2015:
- Vanessa Atler: I am a fan first! (Inside Gymnastics)
- Koko Tsurumi set to retire December 2015, after a foot injury that's hampered her all quad. Looks towards a career in coaching.
- 2004 U.S. Olympian Courtney McCool welcomes daughter Raelyn
- Valentin Mogilny has passed away from a heart attack at age 49
- Inside Gymnastics: Catching up with Vanessa Zamarripa
- Interview with 1988 Olympian Dagmar Kersten (GDR)
- Interview 1988 Olympian Ulrike Klotz (GDR) (interview starts at 0:28). She is now married with a daugther, and speaks negatively about her time in competitive gymnastics. The older woman also interviewed is Ulrike's mother.
- Mitja Petkovsek retires
- Kerri Strug: Where is she now?
- Q&A with Jana Bieger
- The Magnificent Eighth: Theresa Kulikowski
- Liukin Empire, Happy Brand (Kazakh documentary)
-Nelli Kim documentary "Our Kimanelli" (Kazakh documentary)
- Go Blue! Sarah Shire added to coaching staff at U Michigan
- Ludmilla Yezhova (now Grebenkova) is now coaching at WOGA
- Jeff Goldblum and former rhythmic Olympian Emilie Livingston welcome son
- Wendy Bruce, "I spent too much time being embarassed by my bronze."
- Faster, Higher, Stronger: Halifax's ALTA Gymnastics Club (David Kikuchi, Crystal Gilmore and more)
- Ariella Kaeslin finished third in the Ironman 70.3 in Canada
- Kyle Shewfelt guiding Canada's next gymnastics stars
- Canada's Stella Umeh expecting first child! (Update: Stella welcomed daughter Billie!)
- 2012 Olympian Syque Caesar named assistant coach at Stanford- Interview with Tabitha Yim, new Head Coach at the University of Arizona
- Q&A with 1992 and 1996 Olympian Henrietta Onodi
- 2008 Olympic All-Around Champ Nastia Liukin is engaged!- World Champion Hollie Vise married world champion Alex Naddour on May 2, 2015- Past American Cup champs Kim Zmeskal and Alexei Kolyvanov reunite!
- Q&A with 2008 Olympian Chellsie Memmel
- Catching up with former NCAA Bruin Ariana Berlin
- Coming to televisions...Douglas Family Gold, a reality TV series about Gabby Douglas' family as Gabby strives for an Olympic comeback
- 1993 World Floor Bronze medalist Natalia Bobrova (RUS) succumbed to stomach cancer on April 2, 2015.
- Maria Filatova finally granted Russian citizenship
- The Cleveland International Film Festival is screening Vera 68, a Czech documentary about Vera Caslavska
- 2008 Olympic Champion Nastia Liukin debuts on Dancing with the Stars on March 16, 2015
- 2004 Olympian, Maria Kryuchkova, has passed away, reports Olga Kharenkova on VK.com. Rumour has it that she died from a blood clot.
- 1993 World bronze medalist on FX Natalia Bobrova is currently in Israel seeking treatment for stomach cancer
- Congratulations to Chellsie Memmel and husband Kory, who welcomed their first child, a son they named Dashel Dean Maier, in February 2015
- Gymnastic Greats Boguinskaia, Silivas, Podkopayeva, Chusovitina, Omelianchik, and Comaneci gather at the white party after the Mexican meet
- Former Aussie gymnast Renee McElduff wins gold at the Aerial Skiing World Cup in Lake Pacid, NY (February 2015)
- Dmitry Bilozerchev: We're All Part of It (IG)
- Edith Eva Eger, Hungarian Olympic hopeful, forced to dance for Dr. Mengele at Auschwitz (CNN)
- Olympic gymnast Lais Souza, paralyzed in the lead-up to the Sochi 2014 Olympics while training Aerials, receives a lifetime pension
- Bianca Panova: Cruelty Behind Bulgaria's Rhythmic Gymnastics
- Terrible review for a new gymnastics movie: The Bronze
- Another Russian documentary gets English translations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrINfQF2FhU&feature=youtu.be
- Russian documentary about the late Yuri Ryazanov, who succumbed to a car crash days after winning bronze at the 2009 World Championships
- 2-time US World team member Bill Roth and his wife Christina have opened a new gym, Roth's CrossPoint Gymnastics, in southeast Pennsylvania in January 2015. Bill was the first man to score a 10.0 in national championship history, in the USA. After retiring from gymnastics, he worked as the Philadelphia 76ers mascot for 15 years. He's happy to return to his first love...gymnastics!
