Nastia Liukin

• Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson have always been a contrast in style. Elegance versus power. Cool restraint versus twinkle-eyed pep. Russian roots versus Heartland purity.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• SALT LAKE CITY — Im old enough to remember the introduction to ABCs Wide World of Sports. The late, great Jim McKay coined the famous phrase: The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. The human drama of athletic competition.
(ksl.com)
• Why we love the Olympic Games is why some cant stand the pressure of getting to them. Yet every four years, they try, over and over again.
(USA Today)
• Nastia Liukin, the Olympic gold medalist who was hoping to secure at spot at this year's Summer Olympics in London, watched her dreams shatter as she fell hard onto the mat during Sunday's finals.
(WebProNews)
• Nastia Liukin went out with a bang on Sunday. The only problem is that it wasnt necessarily a positive. That bang was actually the sound of her faceplanting on the uneven bars during the U.S.
(NESN.com)
• 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.
(Imperial Valley Press Online)
• Nastia Liukins fall on the uneven bars means she will not make the U.S. Olympic team, but the London Games will erase the 2008 all-around gold medalist from our minds. A new crop of talented American gymnasts has emerged.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• Nastia Liukin closes out her competitive gymnastics career Sunday in painful fashion. Liukin, who was the all-around gold medalist in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, falls on the uneven bars Sunday in San Jose, Calif., leading to a 10th place finish.
(New York Daily News)
• Here is the video of former USA Olympian gymnast Nastia Liukin falling off the uneven bars and doing a face plant during the 2012 Olympic Trials in San Jose, California.Liukin will most likely not make the USA team this year and go to the Olympics in London.
(YardBarker)