It’s 9:30 a.m. on the last day of a week-long training camp for the U.S.A. men's senior gymnastics team, and several Rio-bound athletes are sitting in a circle and launching into seemingly impossible stretches. "Right leg!" Olympic veteran Sam Mikulak shouts at the athletes gathered around him. In automatic response, they easily grab their perfectly flexed toes. "Now left!" It's all sweaty business at the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center - where the best male gymnasts from across the country come to train. And with the Rio Games fast approaching, there's no joking around for the tight-knit,...
- 7/29/2016
- by Rose Minutaglio, @RoseMinutaglio
- PEOPLE.com
After weeks of crazy (and often terrifying!) challenges, the American Ninja Warrior season 7 contestants have more than proven themselves, and Mount Midoriyama is finally within our sights.
And yet, just when we thought Anw couldn't get any harder, the show introduced seemingly impossible obstacles like the flying shelf grab (where contestants must jump to grab a 2 in.-wide ledge and then swing to safety) and the hourglass drop (contestants must jump between two shelves assisted only by an unpredictable trampoline).
Before finals begin on Monday night, let's look back at a few of the most impressive runs of the season.
And yet, just when we thought Anw couldn't get any harder, the show introduced seemingly impossible obstacles like the flying shelf grab (where contestants must jump to grab a 2 in.-wide ledge and then swing to safety) and the hourglass drop (contestants must jump between two shelves assisted only by an unpredictable trampoline).
Before finals begin on Monday night, let's look back at a few of the most impressive runs of the season.
- 8/7/2015
- by Lena Finkel
- People.com - TV Watch
Zap2it: What was it like winning that silver medal in Beijing in 2008?
Jonathan Horton: Well, the silver medal that I won in high bar was really just icing on the cake. I had accomplished my goal in '08 already before I even won that medal, of medaling with the team. We got the bronze medal, which was a very unexpected bronze medal, and we just proved a lot of people wrong and showed everyone that we belonged on that medal podium. And so when I got that silver medal, it was great. I loved it; it was an incredible moment. But it wasn't as special as the bronze with my team. But it was just a great way to leave Beijing. It was the last day I was there, it was the last event for gymnastics, and just to go up there and do really the best high-bar routine of my life,...
Jonathan Horton: Well, the silver medal that I won in high bar was really just icing on the cake. I had accomplished my goal in '08 already before I even won that medal, of medaling with the team. We got the bronze medal, which was a very unexpected bronze medal, and we just proved a lot of people wrong and showed everyone that we belonged on that medal podium. And so when I got that silver medal, it was great. I loved it; it was an incredible moment. But it wasn't as special as the bronze with my team. But it was just a great way to leave Beijing. It was the last day I was there, it was the last event for gymnastics, and just to go up there and do really the best high-bar routine of my life,...
- 8/12/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
You know it was a packed day at the Olympics on Tuesday if NBC didn’t even try to squeeze a Mary Carillo anthropological adventure into primetime. Let’s break the broadcast down. (Click on links for videos.)
Women’S Gymnastics Perhaps now that the event finals are over, we’ll see Gabby Douglas smile again. We got a small grin at the end of her beam routine — which drew gasps when she fell off on a leap – because the stress was finally over. For her. Aly Raisman, on the other hand, found herself in the middle of a U.
Women’S Gymnastics Perhaps now that the event finals are over, we’ll see Gabby Douglas smile again. We got a small grin at the end of her beam routine — which drew gasps when she fell off on a leap – because the stress was finally over. For her. Aly Raisman, on the other hand, found herself in the middle of a U.
- 8/8/2012
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
Okay, okay. Perhaps I should have picked Aly Raisman as today’s Stud after she nailed that first tumbling pass to win gold in the floor final and took bronze on beam following a scoring controversy. But two things worked against her: That painful studio sitdown with Bob Costas in which she kept insisting she was so excited but never actually looked it (maybe she was understandably exhausted, maybe she’s been media-trained to be that boring), and the fact that there’s just too much stress in women’s gymnastics for anyone to look like she’s actually enjoying...