- 2005 US World team member Todd Thornton and longtime girlfriend Kimberly are engaged! Kim is an NFL cheerleader.
- 1992 Australian Olympian Kylie Shadbolt has returned from an eight-year hiatus to take up a gymnastics coaching role in Cairns.
- A beloved documentary receives English subtitles: http://rewritingrussiangymnastics.blogspot.ca/2014/07/our-nelli-kim-new-documentary.html?m=1
- 2005 US World team member Todd Thornton opens his own gymnastics club, Houston Elite Gymnastics.
- 2004 Olympic silver medalist Terin Humphrey (USA) is now coaching at Xtreme Gymnastics and Trampoline's
- Former US National team member Geralen Stack-Eaton signs on to be an Assistant at the University of Minnesota
- Sang Lan, who was paralyzed at the 1998 Goodwill Games, sues for $1.8 billion. Yes folks, that's $1.8 BILLION!
- 2008 Olympian Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (CAN) engaged! Hopfner-Hibbs won bronze on beam at the 2006 World Championships
- 2004 Olympian Annia Hatch welcomes a baby girl November 2014
- Verona van de Leur (NED) announced her return to training with an eye towards Rio 2016, following a second place finish on a Dutch reality show about pole dancing
2014:
- Olympic medalist Beth Tweddle (GBR) talks about her role model, Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR) (YouTube)
- 2004 and 2008 Olympian (JPN) Kyoko Oshima is visiting Elevate Gymnastics Academy on a Japanese Olympic Committee work/study program for a year.
- Interview Svetlana Khorkina (translated)
- Journey of an Olympian: Mohini Bhardwaj story video
- UCLA standout Ariana Berlin's story is being made into a movie. The film is shooting in Toronto!
- 1988 Olympian Chelle Stack welcomed a second son, Joseph, early October 2014.
- How's this for a comeback? Kohei Uchimura's mother, Shuko, recently competed at the Japanese Senior Championships!
- Former Dutch gymnast Loes Linders wins Dutch National Wakeboarding Championships
- Nastia and Carly presented with Dallas Cowboy shirts
- Eddie Umphrey leaving Twin City Twisters for UC Berkeley
- Shawn Johnson judging Miss America
- Courtney Kupets joins La Reve in Las Vegas
- Olympian Olga Teslenko (UKR) is a judge at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China
 - August 2015: Theresa Kulikowski-Gillespie and her husband Stephen welcome a son, Mason Thomas Gillespie
- August 2014: Nastia Liukin throws out first pitch at the Mets game
- Shannon Miller has a new book coming out in 2015
- The terrifying day I defected... - Nadia Comaneci
- Mary Lou looks back 30 years
- A new documentary about Nelli Kim
- Dimitry Karbonenko is Belgium's new men's team coach
- Kerri Strug welcomes a baby girl July 2014
- Catching up with Morgan White
- Vanessa Atler reflects on difficult career, and plans to publish a children's book
- IG Interview: Tatyana Godenko (URS)
- 2004 Olympian Courtney Kupets (USA) marries June 14, 2014
- 2012 Olympian Jordyn Wieber named 2014 Woman of Inspiration
- BBC Announces Celebrity Gymnastics Show, Tumble, featuring Nadia Comaneci and others.
- Marie Roethlisberger, on the 1984 Olympics, the deafness she experienced after viral meningitis at age 2 1/2, and her subsequent medical career. She is a family medicine doctor at Meriter Clinic in Madison, WI.
 Yan Mingyong has married former trampolinist Ma Qiujing
-Steliana Nistor (ROM) reportedly coaching in Norway
- Recent photos of 2004 Olympic gold medallist Oana Ban (ROM)
- Elizabeth Price (USA) retires from US National Team, eyes set on NCAA at Stanford
- Mackenzie Caquatto balancing gymnastics with teaching at the University of Florida
- Sang Lan, who was paralyzed while vaulting at the 1998 Goodwill Games, welcomed her first child, a son, in Beijing on April 14, 2014
- 2008 US Olympian Raj Bhavsar speaks about life after the Olympics
- British Gymnastics catches up with Suzanne Dando
- 2000 Olympian Trudi McIntosh expecting first child, a daughter. She is moving to Denmark to be with her partner, Lars, whom she met while performing in Cirque du Soleil. In Denmark, she plans to work as a pilates instructor and personal trainer.
- Video profile of 1988 Olympian and now 2014 Sochi judge Phoebe Mills
- Former Parkettes descend on Allentown, PA for reunion
- January 2014: Vanessa Atler (USA) gives birth to first child, a son
- 2-time Olympian Lais Souza suffers a crash skiing, and may have permanent paralysis. Souza was expecting to compete in Aerials at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
- The Gabby Douglas Story premieres on Lifetime Feb 1!
