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Jade Carey and Leanne Wong are hoping their path to the Olympics goes through the NCAA Championships
Jade Carey and Leanne Wong watched as the elite gymnasts they grew up with left college last summer so they could turn their attention to the Paris Olympics. Suni Lee headed home to Minnesota after two years at Auburn. Jordan Chiles returned to Texas following a decorated stint at...
Olympic champion Suni Lee back in form after debilitating kidney ailment
Olympic gymnastics all-around champion Suni Lee revealed that at the height of dealing with a kidney disease last year, she questioned whether a return to top form was even possible. “My motivation started to fall,” Lee said this week at the Team USA media summit. ...
British gymnast Max Whitlock to retire after Paris Olympics
LONDON (AP) — Three-time Olympic gold medalist Max Whitlock of Britain plans to end his gymnastics career after the Paris Games this summer. The 31-year-old Whitlock is Britain's most successful gymnast, though he is not yet guaranteed to be selected for Paris. ...
Reigning Olympic gymnastics champ Sunisa Lee headlines the initial draw sheet for the U.S. Classic
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Reigning Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Sunisa Lee headlines the initial draw for the U.S. Classic in Hartford, Connecticut, next month. Lee, who became the sixth American woman to win her sport's most coveted title at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, is...
Iowa hires independent investigator to look into women's gymnastics team culture under Larissa Libby
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has hired an independent investigator to look into the environment in the women's gymnastics program after members of the team and staff brought forward concerns regarding head coach Larissa Libby, the athletic department announced Thursday night. Libby...
Florida gymnastics coach charged with having sex with 2 underage students
MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida gymnastics coach is in jail following accusations that he had sex with two girls when they were underage. Oscar Olea, 38, was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of sex crimes with minors over 12 but under 18 while under familial or custodial...
Kayla DiCello takes gold in USA Gymnastics Winter Cup. Olympic champ Sunisa Lee falls on bars, beam
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kayla DiCello allowed herself to sit and chill after a better-than-expected start to her season. Olympic champion Sunisa Lee was a bit steamed at herself for literally missing the high bar she set — twice, in fact. DiCello seized the accolades projected for...
Olympic all-around champ Sunisa Lee is happy competing again. She also wants a skill named for her
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Simply competing is an encouraging sign that Sunisa Lee is in a good, healthy place, especially the latter. Health is obviously a huge matter considering the reigning Olympic all-around champion endures a kidney-related issue that halted her college career...
2012 Olympic champ Gabby Douglas pulls out of first meet in 8 years after testing positive for COVID
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Gabby Douglas' return to competition is going to have to wait. The 2012 Olympic gymnastics champion pulled out of this weekend's Winter Cup in Louisville, Kentucky, after posting on social media that she had tested positive for COVID-19. The...
Former Olympic gymnastics champion Gabby Douglas announces return to competition
Gabby Douglas, the 2012 Olympic all-around gymnastics champion, will return to competition for the first time in nearly eight years at the Winter Cup in Louisville, Kentucky, on Feb. 24. The 28-year-old Douglas, who made the announcement on NBC News NOW on Tuesday, was a teenager...
