LAUSANNE, Switzerland — American gymnast Jordan Chiles is asking Switzerland’s Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that stripped Chiles of a bronze medal in floor exercise at the 2024 Olympics. Chiles, with the support of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and USA Gymnastics, filed the appeal … Read more
WHITEWATER, Wis. — A 23-year-old man has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the fatal shooting of a national gymnastics champion in his apartment near the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus. Chad Richards made an initial appearance Friday via video in Walworth County Court. Kara Welsh, 21, suffered multiple gunshot wounds following an altercation Aug. … Read more
Vladimir Putin’s sons with Alina Kabaeva live a life of luxury isolated from the world. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his rumoured partner, former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, have two sons-ages five and nine-according to the Dossier Centre, a report in Forbes claimed. The outlet has attributed the info to a Russian investigative organisation that … Read more
NEW YORK — Fresh off the Olympics, U.S. breakout star and medalist Stephen Nedoroscik — better known to the internet as “Pommel Horse Guy” — will compete on the upcoming season of “Dancing With the Stars.” The casting was announced on Thursday’s episode of ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Nedoroscik is the first celebrity contestant named … Read more
As the drama surrounding Jordan Chiles continues to tumble onward, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has denied “outrageous” reports of bias in its decision to strip the American gymnast of her Paris Olympics bronze medal. During the Aug. 5 Olympic gymnastics competition, Chiles was awarded third place in floor exercise after USA Gymnastics … Read more
International sports officials will not reconsider a ruling to strip American gymnast Jordan Chiles of the Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medal she won in floor exercise. USA Gymnastics on Monday said the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) would not change the decision to push Chiles out of the third-place spot and redistribute the bronze to … Read more
USA Gymnastics has launched a fresh bid to win back Jordan Chiles’ bronze medal just hours after she was ordered to hand it over to Olympic officials. American officials submitted a letter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the latest twist in an increasingly embarrassing saga that has rumbled on for a … Read more
Simone Biles has finished up her Paris campaign with silver, her 11th Olympic medal overall, after a routine that featured a perfectly ‘petty’ act towards judges who earlier felt disrespected by the American gymnastics superstar and penalised her. Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade became the first gymnast to beat Biles in a floor final in a major … Read more
Gold-medal-winning Olympic gymnasts Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey are heading back to school. Chiles and Carey — part of the “Golden Girls” squad led by Simone Biles that soared to gold in Paris last week — have both announced they are returning to college, Chiles at UCLA, Carey at Oregon State. Carey, who boosted her … Read more
PARIS — No medal for Simone Biles on the balance beam this time. The American gymnastics star slipped and fell off the apparatus at the end of her acrobatic series during the Paris Games’ beam finals Monday, denying her an opportunity to add to the bronzes she won on the event at the 2016 and … Read more
