MCSMaria's Artistic Gymnastics Blog

Team Great Britain is on a roll. Since London, they have been quietly joining the upper echelon of the   elite gymnastics world.

Anna Pavlova has made her 2014 international debut representing Azerbaijan at the Ljubljana World Cup in Slovenia. She won the gold medal on the uneven bars with a 12.825.

The nominative European Championship rosters have been released.  There are some surprises and shake-ups and a favorite makes her return to the stage.

Valentines Day is this Friday. If you haven't already gotten your loved ones gifts, or your just running out of ideas, here are some fantastic (and hilarious) gymnastics valentines featuring all of your favorite gymnasts, courtesy of Tumblr.

The latest news coming from Russia is Anna Pavlova and Yulia Inshina will now be competing for Azerbaijan.

Anna Pavlova may not be competing at World Championships or Olympic Games anymore, but she's still in the sport and still fabulous. Earlier this year, 26-year-old Anna represented "Team World" at the inaugural  Pro-Gymnastics Challenge, put on by ESPN. Just a few months ago, she added a couple of Russian Cup medals, an all-around bronze and a beam silver to her medal collection. This weekend, Anna was in Schilitgeim, France for a gymnastics invitational.

This edition of favorite routines is featuring Anna Pavlova on the balance beam. Anna has always been a fantastic beam worker. She works the beam in all directions and she always shows flexibility and elegance along with power.

Lots and lots of drama coming out of Russia in the past couple of days. Really, E! is totally missing out. It really is better than an episode of the Kardashians. So I am just taking it upon myself to create one. On this week's episode:

Today, the list of competitors for the Russian Cup, happening this weekend, in Penza was released on sportgymrus.ru .

Night Two Pro Gymnastics Challenge started off on the vault. I was honestly shocked I did not see more Amanars, since in the past year, it's become the most ubiquitous vault in history. We did get to see Chuso in action.

The much hyped debut of the Pro Gymnastics Challenge has finally arrived. All this talk about "gymnastics as you've never seen it" piqued my attention for sure.  This is the deal. It's a skill for skill challenge, literally like the promos said. It's supposed to be in the spirit of X-Games and things like that. The format is two teams, seven rotations. Team USA vs Team World, which is exactly what NBC wants to make every televised international competition seem like, but I digress. Besides, this is ESPN and ESPN is actually owned by Buena Vista or ABC. That's beside the point. How it works: each team selects the gymnasts they want to compete on each event. It's not scored with the CoP you'd see at an FIG event. Each athlete performs a skill and the athlete from the defensive team must match the skill. The team that completes the skill the best, gets a point. The first team to get to six points, wins the rotation and a handsome $16,000. First ev...

Former Olympian and current team NCAA champion for the Florida Gators, Marissa King and her teammate, Ashanee Dickerson are going to be showing their skills next weekend in a "Pro Gymnastics Challenge." Ashanee and Marissa will be competing with 9 other gymnasts in a "skill on skill" challenge that will be held May 10 & 11th. Per Forbes.com, this is the first event of it's kind and if it is a success ratings-wise, it could parlay into future events and possibility city by city tours.

Welcome! This week's Gymnast Profile is former Olympian, Russian gymnast, Anna Pavlova. Anna Pavlova Vital Statistics Date of Birth: September 6, 1987 Current Age: 25 Hometown: Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russia Height: 5' (152 cm) Coaches: Leonid Arkaev and Nataliya Pavlova Club: Dynamo Known For: Balletic Style and Clean Technique Current Occupation: Student at the State University of Physical Culture in St. Petersburg Two-time Olympian, Anna Pavlova is definitely a recognizable name in gymnastics. She's often synonymous with unique and difficult skills and combinations. In the grand tradition of Russian gymnastics, Anna is known for her classic balletic style and clean technique.