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• 30 Seconds: With Kerri Strug

  Kerri Strug, who made her Olympic debut at 14 in the 1992 Barcelona Games, is now 31 and has run four marathons and plans to run her first New York City Marathon on Nov. 2. Posted Saturday, September 27, 2008 2:59 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Running, Olympic Games, Marathon Running, New York City Marathon, Gymnastics, Strug, Kerri

• TV Sports: Karolyi Puts the Color in Color Commentary

  How can one describe former gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi’s role as commentator for the Olympic games? Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:47 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Athletics and Sports, Olympic Games, Gymnastics, Costas, Bob, Karolyi, Bela

• Inside the Rings: After Paralyzing Accident, Gymnast Never Complains

  Sang Lan is a symbol both of gymnastics’ inherent danger and of spirited resilience. Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:07 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Olympic Games, Gymnastics, Accidents and Safety, Paralysis, Lan, Sang

• Advertising: For Retired Olympians, Marketing Is the Game

  Even for alumni, the ability to cash in on one’s former fame comes only once every four years, because corporate sponsors prefer to work with athletes when their signature sports are in the news. Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 1:23 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Beijing (China), Olympic Games (2008), Olympic Games, Advertising and Marketing, Gymnastics, Coca-Cola Co|KO|NYSE, Spitz, Mark, Johnson & Johnson Inc, Comaneci, Nadia, AT&T Corp, Botox (Drug)

• 4 Gymnasts Named to Round Out U.S. Women’s Team

  The U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics team announced that Bridget Sloan, Alicia Sacramone, Chellsie Memmel, and Samantha Peszek will be competing in Beijing. Posted Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:18 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games, Gymnastics, Johnson, Shawn, Sacramone, Alicia, Liukin, Nastia, Memmel, Chellsie

• Sacramone Is Still Waiting for That Call

  On Saturday night, Alicia Sacramone will find out whether she has made the United States Olympic team for the first time. Posted Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:03 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games, Gymnastics, Johnson, Shawn, Sacramone, Alicia, Liukin, Nastia

• Morgan Hamm Is Cleared to Compete in the Olympics

  USA Gymnastics announced that the gymnast Morgan Hamm, twin of Olympic champion Paul Hamm, was still on the team despite his positive test for a banned drug. Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:49 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Olympic Games, Gymnastics, United States Olympic Committee, Hamm, Paul, USA Gymnastics, Hamm, Morgan

• Beijing '08: 2 Named to Women’s Team, Meaning More Trials Remain

  Two gymnasts, Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, earned automatic spots by finishing first and second at the Olympic trials. Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 12:28 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games, Women, Gymnastics, Karolyi, Martha

• 4 Gymnasts Added to U.S. Men’s Team for Beijing

  The gymnasts — Morgan Hamm, Joseph Hagerty, Justin Spring and Kevin Tan — joined the two men who were named to the team Saturday. Posted Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:01 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games, Gymnastics

• Beijing '08: Paul Hamm Among Two to Win Olympic Berths

  For Paul Hamm, making the United States Olympic gymnastics team is still only halfway to the Summer Games. Posted Saturday, June 21, 2008 10:03 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games, Gymnastics, Hamm, Paul, Horton, Jonathan

• Boris Shakhlin, 76, Is Dead; Won 13 Olympic Medals in Gymnastics

  Shakhlin, the brilliant Soviet gymnast of the 1950s and ’60s, won six individual Olympic gold medals, a record for men’s gymnastics. Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 9:32 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Olympic Games, Gymnastics

• Gymnast Breaks Hand, but Still Has Olympic Chances

  Olympic gold medalist Paul Hamm will need at least four weeks to recover from a broken bone in his right hand, but his goal of defending his all-around title is far from doomed. Posted Friday, May 23, 2008 9:53 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Olympic Games, Gymnastics, Hamm, Paul, USA Gymnastics

• Gold Medal Gymnast Hamm May Miss Olympic Trials

  Paul Hamm, who won the men's all-around Olympic gold medal in 2004 in Athens, broke a bone in his hand and may have to petition for a spot on the U.S. team for Beijing. Posted Friday, May 23, 2008 3:28 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games, Gymnastics, Hamm, Paul, USA Gymnastics

• Sports of The Times: Olympic Hopes Are Rooted in Tale of Escape

  Ivana Hong is a gymnast hoping to make it to the Beijing Summer Games, a Chinese-American whose parents had to cheat death to escape the governmental abusers of human rights. Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:50 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: China, Olympic Games, Children and Youth, Immigration and Refugees, Families and Family Life, Gymnastics, Chinese-Americans, Araton, Harvey

• Sports of The Times: Olympic Hopes Rooted in Tale of Close Escape

  Ivana Hong is a gymnast hoping to make it to the Beijing Summer Games, a Chinese-American whose parents had to cheat death to escape the governmental abusers of human rights. Posted Monday, April 14, 2008 10:17 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: China, Olympic Games, Immigration and Refugees, Families and Family Life, Gymnastics, Chinese-Americans