Sam Mikulak didn’t know he’d posted the highest score in yesterday’s first day of competition at the U.S. Olympic Trials until Jonathan Horton told him – Will Graves from the Associated Press has the story.

Competing in the Olympic Games is a dream McKayla Maroney, 16, a double World Championships gold medalist in 2011, and Kyla Ross, 15, billed as the next big thing in American gymnastics, have shared since they first met nearly a decade ago in an Orange County gym.

Jonathan Horton has been mulling over the scenarios in his head, juggling and jumbling the combinations of the five gymnasts that will make up the U.S. Olympic men’s gymnastics team.

Danell Leyva dreams of flying, and when he releases the high bar and swings into space during his routine, he comes close. Suspended in midtwist or midflip, he’s a skydiver savoring the split second before he pulls the rip cord.

Take an exclusive first look at training from the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.

When Gabby Douglas flashes that dazzling smile and saunters across the arena floor as if she owns the place, the concept seems downright impossible.

This bubbly 16-year-old was once … shy?

American gymnast Jonathan Horton has found a way to satisfy his golden appetite.

The Chicago Tribune chronicles Anna Li’s remarkable return to elite gymnastics.

The latest episode of “USA Gymnastics: Behind the Team presented by AT&T” looks at the 2012 Visa Championships, which determined national champions plus those athletes who qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Rita Wieber, mom of World champion Jordyn Wieber, takes readers inside the world of gymnastics with new book, “Gym Mom.”

Growing up in the Bronx, John Orozco now has his sights set on London 2012.

Jonathan Horton, 26, isn’t surrendering anything to John Orozco and Danell Leyva heading to the U.S. Olympic trials that start Thursday in San Jose.

Sarah Finnegan, 15, of St. Louis, and Brenna Dowell, 16, of Odessa, Mo., finished sixth and ninth, respectively, in the all-around at the U.S. championships on June 10, qualifying for the U.S. Senior Women’s National Team and Olympic Trials.

“[Alicia] has prepared better, way better (for these Olympics). She is just much more experienced,” coach Mihai Brestyan tells the Boston Herald.

The latest episode of “USA Gymnastics: Behind the Team presented by AT&T” takes us to Chicago, Ill., for the Secret U.S. Classic, the last women’s qualifier prior to the Visa Championships.