Sunday, July 1, 2012

Nastia Liukin

  • SAN JOSE — Nastia Liukins legs flopped instead of standing straight as she swung around the uneven bars as if a strong gust of wind had blown through HP Pavilion.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • SAN JOSE, Calif. — Nastia Liukin rolled through the first 30 seconds of her uneven bars routine Friday night, displaying the form that helped make her an Olympic champion in Beijing four years ago. Only, it's not four years ago.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Nastia Liukin will not be going to the London 2012 Olympics as a competitor. That was made pretty clear on Friday night. Liukin, the defending Olympic all-around gold medalist, fell flat on her butt on her dismount on the uneven parallel bars at the U.
  • (Bleacherreport.com)
  • Nastia Liukin knows exactly what she needs to do to earn a spot on the London Olympic team. The lone weakness for the Americans is on uneven bars, which just happens to be Liukins signature event.
  • (Sporting News)
  • Nastia Liukin still remembers the first Olympics she ever watched. 1996, when the Magnificent Seven won the gold medal on the team, the gymnast says right away. But it was 2004 that sold her on the Games.
  • (Parade)
  • St. Louis (KSDK) -- The women will took their turn at the VISA Championships on day two of competition at Chaifetz Arena. The women are competing for a trip to the Olympic trials.
  • (KSDK)
  • The remaining members of the Class of 2008 have a lot of things going for them: experience, maturity, leadership.
  • (Boston Globe - Boston Globe)
  • Jordyn Wieber is in the lead. (AP)At the first day of womens gymnastics Olympic Trials in San Jose on Friday night, Jordyn Wieber showed why she is the world all-around champion.
  • (in.news.yahoo.com)
  • (OLY-US-SWIM/, pix, moved, by Julian Linden, 300 words) SAN JOSE, California - World all-around champion Jordyn Wieber and Nastia Liukin, who won the 2008 Olympic all-around title, are among 15 U.S.
  • (Reuters)
  • If Bolt gets stuck in the blocks again we could see the 22-year-old pull out a major upset. 3.
  • (comcast.net)

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