Four of the world’s best tennis players compete Saturday in the ATP World Tour Finals semifinals. Defending champion Roger Federer is the only undefeated athlete remaining in the competition and the only semifinalist capable of winning the undefeated champion’s prize of $1,630,000. Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Semifinals Schedule: Saturday, November 26 … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving! In celebration of this American holiday, here is one of my American routines—Shannon Miller‘s floor exercise from the 1992 Olympics All Around Final. With 7 Olympic medals and 9 World Championship medals, Miller remains the most decorated American artistic gymnast in history. She is also the only American gymnast to win … Continue reading
The Women’s Team Final has already made its way to YouTube. Universal Sports has also posted videos of routines here. Note: Universal Sports is only available in the United States and US territories.
The FIG has posted a few videos from the first day of women’s competition on their YouTube channel. Romanian Team Ana Porgras (Beam) Catalina Ponor (Beam) Lauren Mitchell (Floor) Larissa Miller (Uneven Bars)
Gymnastike has posted more videos from Monday’s podium training. There are so many that I’ve only posted a few here. Gymnastics Examiner has a great summary of Monday’s training. The Couch Gymnast has excellent photos from yesterday’s training session. Anna Li (USA) didn’t train bars or beam yesterday. As Blythe … Continue reading
It’s 1am Sunday morning here in the US but in Tokyo is Monday afternoon. And that means podium training has begun. Blythe from Gymnastics Examiner has live updates from podium training. And Gymnastike has videos from podium training. The US women recently completed podium training and Russia has just started. … Continue reading
Gymnastics fans–I know you are anxiously awaiting the start of this year’s World Championships. Until the competition begins, relive the all around and team finals from these pre-Olympics World Championships. 1995 World Championships Women’s All Around Final 1995 World Championships Women’s Team Final 1999 World Championships Women’s All Around Final … Continue reading
Few sports are more emotional and dramatic than gymnastics. MTV Italy’s new reality show, Ginnaste: Vite Parallele, gives us an inside look at the passionate personalities on one of the world’s top ranking teams. The original show documents the lives of Italy’s National Team in the lead up to the World Championships and Olympic … Continue reading
Here are a few of the top qualifying performances from the Rhythmic World Championships. The FIG is posting qualifications videos on their YouTube channel here. Apparatus Finals Promotional Video (I love the drama portrayed in this promo. Good work FIG!) Evgenia Kanaeva, Clubs Qualifications Evgenia Kanaeva, Ball Qualifications Evgenia Kanaeva, Hoop … Continue reading
Several top-ranking players—including Federer, Nadal, Wozniacki and Sharapova—have been ousted at the Rogers Cup. Semifinal competition begins Saturday August 13 at 1pm ET. Watch the Rogers Cup live online on ESPN3.com and Tennistv.com. Click here to view the TV schedule. View the full men’s schedule and women’s schedule. Rogers Cup Semifinals: August 13 1pm ET: Samantha Stosur vs … Continue reading