American physician Larry Nassar has been charged with sexual assault against at least one girl under the age of 13. Nassar has worked with the US Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team and the University of Michigan athletes for many years, reports ...
American gymnast Simone Biles became the 2016 Rio Olympic champion in the absolute all-around. The second was another representative of the US national team, Alexandra Raizman, and Russian Aliya Mustafina won the bronze medal. NBC commentator Al Trautwig incurred the ire of the American public by refusing to name ...
NBC commentator Al Trautwig incurred the wrath of the American public by refusing to call the adoptive mother and father of gymnast Simone Biles “parents.” The day before, 19-year-old Biles and her teammates from the US team won gold medals at the 2016 Olympics team championship in artistic gymnastics. For 10x...
The International Gymnastics Federation named one of the five new elements in honor of the Ukrainian athlete Igor Radivilov. The diagram of the new jump was published on the federation website. The Radivilov jump, an exercise invented by the Ukrainian, is a forward leap when, after pushing off from the supporting bridge, the gymnast...
The performance of an American gymnast in student competitions literally blew up the Internet. Sophina DeJesus, 21, of the University of California (UCLA), who took part in floor exercise, added hip-hop elements to her number. A video with her fiery number, which was also flawless and with ...