Showing posts with label Madison Kocian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Madison Kocian. Show all posts

Monday, January 9, 2017

Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Madison Kocian Attends Golden Globe Awards

Beverly Hills, California - Gymnasts Simone Biles (plunging white dress), Aly Raisman (custom Rita Vinieris orange dress), Madison Kocian (blue dress) looking gorgeous in their dresses attends the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Biles earns Team USA's first ever gold medal on vault


© John Cheng
RIO DE JANEIRO – 2016 Olympic all-around champion Simone Biles of Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre, won the USA’s first women’s Olympic vault gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games, held at the Rio Olympic Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Biles is also the first American gymnast to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games. In addition, Madison Kocian of Dallas, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics, won the silver medal for the uneven bars, and Alex Naddour of Queen Creek, Ariz./Team Hilton (USA Youth Fitness Center), earned the bronze medal on pommel horse.

Biles' first vault was a powerful Amanar, scoring a 15.900. Her second vault, a Cheng, earned a

BREAKING: Madison Kocian Wins Uneven Bars Silver In Olympic Debut

BREAKING...Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - Madison Kocian of the United States making her Olympic debut has won the silver medal for her routine on uneven bars with an 15.833.

Kocian routine  inside stalder to Komova II to Pak to stalder Shapo half, inside stalder blind to Jaeger, stalder, stalder full to full twisting double tuck stuck - little late on the first piro but super clean.

Friday, August 12, 2016

Team USA Gymnastics Team, Simone Biles Covers Kellogg's Special K Red Berries Boxes






















Team Kellogg's™ Athlete And USA Gymnastics Celebrate Gold Medal Wins With Time Honored Kellogg's Tradition
BATTLE CREEK, Mich.  -- In celebration of Simone Biles' individual all-around gold medal win, as well as U.S. women's gymnastics win in the team competition, Kellogg's® has announced that they will be featured on gold medal edition boxes of Kellogg's Special K® Red Berries. The boxes feature Simone's medal image on one side and Team USA's image on the other, as Kellogg's first-ever double-sided pack honoring two distinct achievements. Boxes are available in limited quantities for a short time only on KelloggsFamilyRewards.com.

"We couldn't be prouder of Simone and the women's team after all of their incredible achievements here in Rio representing Team USA," said Noel Geoffroy, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Innovation for Kellogg'sU.S. Morning Foods. "We're excited to continue the time-honored tradition of showcasing America's champions on Kellogg's cereal boxes following their remarkable success at the 2016 Olympic Games. By highlighting what gets her started each day – the support of her teammates - Simone has shown us the daily motivations that drive her to be the best gymnast in the world and helped her reach her full potential at her first Games."

The gold medal edition Kellogg's Special K Red Berries cereal boxes are available now free of charge on KelloggsFamilyRewards.com, while supplies last. Fans can visit KelloggsFamilyRewards.com for information about how to become a member and order their very own collectible box. You can also view Simone's #GetsMeStarted video on Youtube and learn more about her journey to Rio at kelloggs.com/teamusa.

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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

At a Glance: Team USA Takes Repeat Gold Medals in Women’s Gymnastics


© John Cheng
By Jo-Ann Barnas, Special Contributor For USA Gymnastics

Unbeatable then. Unstoppable now.

The most dominate team in the world the last three years now has an Olympic gold medal to prove it.

The U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics team easily defended the team title it won in London with a masterful performance Tuesday at the Rio Olympic Arena.

Led by three-time World champion Simone Biles, the U.S. women became the first back-to-back Olympic team gold medalists since Romania in 2000 and 2004.

They did it by winning each event en route to an 184.897 total score, more than eight points ahead of silver-medalist Russia. China won the bronze medal.

The Americans had a .700 lead after vault, their first rotation, and extended it to 4.026 after uneven bars and 4.961 after balance beam.

The team of Biles, Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez, Gabby Douglas and Madison Kocian gave a sneak preview of how good they intended to be when they rolled through team qualifying on Sunday, finishing nearly 10 points higher than the second-best team, China.

The women's competition continues for U.S. all-arounders Biles and Raisman on Thursday.

Call them the 'Final Five' - U.S. women's team selects team nickname

By Jo-Ann Barnas, Special Contributor For USA Gymnastics

RIO DE JANEIRO -- The wait is over. Meet your "Final Five."

The much-anticipated nickname of the 2016 U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics team was unveiled moments after the Americans defended of their team gold this afternoon at the Rio Olympic Arena.

Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Madison Kocian and Laurie Hernandez settled on the nickname after a team vote last week. And it wasn't easy keeping it under wraps. Everyone from journalists to media celebrities like Ryan Seacrest had been trying to coax it out of them the past few days -- especially after the U.S. women's dominating performance in Sunday's qualifying.

According to USA Gymnastics Senior Vice President Rhonda Faehn, the "Final Five" nickname was selected because Rio will be the final Olympics featuring five team members; the sizes have been reduced to four starting at the 2020 Olympics.

Coincidently, it also happens to be the number of U.S. Olympic teams that retiring national team coordinator Martha Karolyi has overseen since succeeding husband Bela in 2001, leading the U.S. women to team silver or gold the last three games.

The Final Five follows on the heels of their gold-medal predecessors, the "Fierce Five." The 2012 Olympic team revealed that nickname before the team final in London, with Raisman, Douglas, Jordyn Wieber, McKayla Maroney and Kyla Ross living up to its billing as the team went on to outscore silver medalist Russia by more than five points. It was the second team gold for the U.S since 1996's Magnificent Seven, and first on international soil.

The team members who made up the Magnificent Seven and produced Team USA's first-ever women's gymnastics gold at the Atlanta Games were: Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Dominique Dawes, Kerri Strug, Amy Chow, Amanda Borden and Jaycie Phelps.

Monday, July 11, 2016

USA Gymnastics announces women's gymnastics team for 2016 Olympic Games

Photo by Jason Lavengood
SAN JOSE, Calif., - USA Gymnastics Sunday, July 10th announced the five gymnasts and three replacement athletes that will comprise the U.S. Olympic Team for women's gymnastics that will compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Simone Biles of Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre, automatically qualified to the team at the conclusion of competition at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials for women’s gymnastics after winning the two-day all-around. The balance of the team and three replacement athletes were chosen by the Women's Selection Committee.

The five-woman team and three replacement athletes are listed below.
  • Simone Biles, Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre
  • Gabby Douglas, Tarzana, Calif./Buckeye Gymnastics
  • Laurie Hernandez, Old Bridge, N.J./MG Elite
  • Madison Kocian, Dallas, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics
  • Aly Raisman, Needham, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics
  • Replacement athletes
    • Ashton Locklear, Hamlet, N.C./Everest Gymnastics
    • MyKayla Skinner, Gilbert, Ariz./Desert Lights Gymnastics
    • Ragan Smith, Lewisville, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics
All athletes named to the Olympic Team are subject to the approval of the U.S. Olympic Committee's Board of Directors.

The members of the Women's Selection Committee were: Martha Karolyi, women's national team coordinator; Tatiana Perskaia, brevet judge; and Terin Humphrey, athlete representative.


Tuesday, March 8, 2016

USA Lady Gymnasts Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Maggie Nichols, Madison Kocian Attends 2016 Team USA Media Summit

Beverly Hills, California - Team USA's lady gymnasts Gabrielle  Douglas, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Maggie Nichols and Madison Kocian posed for portraits and some addressed the media as they attended the USOC Olympic Media Summit at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday, March 7, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.