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The careers of Olympians like Simone Biles mirror the rise of adult gymnastics. 'I'm never leaving.'
Every few years when the Olympics would roll around, the unmistakable pangs Jen Castellano knew were coming but was powerless to stop would hit. Of chalk on her hands. The beam underneath her feet. The sounds and smell of a packed gym. The intoxicating mix of frustration,...
Olympic qualifying wasn't the first time Simone Biles tweaked an injury. That's simply gymnastics
PARIS (AP) — The scene looked dramatic. To the thousands of people inside Bercy Arena on Sunday during women's gymnastics qualifying — from the A-list celebrities to the fans who had traveled from all over the globe to catch Simone Biles — it certainly felt dramatic. To Biles,...
How USA Gymnastics rebounded from a sexual abuse scandal ahead of the Paris Olympics
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — USA Gymnastics was a house afire five years ago, the massive fallout surrounding the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal rendering one of the U.S. Olympic movement's marquee programs radioactive. Lawsuits. Bankruptcy. Potential decertification. A revolving door at...
