Liukin targets London (officially!)

After 3 years of yes...no...maybe... 2008 Olympic all around champion Nastia Liukin has announced to the world that she is back in the gym and training full time for London 2012. Recent tweets from Liukin said she was training but didn't specify the goal. Most of us felt the clock was ticking down to London too quickly.

Liukin is back training under her father Valerei - who is once again building her a 'crazy' bar routine (Universal Sports). If Liukin makes it onto the team for London it will likely be for this apparatus. She has stated she is not aiming for the all around (a wise move given the mighty difficulty shown by Komova and Wieber today!) but is focussing on her two better events - Uneven bars and balance beam.

Nastia will also be tweeting from the FIG's official account for the women's all around final this week- keeping an eye in her future competitors perhaps....

Despite the USA's strong showing under difficult circumstances today, A top Liukin bar score would be much welcomed by Martha Karolyi!