2013:
- Hollie Vise, 2013 World Champion on UB, engaged to Alex Naddour, currently on the USA men's national team
- Fabulous list of former US National Team members: http://gymn-stands.com/nationalteams.htm
- A number of former Karolyi elites turned up at the Karolyi's Ranch the weekend of November 2-3 to celebrate their 50th Anniversary
- 1991 World All-Around Champ Kim Zmeskal reunites with former Karolyi six pack teammates Erica Stokes and Amy Scherr
- Three time Olympian and gold medalist Dominique Dawes expecting first child
- Inside Gymnastics catches up with NCAA standout Kat Ding
- Three time Olympian and gold medalist Svetlana Boguinskaya, "I was always a bitch in Gymnastics!"
- 1988 Olympian Phoebe Mills is returning to the Olympics! She'll be a judge for snowboarding in Sochi.
- 2008 Olympic All-Around Gold medalist Nastia Liukin set to join NBC's team for Sochi 2014
- Three time Olympian and gold medalist Kyle Shewfelt opens his own gymnastics club
- Annia Hatch and fiancee expecting first baby!
- 2004 US Olympian Courtney McCool and her husband are the new assistant coaches for the Texas Women's University gymnastics team
- Former US National Team member Guillermo Alvarez coaching in Iceland
- Sang Lan finds happiness after tragic accident at 1998 Goodwill Games
- Inside Gymnastics caught up with Ashley Kupets
- Chellsie Memmel marries August 31, 2013. She recently announced she intends to return to competition in tumbling!
- Coaches Jason Fredericks and his wife (former US National Team member) Mary Beth Arnold debut NCAA Road to Nationals
- Decades of past magazines available as part of USAG's 50th Anniversary celebrations
- 1991 World AA Champ Kim Zmeskal's still got it!
 Australia's Dasha Joura all grown up!
- 1983 World Championships AA winner Natalia Yurchenko releases her official website, complete with a blog
-1990 Goodwill Games Champion Natalia Kalinina now has an official website
- 2004 Olympian Annia Hatch is engaged! )
- 2012 Olympian Jenni Pinches is UCLA bound Sept 2013
- Brett McClure is the new Head Coach at Cal Berkeley
- Fab interview with 3-time Olympian and gold medalist Svetlana Boguinskaya
- Shannon Miller and husband John welcomed second child, daughter Sterling Diane, on June 25, 2013.
- Jon Horton and his wife Haley (nee de Prospero) welcomed their first child, a son they've named David, on June 24, 2013.
- Kristal Uzelac and her husband welcomed their first child on June 21, 2013. Daughter Mila!
- 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in the all-around Thomas Bouhail and his wife are expecting a baby girl in July
- Kelly Garrison set to graduate!
- Yulia Belokobylskaya, bronze medalist on FX at the 2011 European Championships, has exchanged her grips for ballet shoes!
- 2008 and 2012 Olympic Champion in Rhythmic Evgenia Kanaeva marries (Link: Facebook album)
- Daniela Druncea, who won bronze with team Romania at the 2007 World Championships, is now a cox for Romania's women's eight rowing team. The crew just won European Championships! (link: photo)
- Bulgaria's former rhythmic gymnastics coach Iliyana Raeva forms Political Party.
- Alexei Nemov and Evgeni Plushchenko in a Mercedes ad
- May 2013: John Roethlisberger and wife Meaghan welcome their first child, a son named Grey
- Olympic Champion Li Xiaopeng, age 39, on a reality diving show in China
- Reunion of some of China's former Gymnastic Greats! Cheng Fei, Meng Fei, Liu Xuan, Peng Sha, Zhang Nan, Kui Yuanyuan, Bi Wenjing, Sang Lan and more!
- April 19, 2013: Kohei Uchimura and his wife, a former gymnast, welcome their first child - a girl! (Link: IG)
- March 24: Yang Yilin on China's So You Think You Can Dance
- This summer "Louis" is due out - a book about triple Olympic medallist Louis Smith.
- March 16: Alana Slater marries!
- Beth Tweddle wins Dancing on Ice !
- 2004 US Olympian Mohini Bhardwaj donates her Olympic medal to the Smithsonian for the Indian American Heritage Project. Mohini was the first Indian-American to make a US Olympic team.
2012:
- 1972 Olympian Klaus Koeste passes away
- November 3, 2012: 2004 Olympic AA Champ Carly Patterson marries
- Oksana Chusovitina un-retires. Says she's aiming for Rio 2016.
