MCSMaria's Artistic Gymnastics Blog

US gymnast and trickster galore, MyKayla Skinner has posted a video of herself training a new floor combination. Photo via Katelyn Wiley, Flickr

Great Britain has some major talent coming through their ranks.  Two standout gymnasts are Claudia Fragapane and Catherine Lyons, who both have absolutely glorious floor routines. The two athletes have totally different styles on the floor with their dance, but the level of performance and expression is breath-taking.

Sadly, German uneven bar phenom and recent Cottbus Cup gold medalist, Sophie Scheder has injured her ankle.

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.

On the final day of the Doha World Cup, Larisa Iordache went into complete beast mode and won the balance beam and floor exercise titles, giving her gold medals on (almost) every event.

Just in case you didn't remember, MyKayla Skinner is a complete bad ass.

2013 World Champion Simone Biles is the latest gymnast to get on the triple twisting yurchenko trend.

A partial clip of Norah Flately's gold medal winning beam routine from Jesolo has surfaced.

This past weekend at the Jesolo Trophy,  USA junior Bailie Key reinvented herself with a new floor routine.  Bailie's reinventing herself one floor routine at a time, much like Madonna, just with gymnastics.

After a crazy weekend of conference championships, the Regional qualifiers have been announced.

Larisa Iordache is back for 2014 and as fierce as ever.

After dealing with an injury that kept her out of the American Cup (and gym switching adventures), 2013 World Champion is competing for the first time this year at the Pacific Rim Championships.

The latest news coming from the City of Jesolo Trophy is young Bailie Key once again was the triumphant leader.

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

From the Olympic arena to the boardroom. Rumor has it that 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist, Shawn Johnson will appear on the upcoming season of  Celebrity Apprentice .

British Junior, Catherine Lyons debuted a "thriller" of a new beam routine at the English Championships.

This weekend was Youth Olympic Festival's all-around champion, Maria Kharenkova's senior debut.

The day has finally come. That day, is the day that Danusia Francis scored a perfect 10 on the balance beam.

The new floor rules will go into effect this May and just in case, here is a refresher on the new floor rules.

Following the conclusion of last week's training camp, USA Gymnastics has named the teams going to the City of Jesolo Trophy this weekend.

This weekend at the Cottbus Cup in Germany, Sophie Scheder took home the top prize on the uneven bars.

While pursuing Facebook for interesting gymnastics news, I came upon this photo posted by Queen Elizabeth of Rewriting Russian Gymnastics.

The latest retirement of this quad is Chinese Gymnast, Zeng Siqi. The news has been floating around the gymternet for a while it seems.

There is no doubt that Simone Biles is actually just a super hero in the body of a teenage girl.

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.

Germany's Sophie Scheder was seen during podium training for the Cottbus Cup training a beautiful and unique new beam connection.

2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist, Elise Ray was complete bad ass on the uneven bars.

Apparently, the news that defending European Floor Champion, Ksenia Afanasyeva would be attending Euros was news to her.

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

The big news to hit the gymternet is 2013 World All-Around Champion Simone Biles is switching gyms. The almost 17-year-old was training at Bannon's Gymnastix, where she'd been training since she was a young child.

The Ukrainian crisis has forced Stella Zakharova to postpone her annual eponymous competition, The Stella Zakharova Cup. The competition was originally slated to be held March 29-30 in Kiev, but is now being held April 26-27.

At the Welsh Open, British Gymnast Rebecca Tunney debuted a stunning new uneven bars combination.

Alicia Sacramone recently married her longtime beau Brady Quinn.

After being on the verge of being cut, the men's and women's gymnastics teams at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, are safe.

I love NCAA gymnastics.

The American Cup this year should have been renamed "The Ebee Cup".  2012 Olympic Alternate Elizabeth "Ebee" Price is no longer the alternate but the champion.