Incredible skills!: Kohei Uchimura's triple-twisting double back, Kikuchi Shusuke's Arabian double front layout, Viktoria Komova on bars... (Andy's Angle on American Gymnast)
Diego's year of magical thinking: Former World floor champion Diego Hypolito says he finally feels at peace, as he was before the 2008 Olympics. It hurt not to make the World floor finals, but debuting the Hypolito III at the Brazilian Championships has helped rebuild Hypolito's confidence. (Final Sports)
Random thoughts on men's gymnastics: Stick It Media weighs in on the upcoming NCAA season -- and posts a great new interview with WOGA gymnast (and Nebraska commit) Presten Ellsworth. (Stick It Media)
Random thoughts on men's gymnastics II: International Gymnast Magazine's Dwight Normile weighs in on new U.S. men's team coordinator Kevin Mazeika, also the 2004 and 2008 Olympic team head coach: "I think the good-natured Mazeika is an excellent choice." (International Gymnast)
This already in: 2004 and 2008 Olympic team coach Kevin Mazeika named U.S. men's national team coordinator, replacing Ron Brant, who stepped down after the 2009 World Championships. (Examiner.com)
Daniel Keatings hoping to represent Scotland: The World all-around silver medalist says he hopes to represent his home country at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, since Great Britain has already pulled its best gymnasts from next year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. For the present, however, he's very content representing Britain, and hopes to wear the Union Jack as well in 2012 as he has in 2009. (Cambridge News)
On the comeback trail: LSU's Nicole Lyons, who redshirted last season with a broken foot, is back and eager to make an impact for the Tigers in 2010. (Pennsylvania Times-Leader)
Furloughs and fundraising: The New York Times features Cal State Fullerton coach Jill Hicks and her plight to save her school's gymnastics program in an article about the difficulties many California college sports coaches are facing right now. (The New York Times)
Gymnasts of the Year: Who was the best of 2009? Vote in the poll before Jan. 1. (Examiner.com)
Larissa Latynina tribute: In honor of the most decorated athlete in Olympic sports (Latynina accumulated 18 Olympic medals between 1956 and 1964), Latynina's School of Gymnastics in Obninsk, Russia hosted its first annual International "Gold Gull" tournament Sunday. (International Gymnastics Federation)
On the comeback trail II: Thirty-four-year-old Oksana Chusovitina, the Energizer bunny of gymnastics, is still not giving up. The 2008 Olympic silver medalist on vault is rebounding from surgery but hoping to be back on vault and beam by next October for the World Championships. (Gymmedia.com)
Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Alice Waters, Nastia Liukin...: All are among MSN's Most Influential Women of the Year. (MSN Lifestyle)
Shawn Johnson shocker!: The 2008 Olympic gold medalist returns to workouts at Chow's Gymnastics and Dance. Johnson is planning to take things slowly, her coach Liang Chow told The Des Moines Register -- for now, she's only in the gym every other day. Johnson told reporters in August that she hoped to make a decision about whether to return to elite gymnastics by the end of 2009. Johnson has already shown that she's retained the ability to do a backflip. (Associated Press)
Dominique Dawes goes to the Olympics: The winter Olympics, that is. Dawes is planning to spend her winter in Vancouver as a correspondent for Yahoo. The goal for Dawes to interview athletes and coaches, perhaps in a "sit-down" setting, she said. (Philadelphia Tribune)
Tumbling for Hitler: The story of Hildegard Fraser, the best gymnast in her school in 1936, who was chosen to perform for Adolf Hitler during the Berlin Olympic Games. (The UK Press and Journal)
The 'surprise girl' of the 2009 gymnastics season speaks out: What's next for Kayla Williams? Upgrading her beam routine and going for a spot on the U.S.'s Pacific Rim team. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
The decade according to Dallas: The Dallas Morning News recaps the decade in sports, prominently featuring WOGAettes Carly Patterson and Nastia Liukin. (Dallas Morning News)
"I can honestly say that at the Olympics, I grew up": A nice story detailing Bridget Sloan's journey from Beijing to London. (The New York Times)
New floor routine for Komova: Rising Russian star Viktoria Komova does the Bond girl thing in her new floor routine, which she debuted at last week's Voronin Cup. She also joined The Amanar Club on vault.
Viktoria Komova, 2009 Voronin Cup, Floor:
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