MCSMaria's Artistic Gymnastics Blog

World Championships time is upon us! Today, I'm live blogging the qualifications session of the ladies of team USA. It's probably the only time I'll be able to do any live blogging during these world championships since everything is scheduled for when I will be at work. Adult probs, HA. Competition is starting and USA starts on bars.

Morgan Hurd's life changed forever last night when she became the all-around World Champion. Morgan, an adorable, whip smart little sprite is an avid reader and a huge Harry Potter.  Today, Morgan received a congratulatory tweet from Harry Potter author, JK Rowling. The gymternet at large rallied together to retweet to Rowling to tweet to Morgan. Their efforts paid off greatly.

Xiao Ruoteng of China took his throne as the newest all-around champion in men's gymnastics after defeating his enemies at the Battle of Bosworth... ahem, I men the men's all-around final. The Gymnastics Wars of the Roses will continue tonight in the name of crowning the newest queen of women's gymnastics. The biggest contender for the all-around title was Larisa Iordache, Of course, this was before she tore her achillies in the touch warm up during qualifications. At that moment, there was the sound of the breaking hearts of gym-fans all over the world. Trying to put bad memories out of our heads, we must move on. The Americans, Ragan Smith and Morgan Hurd are big favorites to win the all-around. Neither of them had a perfect qualifying round. Ragan fell on her layout on beam and Morgan put her hands down on one of her floor passes. Even with this mistake, Ragan qualified in 2nd place to the all-around final with a 55.932 and still showed a strong performance eve...

It's time for the fifth and final subdivision featuring the ladies of team USA. Japan and China. After this session, the all-around and even qualifiers will have been decided. To follow along, refresh the page every five to ten minutes or so. Happy Worlds!

Time for podium training! Follow along with me as I guide through the fun and craziness of podium training. Refresh every few minutes for updates.

Well, the time has come. Hot Pink Nation is officially no more. The evidence was clear. All week, we've not seen a hint of hot pink (save for an ombre training leo) from the ladies at Team USA. On Ashton Locklear's Snapchat, the ladies of Team USA were looking lovely in blue podium training leos, complete with tons and tons of sparkles.

After weeks of speculation, and two days of worlds selection camp, USA Gymnastics has finally announced their selection for the World Championship team.

After dominating the junior field at the P&G Championships, junior super stars, Maile O'Keefe and Emma Malabuyo have been selected to represent the Team USA juniors at Junior Japan Invitational in Yokohoma.

The dudes of team USA have their worlds team for Montreal. USA Gymnastics announced the team after the conclusion of the men's competition of the P&G Championships. They are as follows: Marvin Kimble Yul Moldauer Sam Mikulak Alex Naddour Eddie Penev Donnell Whittenberg Plus three alternates- Allen Bower Akash Modi Colin VanWicklen

It's the first day of women's competition at the P&G Championships. Follow along as I live blog the senior session. Refresh the page every 5-10 minutes for updates! Join the party!

Full women's roster for both Juniors and Seniors competing at the 2017 P&G Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim California, Aug. 17-20.

Next Saturday, 2016 Olympic Alternates Ashton Locklear and Ragan Smith will join  a field of 73 gymnasts to  compete at next Saturday's US Classic, the last chance opportunity to qualify for the P&G National Championships in August. For the senior athletes, this will serve as a stepping stone in the qualification process to earn a ticket to the World Championships, being held in Montreal, Canada.

It's Election Day in the US. The citizens are waiting with great anticipation or anxiety of what the future of the country is going to be.  Hilary Clinton or Donald Trump.  Political polarization threatens to tear the nation apart at it's delicate seams. Well, the gymnasts of Team USA are not choosing either choice, nor are they going with a third party, like Jill Stein or Gary Johnson, no, they're nominating one of their own.  Sort of... In honor of election day, the athletes were interviewed to find out, who among them would be a good candidate for the President of the United States of America. Spoiler alert - it's Aly Raisman by a landslide. Watch the video from USA Gymnastics-

Several months after USA Gymnastics Women's National Team Coordinator, Martha Karolyi announced her impending retirement, Valeri Liukin was officially announced as Martha Karolyi's successor. Valeri Liukin has a very big tracksuit to fill.

Today, the ladies take to the floor to compete for team Olympic glory. So many questions float through our heads. Will Team USA dominate as per usual? Will Russia show up and pull of a medal, or will it be a repeat of Glasgow? Will Brazil, equipped with Alexander Alexandrov pull off a medal coup? What about China? SOOOO many questions and no answers. Well, you're in luck. I'll be live blogging this event (best I can) and I will bring you the answers to your questions you so desire. To make all your wildest dreams come true, click below the cut and refresh the page every 15 minutes or so for all the gymnastics action!

The men got their chance to duke it out for their chance at the coveted team gold. Team Japan with Kohei Uchimura was shooting for their first Olympic gold in twelve years. Team Great Britain wanted another shot at the podium. Team USA was hoping for a medal. How did the boys do?

So far, the Rio Games have seen a splat fest on beam, Russia eeked their way through qualifications as expected. There is a lot more to come still. Preceding this subdivision, Great Britain, Brazil and Germany had their chance in the limelight. Now, it's time for team USA and the Netherlands.  USA is obviously the dominant team in the world right now and the Netherlands is an up and coming power. Follow along with me as I guide you through the Fourth Subdivision of the Women's Qualification rounds.  Refresh the page every ten minutes or so for updates.

The ladies of Team USA have arrived in Rio and have begun preparing for their expected Olympic domination. Photos and videos are beginning to surface of the team. Instead of donning the traditional hot pink training leos that have been associated with team USA since the dawn of time, the ladies sport a patriotic red leo with a blue stripe with white stars. Simple, minimalist and definitly not hot pink. #RipHotPinkNation. Photo via Gymternet Clan

This is it... The moment of truth... In a couple of short hours, USA Gymnastics will name the 2016 Rio Olympic Team. There are so many questions. Will it be the five athletes that Marta named three weeks ago? Simone, Aly, Gabby, Laurie and Madison? Will Gabby recover from her beam disaster on night one to be the Gabby we all know and love? Most importantly, who will be named the alternates? Will the #Mashton debate will be settled once and for all? Quick recap from night one - Simone is currently leading the pack and is well on her way to getting the lone guaranteed Olympic Team spot.  Coming up on her heels, one Miss Laurie Hernandez. Someone forgot to tell her that she's competing for her place in a team that is akin to getting into an Ivy League university (Although, if we must get specific, more students get into, let's say Stanford than athletes make this team). Laurie is as cool as a cucumber and saunters about the arena as if to say "NBD, just another competit...

IT'S FINALLY HERE! Tonight is the first night of two nights of competition, the second being held Sunday night.  Marta Karolyi, women's team coordinator is looking at Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian as being the five that go to Rio in a few weeks. But, Maggie Nichols is expected to come back in the all-around tonight. Will she challenge for a plane ticket to Rio? There is also the much hyped showdown of #Mashton - Madison Kocian and Ashton Locklear facing off for the bars and beam spot. Make no mistake, this debate is a heated one. It may even be a bigger debate than Bernie vs Hilary for that coveted Democratic presidential nominee. So which one is the triumphant Hilary and who will be runner up Bernie in this scenario? Refresh the page every few minutes for all the action in San Jose!