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American debutant Kayla Williams snatched the vault gold medal at the world gymnastics championships after Olympic champion Hong Un-jong botched both her attempts on Saturday. Williams, 16, performed a soaring handspring with 1-1/2 twist to edge out...
Tags: Kayla Williams, Marian Dragulescu, world gymnastics, gymnastics championship, London, world championship, Bridget Sloan, gold medal, vaults gold, vaults title
Israeli gymnast Alex Shatilov won a bronze medal at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in London on Saturday. Shatilov, who hailed to the final round in the men's floor title, is the first Israeli to win a medal in this prestigious competition.
Tags: Marian Dragulescu, world gymnastics, gymnastics championship, Alex Shatilov, Israeli, floor exercise
Bross finished on 57.775 points to Sloan's 57.825, thanks to an error in her last move of the competition. Britain's Becky Downie disappointed, falling on the uneven bars and on the balance beam to end the final 16th. Nottingham gymnast Downie, 17, had...
Tags: Rebecca Bross, Bridget Sloan, Koko Tsurumi, U.S, world gymnastics, gymnastics championship, o2 arena, London, bross finished, sloan edged
Stuck double double layout to open...Front handspring, double twisting front to front full, stuck...Steven Legendre , USA -- Double front punch front half layout...Marian Dragulescu , Romania -- Full twisting double layout, nice in the air.
Tags: world gymnastics, gymnastics championship, Brittany Rogers
Olympic champion Nastia Liukin won't be competing at the world gymnastics championships in October. Liukin took herself out of the mix for the U.S. team on Monday, saying she needs more time to get in shape. Liukin has spent much of the past year on the...
Tags: Nastia Liukin, U.S, world gymnastics, gymnastics championship, champion nastia, world championship, olympic champion, olympic gymnastics, champion won, gymnastics champion
USA Gymnastics' 2010 national championships and main world championship qualifier will be held at the XL Center in Hartford Aug. 11-14, 2010...The Visa Championships are a coup for Hartford, which hasn't often hosted nationally prominent sporting events.
Tags: Hartford, USA Gymnastics, national championship, gymnastics championship, visa championship
James Christie From Tuesday's Globe and Mail, Monday, Jun. 01, 2009 10:31PM EDT R osannagh MacLennan of Toronto signalled a changing of the guard in the sport of women’s trampoline in Canada, edging long-time champion Karen Cockburn in the women’s final...
Tags: Alexandra Martincek, Toronto, Hamilton, gymnastics championship