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The Nastia Liukin Cup is an annual gymnastics competition held in the United States that is hosted by Liukin. The inaugural edition was contested in 2010. The inaugural edition was contested in 2010. The competition is open to Level 10 gymnasts , who can only qualify for the event at designated invitationals across the country. [ 74 ]
Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson won five and four medals, respectively, in 2008, the only Olympics that either one participated in. Liukin won the individual all-around gold medal, and Johnson won the balance beam gold medal. [4] [7] In 2012 the U.S. won the team gold medal for the second time.
Liukin moved to the United States in 1992 and became a U.S. citizen in 2000. He is married to Anna Kotchneva, and is the father and coach of 2008 Olympic champion Nastia Liukin. He is co-owner of the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy with longtime friend Yevgeny Marchenko.
Shawn Johnson East and Nastia Liukin only mended their years-long rift at the behest of their respective significant others. “Nastia and I were best friends training and at the Olympics, we were ...
Nastia Liukin was 10 months too young to compete in the 2004 Olympics, but watching her 16-year-old training mate, Carly Patterson, win the Olympic all-around gold medal in Athens brought her once ...
Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson when they were competing in the women's individual all-around final of the artistic gymnastics event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on Aug. 15, 2008.
Nastia Liukin wins the uneven bars by being the only gymnast to complete any technical move, with no silver or bronze medal being awarded. Before the balance-beam final, the judges try to foil the movement by reinstating Tricia Skilken ( Tarah Paige ), a longtime judges' favorite and Haley's former team-mate and best friend who had won the all ...
In 2008, Nastia Liukin was competing. Now, she’ll be commentating on the sport that catapulted her into the public eye 8 years ago.