MCSMaria's Artistic Gymnastics Blog

Aly Raisman competed in her first competition back since she won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics on floor exercise. Aly and team USA competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy and as usual, dominated.

Sandra Izbasa and Catalina Ponor have both returned to training in hopes of making the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

2012 Team Gold medalist and vault silver medalist and inspiration of the "McKayla is not impressed" meme has been absent from the elite gymnastics scene mostly due to injury.

After being mysteriously being absent from competition most of 2014, Canadian gymnast Victoria Moors is returning to competition. Victoria, who competed with Canada at the 2012 Olympic Games, will compete in Elite Canada which per the Gymternet , is her first competition back since she won bronze at the Canadian Championships in May. She was named to the Commonwealth Games team, but mysteriously withdrew for reasons unknown.

This week in NCAA, Christine "Peng Peng" Lee made her glorious return to competition at UCLA's first meet of the season at Oregon State. Peng Peng, a former elite gymnast from Canada has been out for two years as the result of an ACL tear that kept her from competing for Canada in the London Olympic Games.

Samantha Peszek and Jordyn Wieber, who represented the USA in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games respectively, showed off their big screen debut as gymnasts in the upcoming gymnastics movie Full Out . The Olympians were featured in a promotional video for the film, which is set to be released in 2015.

Just as the world was losing faith, Anastasia Grishina reemerges from the shadows of the Russian Federation. And from a mountain top, the Grinch's heart is growing three sizes, a Christmas miracle indeed.

After much speculation and back and forth and back and forth, Ksenia Afanaseyva made her 2014 debut at the Russian Championships.

A new Viktoria Komova graced the gymternet with her presence at the Russian National Championships.

This week at the Doha World Cup, gym fans saw the returns of many favorite athletes, including 2010 World Floor Champion, Lauren Mitchell of Australia.

After much back and forth, it is confirmed that Ksenia Afanasyeva will indeed be competing at the upcoming Russian Championships in Penza.

The word on the gymternet is 2012 Olympic Silver-Medalist, Viktoria Komova is going to be returning to competition at the Russian Championships this April.

Good news coming from Russia. Ksenia Afanasyeva has resumed training after her ankle surgery.

Simone Biles has withdrawn from the American Cup field, according to USA Gymnastics. Per USAG, Simone had been nursing a shoulder injury had aggravated it at the National Team camp this week.

At 33-years-old, Romanian gymnast Marian Dragulescu is making a go for Rio.

Recently, Viktoria Komova sat down with VTB Russia and talked about her injuries that kept her out of competition and her potential return this year.

Sarah Finnegan is back!

Russian gymnast, Anastasia Grishina had been notably absent from international competition the last part of 2013, mostly due to injury.

After suffering from an injury and missing out on the World Championships in Antwerp, Anastasia Grishina has resumed training. Oh yes, Anastasia is back and she's setting her sights on 2014 and beyond (cue " Eye of the Tiger "). She's wanting to get back into shape for next year's Euro's and Worlds.

Aly Raisman recently sat down with Blythe at the Gymnastics Examiner to discuss her comeback and her whirlwind life since the Olympic Games. Since winning two golds and a bronze in London, Aly has been enjoying the perks that come with her newfound celebrity. She's taken a year off, done the Gymnastics Tour of Champions, done Dancing With the Stars and made multiple appearances at talk shows and events.