Gymnastics

7/25/2024 |  Gymnastics-German gymnasts choose full-body suits for comfort, freedom (Reuters Sports) PARIS, July 25 (Reuters) - Some of Germany's female Olympic gymnasts at the Paris Games opted for full-body suits in training on Thursday, a fashion choice that has had profound repercussions for young competitors and inspired women to wear what makes them feel at ease.
At their podium training session at the Bercy Arena in Paris, two German gymnasts wore black unitards, which are combined leotards and leggings extending to the ankles.

7/20/2024 |  Gymnastics Giants: The schools that make the U.S. Olympic team (AXIOS Sports) An Axios analysis found that two-thirds of all U.S. Olympic gymnasts who attended college were from the same eight schools.
Why it matters: The U.S. women's gymnastics team is one of the most dominant in the sport, winning the all-around gold medal seven times, and producing some of the most iconic athletes of the Olympic Games.
By the numbers: UCLA dominates the gymnastics pipeline, sending 17 men and women to the Olympics.

• Many of the sport's most prominent athletes, like Katelyn Ohashi and Kyla Ross, were UCLA gymnasts.

7/10/2024 |  Simone Biles, U.S. gymnastics reveal Swarovski crystal leotards for Paris 2024 (United Press International (UPI)) July 10 (UPI) -- Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera on Wednesday received the leotards they will wear during the 2024 Summer Games women's gymnastics competition.

7/9/2024 |  Russia’s war threatens Ukraine’s Olympic future, not just the present. A young gymnast offers hope (Associated Press (AP)) CHORNOMORSK, Ukraine (AP) — When Oleksandra Paskal first took to the mat as a 4-year-old, her rhythmic gymnastics coach saw nothing but potential in a sport where the Olympics is the ultimate goal. Then a Russian missile crushed her summer house in the southern Odesa region, burying her beneath the debris and severing her left leg.

5/9/2024 |  Simone Biles wants to turn her post-Olympic tour into a celebration. The guys are coming along too (Associated Press (AP)) Simone Biles is bringing back her Gold Over America Tour this fall, with a twist.
This time, the guys are invited too.
The decision to include the men on the 30-city tour that starts in Southern California on Sept. 17 and ends in Detroit on Nov. 3 was intentional. Biles, who will try to build on her haul of seven Olympic medals this summer in Paris, wanted to broaden the show.