Blaine Wilson

Vikings "Salute to America" U.S. Gold Medal-winning gymnast Shawn Johnson will be named an Honorary Minnesota Viking and will sound the “Gjallarhorn” at the start of Sunday’s Vikings-Packers contest as part of the Vikings' "Salute to America" promotion at the Metrodome.

Johnson, along with fellow U.S. gymnasts Nastia Liukin, Chellsie Memmel, Morgan Hamm, Paul Hamm, Shannon Miller, and Blaine Wilson  will join the US Gymnastics team on the field as part of the Vikings "Salute to America" day.

Later Sunday the world-renowned gymnasts will take center stage for the "2008 Tour of Gymnastics Superstars" at Saint Paul's Xcel Energy Center. The event offers fans a unique opportunity to see some of their favorite gymnasts perform live in an extraordinary sports and music extravaganza. (read more)

Television Special And 36 City Tour To Bring The Country’s Greatest GymnastsTo Your Home Town For A Sports And Music Extravaganza That Pairs Spectacularly Choreographed Gymnastics Routines With Music From The Disney Music Group Including Live Performances By Hollywood Records Artist Jordan Pruitt And BuenaVista Records’ Artists KSM

New York, NY – Just back from China, the country’s most celebrated gymnasts including reigning World Champion Shawn Johnson, 9-time World Championship medalist Nastia Liukin, 2005 All-Around World Champion Chellsie Memmel, and Olympic medalist Morgan Hamm will join Paul Hamm, Shannon Miller, Blaine Wilson and the U.S. gymnastics team for The 2008 Tour of Gymnastics Superstars. A nationally televised special airing on MyNetwork TV on September 19th from 8:00-10:00pm (EST) will kick off the two month trek across the United States bringing world class gymnastics and music from Disney’s hottest young recording artists to an arena near you.

The 2008 Tour of Gymnastics Superstars will offer fans a unique opportunity to see some of their favorite gymnasts perform live in an extraordinary sports and music extravaganza. In addition to medal-worthy athletic routines the show will feature songs from the Walt Disney Records’ Disney Girlz Rock 2 CD and live performances from teen sensations Jordan Pruitt and KSM. Jordan's new album, Permission to Fly features the single "One Love" and is currently available exclusively at Limited Too stores.  KSM recorded the show’s theme song, “Hero in You,” a new pop/rock anthem written and produced by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil of “High School Musical” fame.  KSM’s debut album is set for release in 2009.  (read more)

After taking a three-year hiatus, Blaine Wilson, former Buckeye (1994-97) and three-time Olympian, will rejoin the men’s gymnastics coaching staff for his fourth season.

As a coach, Wilson brings a wealth of knowledge on national and international competition. The most decorated Buckeye to date, Wilson captured six NCAA individual titles, secured five-consecutive U.S. all-around titles (1996-2000) and earned (read more)

Nancy Armour,  AP.   Blaine Wilson is still the most colorful guy in gymnastics. Not because of the pierced tongue or the tattoos, though he has gotten inked a few more times since you last saw him. No, the color in Wilson's world these days is more likely to be in the form of nail polish, "manicures" the doting father gets whenever 5-year-old daughter Wakaya wants to play dress-up.

Yes, three months shy of his 34th birthday, the guy who carried U.S. gymnastics on and off the floor for the better part of a decade has definitely mellowed. He's a single dad now, spending whatever time he's not in the gym with his daughter. That edginess that once fueled him has been replaced by the wisdom that comes with life's disappointments.

The only thing that hasn't changed are his skills. Three years after he retired, saying he was "getting old," Wilson is back for one last run at the Olympics.

Eddie Pells of the Associated Press featured Blaine Wilson today in a feature story detailing Wilson's quest to qualify for a fourth Olympic Games. Pells writes: The next time Blaine Wilson steps into a gymnastics meet, it won't be for fun, or simply to prove that a 33-year-old, three-time Olympian can still show the kids a thing or two. (read more)