| NATIONAL Team Competition. Boston Day 2. Individual Competition Balance Beam. Part 3 In order of appearance: IVANA HONG NASTIA LIUKIN Ivana Hong (born December 11, 1992 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the gold medal American team at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the all-around bronze medalist at the 2007 Pan American Games. She was named an alternate to the '08 US Olym.pic team. Anastasia "Nastia" Valeryevna Liukin (Russian: born October 30, 1989) is a Russian-American artistic gymnast. She is the '08 2008 Olym.pic individual all- around gold medalist, the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the balance beam, and the 2005 World Champion on the uneven bars. With nine World Championships medals, seven of them individual, Liukin is tied with Shannon Miller as the American gymnast having won the most World Championship medals. |