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This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing from 8–24 August 2008. Gymnasts across three disciplines ( artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics , and trampoline ) participated in the Games.
At the conclusion of the Olympic trials only Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin were named to the team to represent the USA at the 2008 Summer Olympics.The remaining members of the team were to be determined after a selection camp; attendees included: Jana Bieger, Chelsea Davis, Ivana Hong, Mattie Larson, Corrie Lothrop, Chellsie Memmel, Samantha Peszek, Alicia Sacramone, Bridget Sloan, and ...
The performances included Olympic disciplines such as floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, parallel bars, horizontal bar, uneven bars, balance beam, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline gymnastics; non-Olympic discipline such as tumbling and acrobatic; and art performances such as dancing, martial art, instrument performance and chorus.
The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.U.S. athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which was boycotted by the American team and 65 other countries in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
This is a list of female artistic gymnasts who have been on the United States national team. The national team includes two age divisions. Only gymnasts 16 and older are eligible for the senior national team, from which Olympic and World Championship rosters are chosen. The junior national team is composed of gymnasts younger than 16.
Simone Biles led the U.S. women’s gymnastics team to another team gold medal at the Artistic Gymnastics World ... After a stellar bars rotation for Team USA, Wong fell off the balance beam ...
The 2016 Olympics were the most successful games to date for the United States in women's gymnastics, with four golds, four silvers, and one bronze medal overall. For the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 due to COVID-19), the U.S. women's team earned the team silver medal.
The squad is breaking barriers in age and accomplishments. Jordan Chiles, Hezly Rivera, Jade Carey, Simone Biles, and Sunisa Lee of Team USA at the Paris Summer Olympic Games at Bercy Arena on ...