MCSMaria's Artistic Gymnastics Blog

Spain's Roxana Popa will miss the next six months due to an injury she didn't know she had. An article on Marca.com released yesterday, stated Roxana, aka "Roxi" felt a pain in her knee during the Mexican Open in December and decided to get it checked out only to learn that she had torn her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her knee. Not only did she have a torn ACL, it turns out, the injury was an old injury.

Spain's Roxana Popa is the latest gymnast to join the Amanar club.

Welcome to 2014. It's the New Year, which means it's time to start making New Year's Resolutions and then forget about them by Valentine's Day. I thought I would take it upon myself to suggest some New Year's resolutions for the gymnastics community.

2013 is almost over, as of 11:59 p.m. tonight, it will mark the close of another post Olympic year. There were new faces to cheer for, triumphs and tragedies and more. Here are some of the highlights of the past year:

Spanish Gymnast Roxana Popa took the time to unwind after the Christmas holiday by playing a prank on her fans.

Roxana Popa of Spain stole the show and the gold medal this weekend at the Mexican Open in Acapulco, Mexico.

In a World Championship or any gymnastics event, there are any number of stories to be told. Whether it's a gymnasts battle with him or herself, battling an injury, or trying to set themselves apart from the rest of the competition.