Gymnastics rule modern cheerleading

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cartwheels, splits, handsprings and tumbles are all in a day’s practice for today’s cheerleaders, whose fierce athleticism belies the old stereotype of popular girls waving pom-poms.

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1984 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Coach Quits Sport Amid Sexual Abuse Allegations

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Video   He was the most successful U.S. Olympic gymnastics coach ever, as measured by medals. Now, Don Peters is hunkering down in his home state of Pennsylvania, having quit running his Huntington Beach, Calif., gym after allegations he sexually abused female gymnasts in the 1980s. From the Orange County Register, which broke [...]

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Maroney wins more gymnastics gold for US

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McKayla Maroney gave the Americans a sweep of the first three gold medals by winning the vault title at the world gymnastics championships Saturday, while Japan’s Kohei Uchimura took his second gold of the event.

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U.S. wins second gymnastics world championship gold medal

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The U.S. captured the second major women’s gold medal awarded at the 2011 World Gymnastics championships in Tokyo when 16-year-old Wieber of DeWitt, Mich., won the all-around gold medal by edging out The U.S. captured the second major women’s gold medal awarded at the 2011 World Gymnastics championships in Tokyo when 16-year-old Wieber of DeWitt, Mich., won the all-around gold medal by edging …

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World Gymnastics Championships Results

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Saturday At Tokyo Event Finals Men Floor Exercise 1. Kohei Uchimura, Japan, 15.633. 2. Zou Kai, China, 15.50. 3. Diego Hypolito, Brazil, 15.466. 3. Alexander Shatilov, Israel, 15.466. 5. Steven Legendre, Port Jefferson, N.Y., 15.400. 6. Flavius Koczi, Romania, 15.333. 6. Enrique Tomas Gonzalez Sepulveda, Chile, 15.333. 8. Jake Dalton, Reno, Nev., 15.133. Pommel Horse 1. Krisztian Berki, Hungary …

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Allison Meads once again is pushing Olathe East gymnastics

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Allison Meads proved she was the best high school gymnast in Kansas last season, and the Olathe East junior aims to do it again in about two weeks. As a sophomore, Meads rolled to the state gymnastics all-around title by nearly a full point, winning three of four individual events along the way.

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Unique opportunity for gymnastics fans

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Ashley Russell, 14, works out on the uneven bars at Leading Edge Gymnastics Academy in Everett. Ashley Russell, 14, works out on the uneven bars during a private lesson with coach Tony Ammons at Leading Edge Gymnastics Academy in Everett.

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Hosting gymnastics worlds allows Japan to escape own woes, show everybody else it’s OK

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TOKYO — The titles are important, the spots in the London Olympics even more so. The greatest significance of these world gymnastics championships, however, may have nothing to do with sports at all. “We are in a situation where we can encourage the Japanese people,” said Morinari Watanabe, president of the local organizing committee for worlds, which start Friday at the Tokyo Metropolitan …

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Gymnastics official calls for new rules on banned coaches

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The chairman of USA Gymnastics’ board of directors said on Tuesday he wants the governing body to make changes to its bylaws in an effort to prevent coaches banned for abuse from continuing to work with underage athletes.USAG chairman Peter Vidmar, a former Olympic champion and current Coto…

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