Nastia Liukin Olympic gymnastics trials, are struggling

Nastia Liukin Olympic gymnastics trials, are struggling

SAN JOSE -. Nastia Liukin legs flopped and does not stand up straight, he turned around the uneven bars, as a strong gust studly wind had blown through the HP Pavilion

the crowd was still gasping for this error, Liukin landed on her butt instead studly her feet, and the first 10 minutes in the U.S. Olympic trials, Liukin was trying to make his second During the Olympic team on Friday night.

Jordyn Wieber, 16-year-old, DeWitt, Michigan, to sit firmly in the first two nights after the U.S. Olympic trials. Wieber score was 61.700 and the other 16-year-old Gabrielle Douglas was 61.400. Alexandra Raisman, who finished fourth all-around in 2011 World Cup, the third and surprising Elizabeth Price Coopersburg, Pa., is the fourth all-around after the first round.

Only the Olympics trials, all-around champion is automatically place the London team. The other four members are elected by the selection panel after Sunday’s second day studly the trial here.

Liukin hoped to reach the Olympics, but only competes in two events. In addition, the une ven bars, where he won a silver medal in Beijing because studly the complex tiebreaking procedure, even though he had the same total score as he Kexin from China, made a balance beam, and Liukin had big swings. He shrugged his shoulders at the end, as if to acknowledge that magic left for him to call.

He was 10 top scorer is the uneven bars, balance beam and seventh.

“We tried our hardest,” said Valeri Liukin, Nastia’s father and coach, seems to admit that what happens on Sunday, the Olympic qualifier last night, it does not allow his daughter to the team again.

“I am proud studly myself back,” Liukin said. “It might not turn out how I wanted, but I did my best.”

after beating his U.S. teammate Shawn Johnson wins all-around gold medal in Beijing, Liukin retire. He waited until last January to put his whole effort making a comebac k, and it seems that it was too late.

Nerves seemed to filter in the air all night with chalk dust.

outright Douglas stopped in the middle studly her uneven bars routine. Douglas, who had dropped out studly balance beam U.S. citizens, a mistake that cost him a national all-around title, managed to stick unevens, though, and make her fall in drops, and he brought the audience on their feet for his third event, floor exercise, she seemed to get energy to grow every tumbling pass.

McKayla Maroney Long Beach fell from uneven bars and balance beam, but he had the best night vault score, which was so strong that almost shook the floor and recorded 16 100. Nasty fall, but put the grimace on the face Martha Karolyi, the U.S. women’s national team coordinator, and a big sound team selection.

And even before the competition began, was a loss.

Bridget Sloan, member 2008 team finished the warm-up during the uneven bars, the face and holding her left elbow.

Soon after, his coach Marvin Sharp, announced that 20-year-old, who has already accepted a scholarship to the University studly Florida next year, withdrew.

Sloan was the 2009 U.S. and world all-around champion.

Diane. pucin@latimes.com

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