- Dmitry Kasperovich (BLR) joins Cirque du Soleil
- Maria Filatova's site: http://filatova.atava.by/index.html  Did you know she was coined the Sparrow of Siberia?
- Now married, Natalia Ziganshina Gazina and husband Anton own a gymnastics club in St. Petersburg, Russia. Natalia is also designing and sewing gymnastics leotard. The pair have a daughter Masha. Younger sister Gulnara Ziganshina, also now married, is also a coach at the club. (Source: IG)
- Interview with 1986 Goodwill Games Champ Vera Kolesnikova, and mother of Viktoria Komova
- Interview with 1992 Olympic AA Champion Tatiana Gutsu
- Larissa Latynina looks back (Sports Illustrated)
- 1992 and 1996 Olympian Kerri Strug is a new Mom. Meet son Tyler William.
- 2000 US Olympian Tasha Schwikert, Then & Now
- Former US National Team member Katie Kivisto runs Boston Marathon in around 3:45. Amazing!
- Former South African gymnast and Utah Utes Dominique D'Oliveira will be attending World Championships for Triathlon!
- China Hands Bronze from 1999 Worlds to Ukraine (source: IG)
- Paul Hamm retires
- Black History month: Ron Galimore
- 1992 and 1996 Olympian Kerri Strug expecting her first child in a few weeks (due date March 1)
- 2004 Olympic Champion Carly Patterson is engaged. She shared a pic of her rock on twitter. Inside Gymnastics later interviewed her.
- Current Ukrainian tennis player Alexandr Dolgopolov is the son of former rhythmic gymnast Elena Devetiarova
July - December 2011
- An injured shoulder shattered Veronica Wagner's dream of competing at the 2012 Olympics, but in November she learned that she'll attend the Games as a broadcaster for Swedish TV.
- Two of the newest Brevet judges: 2005 World Champion and 2008 Olympian Chellsie Memmel and 2001 Worlds team member Tabitha Yim (link USAG)
- Marina Goryunova, former student of Elvira Saadi who trained alongside Tatiana Groshkova, and was featured prominently in the gymnastics documentary "Are We Going to the Ball?", and interviewed by Larry King as part of the 1990 Goodwill Games coverage on TBS, is now living in the USA. In November she represented her newfound country at the World T&T Championships. Here's her double mini routine, and her tumbling routine.  (Thanks Alar!)
- Natalia Laschenova takes latest step in quest for immigration (link: IG)
- Paul Hamm arrested for assault, subsequently terminated from coaching position at OU
- Sarah Shire hired on as Director of Operations at the University of Missouri. She's also pursuing her Master's in Sport Psychology.
- Elise Ray and Chelle Stack being inducted into USAG Hall of Fame
- Catching up with Canadian sensation Yvonne Tousek!
- Li Ning makes a donation to the IOC museum
- Kristin Maloney appointed assisted coach at Iowa
- Hanneke Hoefnagel, member of the Netherlands' 2006 Worlds team, is now a farmer!
- Amy Chow has a shot at London 2012 - as a diver!
- Dominique Moceanu released a paperback series for tweens (IG)
- Catching up with Lu Li
- 1996 Olympic floor champion Ioannis Melissanidis talks of a comeback
- Sang Lan wins lawsuit
- Swiss sensation Ariella Kaeslin retires (link)
- Imagine breaking a piñata, only to have Mary Lou Retton fall out of it.... 
- Isabelle Severino takes to the FX again! (link)
January - June 2011
- Peter Vidmar resigns as USA's Chef de Mission for London 2012
- Johnny Weir speaks out against Peter Vidmar's appointment as Chef de Mission for London 2012
- Suzanne Harmes announces her retirement (May 2, 2011)
- Sang Lan suing Time Warner, USA Gymnastics
- Peter Vidmar is the USA's Chef de Mission for the 2012 Olympics
- FIG photographer Thomas Schreyer visits China and does a photo shoot with Bi Wenjing and her new baby boy
- Another scandal rocks the Dutch: Verona van de Leur pleads guilty to extortion
- Vanessa Atler is blogging again: From Gymnast to Coach
- Anna Li performs as a stunt double: Honda Civic
- Check out Vanda Hadarean's Inspired by Vanda bootcamp
- Ling Jie marries (photos). She coaches the Hunan gymnastics provincial team, and two of her gymnasts Zeng Siqi and Zhou Jiabei are current national team members.
