MCSMaria's Artistic Gymnastics Blog

While perusing Tumblr, I found a GIF of young Bailie Key, the current junior national champion and wonder kid that reminded me of a certain gymnastics idol of mine from the 90's.

Okay, I'm back with a new junior to watch after taking a break to focus on Worlds. This junior to be watched is Norah Flatley of Chow's. Age: 13 Date of Birth: March 10, 2000 Club: Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Residence: Cummings, Iowa, United States Norah Flatley is the perfect age for Rio. Born in the year 2000, she will be 16 in 2016, the year of the Rio olympics. Norah was recently featured on the Gymnastike series "Beyond the Routine" where Chow's gym was featured. The eight grader was born in sunny San Diego, California but lived in Wisconsin before she moved to Iowa with her family to train with the legendary Liang Chow, who took Shawn Johnson and Gabby Douglas and molded them into Olympic champions. Before her elite debut, Norah had been quietly making waves as a level 10 in the Junior Olympic program, winning two national titles on balance beam in 2010 & 2011.

It's no secret that Oksana Chusovitina has an impressive gymnastics career that has spanned over 20 years. The 2012 London Olympics were her sixth Olympic games and she is making a bid for Rio in 2016 which will be her impressive seventh consecutive games.

This week at the Canadian Championship, Victoria Moors unveiled her much speculated about secret weapon. The street, and by street I mean the internet, has been all a twitter over this skill. I'm sure you might know what it is. There have been rumblings about on the street/internet and like a good strategic soldier, Victoria waits until just the right moment. That moment is at the Canadian Championships, Victoria showed the world her...wait for it...

Aly Raisman is hoping to go Brazilian... For the Rio De Janiero Olympic Games in 2016!

This edition of Favorite Routines features Romanian upstart, Larisa Iordache. Larisa was a member of the bronze medal winning team at the London Olympics and Romania is the defending European Championship team. The Romanians have suffered a depletion of their team, Catalina Ponor officially resigned from elite gymnastics, and Diana Chelaru and Raluca Haidu throwing their hands up at elite gymnastics, they are scrambling to find replacements.On the upside, it's the perfect opportunity for Larisa to take center stage.

The final spot up for grabs for this weekend American Cup has been announced and USA Gymnastics confirms that the spot will be filled by (drum roll please)....