Absolute class career

Absolute class career in 2005 got his first big hit in the absolute category proclaimed for the first time U.S. champion in the open competition, uneven bars and balance beam. It was one of the biggest stars of the Gymnastics World Championships in Melbourne 2005. Nastia occupied the first position at the end of the preliminary round. In the overall individual competition had a hard-fought duel with teammate Chellsie Memmel, who eventually took the gold medal, while Nastia Liukin had to settle for silver. The difference between them in the classification was only one thousandth of a point (37,824 to 37,823), one of the matched and exciting competitions in the history of gymnastics, with the exception of the 1985 world where the Soviet and Yelena Shushunova Oksana Omelianchik shared the gold medal. In the apparatus finals on Nastia got revenge in part, winning the gold in uneven bars and balance beam, both ahead of Memmel.He also won silver in the ground, behind compatriot Alicia Sacramone. Pacific Alliance Championships in 2006 was tied for first place in the open competition with Chellsie Memmel. In this competition also won the team gold medal on uneven bars and also the silver in balance beam. In the U.S. championships, held in late August, he defended his titles in the open competition, uneven bars and balance beam. World Championships in Aarhus 2006, concluded in October, was a favorite to challenge for the individual. However, due to an ankle injury while training only competed in the uneven bars apparatus. He worked for the United States won the team silver medal and was 2. Nd in the final of this device after Beth Tweddle of Britain.In the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games won the gold medal in individual artistic discipline (all around) and three silver medals, two in the exercises for balance beam apparatus and uneven bars, and one more in the team competition. Also won bronze in the floor exercise, behind the Romanian Sandra Izbasa (gold) and fellow American Shawn Johnson (silver).