Nastia Liukin has represented the United States at three World Championships, the 2003 and 2007 Pan American Games, and the 2006 and 2008 Pacific Rim Championships. In October 2011, Liukin announced that she was returning to the sport of gymnastics with the hopes of making the 2012 Olympic team
Spurred on by the possibility of an Olympic return, Nastia Liukin performed on Day 2 of the Visa Nationals and fell—hard, face-first, likely causing irreparable damage to her reputation in the process. Reports have it that Liukin shouldn’t have made Trials and she shouldn’t have been convinced that she still had an outside chance at the Olympic team, after such a disappointing Day 1 performance where both of her uneven bars routines scored under 14 points. Her beam work was a bit better, but not nearly of the caliber needed to secure a specialist spot on the U.S. team.
Presenting your 2012 Olympic Women’s Gymnastic Team: Gabby Douglas, Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, and Kyla Ross! GO #TeamUSA
The Athletes arrived in London’s Heathrow Airport on Monday. The Countdown Begins!
Image: Courtesy of Team USA. Gymnast Nastia Liukin of the USA poses in front of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament last September.
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