The coaches usually aren't like that in rec classes, to bother the gymnasts about their weight, the media about the weight issue bothering was about higher level competitive gymnastics / elite gymnastics.

Another article with some details on China's / USA's teams / women's prelims: "Gymnastics: Chinese blunders keep US women on track at world championships" - http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_sports/view/236056/1/.html U.S. qualifying competition: [quote]Despite their own drama with Ashley Priess and Natasha Kelley both falling off the beam and defending floor champion Alicia[ Read More... ]

There's a picture of Sacramone icing her knee at gymworld.

Here is a list of links to picts. from Worlds (from a post on wwgym): Podium Training USA Women http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/events...os-women1.html USA Men http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/events...otos-men1.html Men's Podium Training http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/cache/...116-10001.html Women's Podium Training (GER, USA, ROM, ITA, FRA)[ Read More... ]

From Inside Gymnastics: " 2006 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS News, Notes and Quotes POSTED: Thursday, Oct. 12" http://www.insidegymnastics.com/events/06worldchamps/updates/default.asp?show=12 [quote]On the US women's side, Nastia Liukin is still hopeful to contribute despite an injured ankle. As of now she is still slated to only compete bars in the team finals. Inside Gymnastics will of[ Read More... ]

Lots of news on podium training for the 7 divisions: "Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Aarhus 2006 Event Review - Podium training day 3 WOMEN'S PODIUM TRAINING FIG Office, Thursday, 12 October 2006" - http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/cache/html/13733-116-10001.html Here's for USA: [quote]Subdivision 5: USA, ISL, MG1, and AUS USA- 2003 World Team Champions and 2004 Olympic[ Read More... ]

From IG board on Sacramone: [quote]Alicia is not hurt. These phony detailed reports coming out of both Brestyan's and WOGA means some people are messing with fans. However, Chellsie Memmel suffered a sprained ankle landing a double layout on floor exercise. ----------------- Amanda Turner International Gymnast Magazine[/quote]

ya, Natasha's bruise on her chin in the second pict here: http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/events/2006/worlds/photos/photos-women1.html

Natasha Kelley also got injured a bit: from ESPN.com: "And Natasha Kelley, the runner-up to Liukin at this year's nationals, endured a bizarre accident, bashing her mouth into the lower of the uneven bars, which were set too loose in the practice gym. It opened a gash so wide below her lower lip that doctors had to forego stitches and use glue to piece it back together. Kelley has retainers[ Read More... ]

uhuh! the new scoring method could be taken to also play in this, but you know there have been a lot of U.S. injuries over the past years as well before the scoring change, when the national training camps have been happening. there has been more depth in the u.s. team since the national training camps, but this could be b/c of more coaching experience in the individual clubs as well, and[ Read More... ]

from Gymworld, posted by Leia; "work at Brestyan's and heard from one of the other team coaches who was in contact with Mihai yesterday that Alicia was doing vault timers for her rudi and missed her hands off the end of the table. She was able to land safely on her back, but she must have been shaken because on her next vault she balked in mid-air and bent her knee the wrong way when she[ Read More... ]

Here's an article with Jana Bieger's opinion on how it is like to be coached by her mom: "Bieger brings experience to Worlds" - http://www.wcsn.com/article/news.jsp?ymd=20061010&content_id=8294&vkey=gymnastics_news&id=34012&dpre= "It's great having your parent coach you," Bieger said. "They know you the best. Especially if you are coached by a parent who has experienced the sport. They have[ Read More... ]

"Bieger brings experience to Worlds": http://www.wcsn.com/article/news.jsp?ymd=20061010&content_id=8294&vkey=gymnastics_news&id=34012&dpre= [quote]Gymnastics has always been in Bieger's blood. Her mother competed for West Germany in the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics. The younger Bieger, who turns 17 in November, was born in Kiel, Germany but moved to south Florida at age 7. Under the[ Read More... ]

Just in today on the IG board: posted by Thor: [quote] This has not been confirmed but a friend who works at woga called and said that the word over there is that Alicia is out of worlds because of an injury she sustained when practicing her rudi. She told me that Valeri called and said this. There is still allot of confusion but it seems Marta had told Alicia to do do the vault in a[ Read More... ]