PARIS — PARIS (AP) — Laurie Hernandez pauses briefly and taps her head. “There’s a lot going on in here,” the two-time Olympic gymnastics medalist turned TV analyst said with a laugh. “There’s a lot of chatter.” Yes, there is. And whatever gets through the filter — which, to be clear, is most of it … Read more
Giorgia Villa missed the Tokyo Olympics because of a sprained ankle. At the Paris Games, despite lingering back injuries, the 21-year-old gymnast made history. With their silver medal behind the Simone Biles-led U.S. team’s gold, Angela Andreoli, Alice D’Amato, Manila Esposito, Elisa Iorio and Villa matched Italy’s best result in Olympic gymnastics, a feat the … Read more
Simone Biles of Team United States reacts after competing on the vault during the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Qualification on day two of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on July 28, 2024 in Paris, France. Jamie Squire | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images American gymnast Simone Biles appeared to take a swipe … Read more
PARIS — Sunisa Lee called coach Jess Graba not long ago and told him it was over. The process of trying to navigate two kidney diseases that made the 2020 Olympic gymnastics champion’s weight yo-yo had become too much. The uncertainty. The frustration. All of it. Come to the gym, Graba told her. This isn’t … Read more
The online beef between Simone Biles and her former teammate MyKayla Skinner seems to be intensifying following Biles’ triumph at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Biles, now the most decorated U.S. gymnast in Olympic history, revealed Wednesday that Skinner appeared to have blocked her on Instagram. “oop I’ve been blocked,” she wrote on X, formerly Twitter. … Read more
“The Redemption Tour” ended in a familiar spot for Simone Biles: atop the Olympic podium. Again. The American gymnastics star and her singular brilliance powered a dominant U.S. women’s team in the finals inside a raucous Bercy Arena on Tuesday night. With Biles at her show-stopping best, the Americans’ total of 171.296 was well clear … Read more
PARIS — Celebrity spotting was again part of the event at a raucous Bercy Arena when Simone Biles powered a dominant U.S. women’s gymnastics team to the Olympic title on Tuesday night. A-listers Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman and Serena Williams gathered at the Olympic venue to watch the most decorated athlete in the history of … Read more
American sports fans are beaming after the USA’s men’s gymnastics team made its first group appearance on the Olympics podium since 2008 this Monday. The men of USA won bronze during the gymnastics’ team finals in Paris, fending off competitors Great Britain and Ukraine for the third-place honor. Already favored for the top spots, Japan’s … Read more
PARIS — Before they stood with their arms wrapped around each other in a brotherhood forever etched into U.S. Olympic lore, Brody Malone, Frederick Richard, Asher Hong, Paul Juda and Stephen Nedoroscik were collegians. Yes, the dreams the members of the U.S. men’s gymnastics team had fostered since childhood began in small gyms scattered across … Read more
American superstar gymnast Simone Biles made a sparking return to the Olympic arena on Sunday in front a celebrity-laden crowd at the Bercy Arena in Paris. It has been 1090 days since Biles won a bronze medal on the balance beam in Tokyo, which came during a tumultuous Olympics in which she withdrew from her … Read more
