Month: July 2014
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Elite gymnasts focus on height of the matter
Des Moines Register In the summer of 1993, gymnast Shannon Miller’s body stomped the growth accelerator — shooting up four inches. The 16-year-old who had won five Olympic medals just months earlier in Barcelona found herself quickly scrambling back to the drawing board. “Everything was a little bit off,” said Miller, 37. “Things I’d been…
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Nastia Liukin With Her Gold Medal Dream Fulfilled, The Former Gymnast Strives To Live A Balanced Life In New York City
AQ To win an Olympic Gold Medal, to be the very best in your sport at age 19 is a daunting challenge. With so much of your life left to live, it’s harrowing to think that no matter what else you accomplish, the first line of your obituary has already been written. At the 2012…
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Boudia and Johnson win World Cup bronze in 10-meter synchro
USA Diving David Boudia (Noblesville, Ind./West Lafayette, Ind.) and Steele Johnson (Carmel, Ind./West Lafayette, Ind.) won the bronze medal in men’s synchronized 10-meter Wednesday at the FINA Diving World Cup, the top international meet of the 2014 season. Boudia and Johnson scored 414.12 points to finish third behind China’s Lin Yue and Cao Yuan (494.46) and…
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Expectant father Boudia relishes competing in China
INDY Star David Boudia is becoming a new father and trying new events. Although it can be tedious to bide time in between Olympic Games, the Noblesville diver says that is not the case. “I have had such a fresh perspective change this year in training and a new-found passion for this sport, which has…
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Team USA set for 2014 FINA Diving World Cup
USA Diving Olympic medalists David Boudia, Abby Johnston and Nick McCrory are among the 12 divers set to compete for Team USA at the FINA Diving World Cup, set for July 15-20 in Shanghai. The World Cup is the top international meet of the 2014 season and is the last major world competition before Olympic qualifying begins…