Gymnastics

6/6/2025 |  SafeSport issues permanant ban on elite gymnastics coach in latest chapter of long-running case (Associated Press (AP)) DENVER (AP) — The gymnastics coach for a one-time Olympic alternate received a lifetime ban Thursday from the U.S. Center for SafeSport.
Qi Han, whose case dates to at least 2016 and who had been under a temporary sanction for the past two years, was listed as permanently ineligible, subject to appeal, on the center’s disciplinary database. 

6/6/2025 |  What’s next for influencer Livvy Dunne after college gymnastics career? ‘Everything,’ she says (Associated Press (AP)) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — With her college gymnastics days behind her, influencer and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Livvy Dunne is moving on with life — but that doesn’t mean she’ll be far from the public eye.
Dunne, who has more than 13 million followers on social media, created a multimillion-dollar personal brand while competing as a gymnast at LSU. Now she’s trying to help other female athletes do the same, helping to educate them about name, image and likeness deals and personal branding.

4/22/2025 |  Biles still undecided on 2028 LA Games participation (Reuters Sports) PARIS, April 22 (Reuters) - Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history, said she has yet to decide whether she will take part in her home Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.
Biles won gold medals in the team, all-around and vault competitions at the 2024 Games to complete a triumphant comeback three years after withdrawing from events at the Tokyo Olympics but said Paris took a heavy toll on her.

2/21/2025 |  Jury Awards $1.26M to Victims of a 2017 Parkour Gym Accident (Athletic Business) Back in 2017, a platform collapse at Vault PK in San Diego injured dozens of people, including several children, during the gym’s ‘Kid’s Night Out’ programming. Nearly eight years later, a jury has finally reached a verdict in the civil case that nine plaintiffs brought against Vault PK. 

1/2/2025 |  Simone Biles on being named SI's 2024 Sportsperson of the Year (AXIOS Sports) Simone Biles, who Sports Illustrated just named the 2024 Sportsperson of the Year, tells Axios that she sees her fellow honorees as people who "transcend sports" and help build communities.
Why it matters: Biles, a "global icon," has been "fearless in speaking out about issues that transcend the sports world," SI Editor-in-Chief Steve Cannella said in a statement.
Catch up quick: The 27-year old gymnast mounted a comeback at last summer's Paris Olympics after the "twisties" caused her to withdraw early from the 2020 games.