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Stretching Out

‘Chalked Up’ reveals the need for a balanced coach-gymnast-parent triangle The backlash has begun now that Jennifer Sey's "Chalked Up" is out. ...

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ESPN Takes Swing at Gymnastics I watched "E:60 Roundtable: Violated" on ESPN this week. Compelling stuff. Male coach touches young girl in wrong places. Girl comes forth, coach goes to ...

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Random thoughts on the gymnastics world European Championships: Romania proved its superiority within European borders last week, but its winning total of 181.525 is still well shy of challenging for anything ...

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Johnson's Loss at the American Cup Also Her Gain When Shawn Johnson fell on her Amanar vault at the American Cup March 1, so too did the suffocating expectations that she would continue a ...

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Olympic Wild Card? One spot remains open for the 2008 Olympics for both men and women. The other 97 berths for each gender were determined by the results ...

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Hamm's True Impact The pecking order of men's gymnastics got a whole lot more interesting with the complete and impressive return of Paul Hamm at the Winter Cup ...

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Skills and Combinations I'd Rather Not See (Anymore) My last column, "Skills and Combinations I'd Love to See," created some lively discussion, as well as some really great new combinations I hadn't thought ...

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Skills I'd Like to See The Code of Points has a way of dictating which skills and combinations appear in routines, but that doesn't mean we can't dream. Following is ...

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Nellie Kim - Another gem of the '70s So there I was last May, sharing a table with and eating the same Grilled Boston Bibb salad with Roasted Grape Tomatoes and Blue Cheese ...

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A Wish List for 2008 Another year has ended, a new one starting. For gymnasts, 2008 marks the final year of another Olympic cycle. So as we forge ahead, it ...

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