- 8/8/2012
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
For those who think the real 2012 Summer Olympic Games medal count winner means who has the most gold medals, the U.S. is officially on the top of the leaderboard. The United States has tied China with 18 gold medals after six days of Olympic competition.
The U.S. also currently owns the overall medal count title with 37 total (18g, nine silver and 10 bronze). China is second with 34 medals (18 gold, 11 silver and five bronze). There are 10 countries that have earned double-digit totals, with Australia as the latest addition to the group.
A round 50 total countries have medaled at least once out of the roughly 200 countries competing in the games. The Olympics are approaching the halfway point, with swimming wrapping up and track and field starting on Day 7.
Gymnastics will also kick off trampoline and then later get into rhythmic gymnastics and the artistic gymnastics individual event finals, which feature four of the U.
The U.S. also currently owns the overall medal count title with 37 total (18g, nine silver and 10 bronze). China is second with 34 medals (18 gold, 11 silver and five bronze). There are 10 countries that have earned double-digit totals, with Australia as the latest addition to the group.
A round 50 total countries have medaled at least once out of the roughly 200 countries competing in the games. The Olympics are approaching the halfway point, with swimming wrapping up and track and field starting on Day 7.
Gymnastics will also kick off trampoline and then later get into rhythmic gymnastics and the artistic gymnastics individual event finals, which feature four of the U.
- 8/3/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The U.S. men’s gymnastics team may have left the team all-around competition empty handed, but Wednesday night NBC will show the individual competition in prime time. Cuban-born, U.S. raised gymnast Danell Leyva may be best known for his coach (and stepfather) Yin Alvarez’s boisterous gestures during competition, but Leyva has a personality all his own. He shared his pop culture picks with us. Continue below to find out five things you didn’t know about Levya, like his obsession with Spider-Man and which movie he and fellow competitor Jonathan Horton both love.
1. He’s a huge Louie fan.
1. He’s a huge Louie fan.
- 8/1/2012
- by EW staff
- EW.com - PopWatch
“The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat” may be the slogan for ABC’s defunct Wide World of Sports, but rarely has it been as apt as on the third day of NBC’s Olympic primetime coverage. The U.S. pulled in some major hardware in the swimming pool — though Ryan Lochte faltered for the second day in a row, and went home without a medal for the first time at this Olympics. America landed its first medal for men’s diving since 1996 — but diver Tom Daley, Great Britain’s most famous Olympian and one of its best chances for gold,...
- 7/31/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW.com - PopWatch
Never has third place been so satisfying.
Coming into the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the U.S. men's gymnastics team was shaping up as one of the favorites in the team events. Led by Paul and Morgan Hamm, the Americans were considered a near lock for a silver or even a gold medal.
But then disaster struck. As the games got under way, Paul was forced to withdraw from competition due to hand and shoulder injuries, followed 10 days later by his brother with a bad ankle.
Suddenly, the team with its eyes on the podium was picked to finish out of the top eight and be forgotten. That is, until a scrappy unit led by Houston native Jonathan Horton rallied to the cause and finished with a surprising bronze medal.
Pics: 2012 Summer Olympics Hotties
Horton, the only male member of that team performing in the medal round at the XXX Summer Olympics in London Monday,...
Coming into the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the U.S. men's gymnastics team was shaping up as one of the favorites in the team events. Led by Paul and Morgan Hamm, the Americans were considered a near lock for a silver or even a gold medal.
But then disaster struck. As the games got under way, Paul was forced to withdraw from competition due to hand and shoulder injuries, followed 10 days later by his brother with a bad ankle.
Suddenly, the team with its eyes on the podium was picked to finish out of the top eight and be forgotten. That is, until a scrappy unit led by Houston native Jonathan Horton rallied to the cause and finished with a surprising bronze medal.
Pics: 2012 Summer Olympics Hotties
Horton, the only male member of that team performing in the medal round at the XXX Summer Olympics in London Monday,...
