Memorable Moments of 2011: Gymnastics
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Hide captionAmericans Jonathan Horton and Jordyn Wieber win the American Cup, with Wieber edging out world champion Aliya Mustafina of Russia.
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Hide captionPhilipp Boy wins his first ever European all-around title at home in Germany.
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Hide captionAfter a dominant performance in qualifying, world champion Aliya Mustafina of Russia tears her ACL on an Amanar vault in the all-around final at Europeans.
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Hide caption2008 Olympic all-around silver medalist Shawn Johnson returns to competition at the 2011 CoverGirl Classic in July and continues her comeback at Nationals in August.
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Hide captionAfter shaky performances night one, defending champion Rebecca Bross dislocates her knee on vault night two of the VISA National Championships and after surgery, is forced to miss Worlds.
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Hide captionJordyn Wieber easily claims her first U.S. national title in August.
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Hide captionDanell Leyva defeats defending champ Jonathan Horton to win his first U.S. national title.
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Hide captionAmidst his comeback, 2004 Olympic all-around champion Paul Hamm is charged with assault and loses his job as an assistant coach at Ohio State.
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Hide caption2010 world vault champion Alicia Sacramone tears her Achilles tendon in practice at the World Championships in Tokyo.
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Hide caption2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin officially announces her comeback at the World Championships in Tokyo.
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Hide captionAmerican John Orozco is second in all-around qualifying in his first world championships. With teammate Leyva qualifying third, defending world bronze medalist Jon Horton does not make the all-around finals. Orozco goes on to finish fifth in the all-around.
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Hide captionUSA's gymnasts, from left, McKayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman, Jordyn Wieber, Sabrina Vega, and Gabrielle Douglas, far right, win the women's team final ahead of Russia at Worlds in Tokyo.
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Hide captionThe Chinese men hold off a challenge from Japan to win another team title at Worlds.
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Hide captionAmerican Jordyn Wieber edges past Russia's Viktoria Komova to win all-around gold in her first world championships.
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Hide captionJapan's Kohei Uchimura wins a historic third all-around world title, claiming gold in front of his home crowd in Tokyo.
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Hide captionDanell Leyva of the U.S. hits his mouth on the high bar during the all-around finals and finishes a disappointing last place at Worlds.
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Hide captionAmerican McKayla Maroney soars to the world vault title in her first appearance.
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Hide captionTwo days after a disappointing all-around competition, American Danell Leyva claims individual gold on the parallel bars.
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Hide captionShawn Johnson returns to the international stage as part of the gold medal winning U.S. team at the Pan-American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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