgotten that Paul Hamm was not on the 2007 USA men's team. They mentioned that Team USA finished fourth last year "with Hamm on the team, and if no major mistakes are made, [...more]
Zhang Peiwen, the spokesman for both the men’s and women’s Chinese Olympic Gymnastics team, says that no competitor of either gender is troubled by any recent body hurts. Zhang admits that it is common for gymnasts to become injured, but he doesn’t think anything should faze China’s team at this crucial time. Until Sunday, the […] [...more]