- 7/30/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
On Twitter, Blake Shelton tweeted about swerving to run over a turtle in Oklahoma. NPR's Barbara King questioned the star, as did some fans. Then things got ugly. Shelton eventually admitted he wasn't even in Oklahoma and it was a joke. But some of his fans are still threatening turtles to "defend" the star against "liberals," showing the danger of a careless joke, on any subject.
Over at Huffington Post, Conor Gaughan has a great Chick-Fil-a essay titled We Are Not Arguing Over Chicken. The whole thing is a great read, but I feel I, like everyone else, must call out this great passage. "When gays get so angry about a chicken sandwich, it is because Chick-fil-a has given around $5 million to fight to discriminate against us. When we praise brave Eagle Scouts who give up their badges in protest of the Boy Scouts of America's prejudice, it's not about...
Over at Huffington Post, Conor Gaughan has a great Chick-Fil-a essay titled We Are Not Arguing Over Chicken. The whole thing is a great read, but I feel I, like everyone else, must call out this great passage. "When gays get so angry about a chicken sandwich, it is because Chick-fil-a has given around $5 million to fight to discriminate against us. When we praise brave Eagle Scouts who give up their badges in protest of the Boy Scouts of America's prejudice, it's not about...
- 7/30/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
U.S. men's gymnastics team captain Jonathan Horton - who took home Silver and Bronze Medals in Beijing's 2008 Games - is relying on fun to stay focused as he prepares for the 2012 Olympic Games. "We goof around," Horton, 26, says of life at London's Olympic Village. "We are a very serious team, but at the same time, we're a bunch of goof balls and I think that's what keeps us relaxed, what keeps our spirit alive," he adds. "We're here to perform and have a great time, [but] if we take this too [seriously], the stress and pressure and weight of the world will fall on us.
- 7/28/2012
- by Liz Corcoran
- PEOPLE.com
While the U.S. Olympic swimming trials continue tonight in prime time with another Lochte-Phelps showdown in the 200m freestyle final (NBC, 8 p.m. Et), the gymnastics competition kicks off tomorrow. Below, we’ve got an exclusive image of hopefuls John Orozco, Gabrielle Douglas, Jordyn Wieber, and two-time Olympic medalist Jonathan Horton on their (Abbey) Road to London.
When to tune in:
Thurs., June 28
Gymnastics — Men’s Competition (live), 5:30-8 p.m. Et on Nbcsn
Fri., June 29
Gymnastics — Women’s Competition (live), 9-11 p.m. Et/Pt on NBC
Sat., June 30
Gymnastics — Men’s Final (live), 4-6 p.m.
When to tune in:
Thurs., June 28
Gymnastics — Men’s Competition (live), 5:30-8 p.m. Et on Nbcsn
Fri., June 29
Gymnastics — Women’s Competition (live), 9-11 p.m. Et/Pt on NBC
Sat., June 30
Gymnastics — Men’s Final (live), 4-6 p.m.
- 6/27/2012
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
Darren Criss did a phone interview with Brett Berk over at Vanity Fair while the latter was driving an electric car across the country. You can always rely on Berk to get to the heart of the homo in any interview, and asked Criss how he could connect to the gay Blaine.
And those were the people I spent time with early on, so my whole perception of “sexuality” just wasn’t there. It just...was. It even got to the point where, later in life... I had all the components in place. I was, well, not super effeminate, but I was into girly things—I liked musical theater, all the stereotypical things. I had to come out and say, well, I’m sorry, but I think I’m straight. And people were like, say it ain’t so! And I would say, “It’s been a secret too long,...
And those were the people I spent time with early on, so my whole perception of “sexuality” just wasn’t there. It just...was. It even got to the point where, later in life... I had all the components in place. I was, well, not super effeminate, but I was into girly things—I liked musical theater, all the stereotypical things. I had to come out and say, well, I’m sorry, but I think I’m straight. And people were like, say it ain’t so! And I would say, “It’s been a secret too long,...
- 11/10/2010
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
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