Inside Gymnastics has revealed that Nastia will grace her third straight 50 Most Photogenic cover. For the annual issue the Inside Gymnastics editorial team review the literally tens of thousands of images from competition and training taken by the magazines photographers each season and select the best photographs to showcase a year in the sport. Editor Chris Korotky explains, “>“In a sport like gymnastics that requires grace, power, amplitude and precision for an athlete to make his or her mark, a photograph has the ability to capture a moment like no other. Gymnastics is a beautiful sport that proves the old adage: A picture is worth a thousand words. From technical precision and stunning beauty to the drama and emotion of the sport, an image can speak volumes.”
Among the others included in the issue are 2006 cover girl Anna Pavlova, U.S. standouts Mattie Larson and Samantha Shapiro, Olympic alternate-turned-star Alexander “Sasha” Artemev, Olympic gold medalist and Dancing with the Stars Champ Shawn Johnson, and World gold medalists Ivana Hong and Shayla Worley. For their outstanding performance as a team, each member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team also earned an “automatic berth” into the edition. The issue will be hit stands later this month.
