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Does U.S. Gymnast Danell Leyva Have The Body For Gymnastics?
08/01/2012
U.S. Olympic gymnast Danell Leyva, 20, who contributed to the men's team coming in fifth on Monday when he slipped off the pommel horse, has a heartwarming story about growing up being coached by his stepfather, Yin Alvarez.
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U.S. Gymnast Danell Leyva Wins Bronze In All-Around Comeback
08/02/2012
U.S. Olympian, Miami's Danell Leyva, 20, might have gotten off to a rough start at the 2012 London Olympics, when he slipped from the pommel horse in the men's team event on Monday, but he redeemed himself in Wednesday's all-around event with strong performances on the parallel bars and high bar, ultimately securing the bronze medal in the individual event.
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Danell Leyva Tweets Shirtless Pics, Gears Up For Apparatus Finals
08/06/2012
Danell Leyva's body, which some have suggested is not ideally suited to gymnastics, is getting a lot of media attention — both for Leyva's Olympic blunders and victories, and the fact that it is plastered all over Twitter.
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Gymnast Danell Leyva Confident About Olympic Gold
07/12/2012
Gymnast Danell Leyva, 20, can already boast a star-studded career. Despite winning several championships and having a resume that would make other accomplished athletes jealous, Leyva claims there is still one item missing from his repertoire: an Olympic gold medal.
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U.S. Gymnast Danell Leyva Slips From Pommel Horse, Team Finishes Fifth
07/31/2012
The USA men's gymnastic team had kicked off the 2012 Olympics with high hopes and realistic plans of walking away from the games with no less than a bronze medal since their qualification on Monday for the gymnastic team finals.
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Does U.S. Gymnast Danell Leyva Have The Body For Gymnastics?
08/01/2012
U.S. Olympic gymnast Danell Leyva, 20, who contributed to the men's team coming in fifth on Monday when he slipped off the pommel horse, has a heartwarming story about growing up being coached by his stepfather, Yin Alvarez.
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Danell Leyva Tweets Shirtless Pics, Gears Up For Apparatus Finals
08/06/2012
Danell Leyva's body, which some have suggested is not ideally suited to gymnastics, is getting a lot of media attention — both for Leyva's Olympic blunders and victories, and the fact that it is plastered all over Twitter.
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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Olympic Gymnast Jonathan Horton On The London Games
07/03/2012
Jonathan Horton already won a silver medal at 2008’s Beijing game for the horizontal bar and this time around in London, Horton has his eye on the gold. At 26, Horton is something of a veteran of the sport, having already won numerous medals in a variety of events.
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EXCLUSIVE: Olympic Gymnast Jonathan Horton Talks His Competition Day Routine
07/03/2012
Gymnast Jonathan Horton, who famously snagged a silver medal in the high bar at the 2008 Games in Beijing, is the only member of the male U.S. Olympic gymnastics team who has been to the Olympics before.
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Epke Zonderland Becomes First Dutch Man Ever To Win Olympic Gold In Men's Gymnastics
08/08/2012
Gymnast Epke Zonderland from the Netherlands wowed an unknowing crowd with an elaborate acrobatic routine on the highbar that won him the Olympic gold medal in the men’s finals and the fitting nickname of “The Flying Dutchman.
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U.S. Olympian Jake Dalton Looks Forward To Next Olympics
08/08/2012
Forging the path for his horizontal bar teammates Jonathan Horton and Danell Leyva, U.S. male gymnast and first-time Olympian Jake Dalton, 20, finished fifth in his own individual event, the floor exercise competition, at the 2012 London Olympic events Sunday night.
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Gabby Douglas Falls On Balance Beam, Finishes Seventh
08/08/2012
After helping win a gold medal for the "Fab Five" and the USA in the women's team final event last week and then going on to wow her teammates and her country when she secured the gold for the women's individual all-around final on August 2, new Olympic gymnastics superstar Gabby Douglas, 16, didn't fare as well on her last two days of competition, coming in eighth in the women's uneven bars final on Monday with a score of 14.
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Gymnast Aly Raisman Wins Two Individual Medals For U.S.
08/08/2012
The 2012 London Olympics has turned out to be quite an event for Team USA's "Fabulous Five" female gymnasts Jordyn Wieber, 17, Aly Raisman, 18, Gabby Douglas, 16, McKayla Maroney, 16, and Kyla Ross, 15, since the beginning.
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Team USA Olympian McKayla Maroney Falls On Vault, Takes Silver
08/06/2012
U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney, 16, went into the London games with a singular purpose — to land that gold medal in her individual vault event. While Maroney and her teammates, Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas and Kyla Ross, or the "Fab Five," pulled off winning the gold for the team final event last week, and Douglas nabbed the individual all-around gold medal for the U.
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Team USA Olympian McKayla Maroney Falls On Vault, Takes Silver
08/06/2012
U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney, 16, went into the London games with a singular purpose — to land that gold medal in her individual vault event. While Maroney and her teammates, Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas and Kyla Ross, or the "Fab Five," pulled off winning the gold for the team final event last week, and Douglas nabbed the individual all-around gold medal for the U.