- Tragedy for Tracee Talavera 
- Catching up with Cirque du Soleil's Yulia Korostelyova
- USAG catches up with the Mag 7
- Shannon Miller battling ovarian tumour
August - December 2010
- 2008 Olympian Raj Bhavsar joins new Cirque du Soleil show
- Nadia Comaneci guest stars on Make it or Break it 
- Alina Kabaeva graces Russian Vogue
- Current and former U.S. National MAG team members perform at Victoria's Secrets fashion show (link: IG2)
- Mary Lou Retton and family return to West Virginia
- Li Xiaopeng's wedding music video and Beijing reception photos
- Amy Chow marries Jason Ho (link: Video teaser)
April - July 2010
- 2000 U.S. Olympian Brett McClure is taking over as assistant men's coach at Stanford
- 1996 Olympic gold medalist Jaycie Phelps heads home to Indianapolis and opens the Jaycie Phelps Athletics Center
- Rebecca Owen (GBR) sues former coaches
- New video clip of Natalia Laschenova's plight to stay in the USA (link)
- Former Olympians Elena Zamolodchikova and Allana Slater (AUS) are in Melbourne judging at the 2010 Pacific Rim (photo)
- 1996 Olympic darling Kerri Strug marries (People)
- Aunt Joyce interviews 1984 Olympian Kathy Johnson Clark
- 2000 and 2004 U.S. Olympian Morgan Hamm is the new boys coach at M&M Gymnastics, a gym owned by Chellsie Memmel's parents
- Nastia Liukin named new USAG athlete rep
- 2004 Olympian Irina Krasnyanska (UKR) was reportedly a judge at yesterday's Zakharova Cup
January - March 2010
- Several Chinese greats are expected to travel to Wisconsin in June to take part in a collaboration between UW-Madison and the Beijing University of Sport. The aim is to strengthen their English, Science, leadership, and coaching skills. Expected to take part are Sun Xiaojiao, Yang Bo, and former rhythmic gymnast Sui Jianshuang. 
- 2004 Olympian Oana Ban marries and honeymoons in Paris!
- 2010 USAG Hall of Fame inductees include Dominique Moceanu, Wendy Bruce, and Kip Simons
- Nastia Liukin and JC Penny team up for Supergirl line of clothes
- Ioana Petrovichi welcomes baby girl March 2010 (link: photos)
- Youtube tribute to Polina Astakhova (d. 2005)
- Shawn Johnson judges Miss America. 
- 2000 U.S. Olympian Elise Ray doing commentary for the Big Ten Network. She's also doing personal training, and a little coaching. (Link: Gymnastike)
- Shawn Johnson ran with the torch in January 19th's Vancouver 2010 torch relay.
- Kyle Shewfelt ran with the torch in January 18th's Vancouver 2010 torch relay.
- Shannon Miller speaks candidly about gymnastics, being a new Mom, etc.
- Russian coach Elena Mashinskaia (Novgorod), whose students have included Anna Kovalyova, Oskana Vitkova, Kristin and Eleonora Guroyonova, passed away last week. She suffered from lung cancer that spread to the brain. She is predeceased by her husband, fellow coach Anatoly Chistenko (heart attack).
- 1995 and 1997 Worlds team member Anastasiya Dzundzyak is now performing in Cirque du Soleil's Zaia in Macau
- Former U.S. team member and UCLA gymnast Kim Hamilton Anthony publishes autobiography (Link: IG) 
September-December 2009:
- Moscow has launched a new prize to encourage paralympians. It's called the Mukhina prize, named after Elena Mukhina.
- Nikolai Kryokov has decided to retire. He's set to become the new coach of Russia's junior men's team.
- Elena Naimushina has moved back to her hometown of Krasnoyarsk after spending the past 20 years in Riga. She presented the awards at the town's gym meet, the Elena Naimushina Cup.
- After Maria Zasipkina sustained a neck injury while training she was treated in hospital as a member of the national team and continued to receive her stipend. After graduating from the Sports Institute she taught in a dance studio, and is now coaching gymnastics at her original gym.
- Belorussian interview with Larissa Petrik 
- Li Shanshan and Xiao Sha have officially retired (link: IG)
-  Former British gymnast Amy Bagshaw hoping to publish memoirs 
- Dong Fangxiao's husband speaks with New Zealand reporter, admitting she was too young to compete in Sydney. Read Rick's commentary.
- A number of former champions were on hand to watch the gymnastics at the recent 2009 Worlds. Here's a shot of some former greats. From Left to Right: Oksana Chusovitina, Svetlana Boguinskaya, Elena Shevchenko, Svetlana Lebedinskaya, Aleftina Priakhina, and Vera Kolesnikova. Many others were in attendance including Valerie Liukin, Oksana Omelianchik, and more. Thanks DJ!

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