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• Livvy Dunne on the draw of gymnastics’ perfect 10

  05-02-2025 10:30
  The LSU star and one of America’s most media-savvy athletes drew criticism for her call for more maximum scores. But she promises she has the sport’s best interests at heartLivvy Dunne is worried about the future of women’s college gymnastics. The NIL powerhouse, who has scored major brand deals with Vuori and American Eagle, among others, has started her final season with the national champion LSU Tigers. But she’s made the biggest splash in this young season on social m
  
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• Agnes Keleti, oldest living Olympic gold medallist, dies at 103

  02-01-2025 12:09
  Hungarian gymnast survived persecution of Jews in second world war and won five golds across two GamesThe world’s oldest living Olympic gold medallist, the Hungarian gymnast Agnes Keleti, who escaped the Holocaust with false identity papers and the Soviet Union’s brutal clampdown on her home country by emigrating to Israel, has died aged 103.Keleti, who did not compete in an Olympics until she was 31 but won more medals than anyone else at the Melbourne Games, died on Thursday in Bud
  
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• Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Rebeca Andrade summed up the incredible spirit of the Olympics. Now, it’s been tainted

  30-12-2024 10:00
  Arguments still rage about the decision to strip gymnast Chiles of her bronze medal. But one thing is clear: the Games’ organisers failed to live up to the event’s valuesAs Rebeca Andrade, Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles stood behind the podium at the medal ceremony for the Olympic women’s gymnastics floor exercise in Paris, the significance of the moment was clear to all. Their collective success marked the first time in history that three black gymnasts had won bronze, silver
  
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• Generation TikTok: how sportswomen set the bar higher than the men

  22-12-2024 09:00
  
  Female athlete power on social media became ever more strident in 2024 – but the backlash also damaged careers and wellbeingLina Nielsen remembers the moment she had the idea. She was sitting around the Olympic Village in Paris with her sprinting teammates – and she was bored. “I said to Yemi Mary John: ‘I’m gonna make this TikTok’,” Nielsen recalls. She took herself to her bedroom, got out the flip phone each athlete had been given and typed into an Exc
  
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• We must educate sporting leaders to look beyond toxic win-at-all-costs approaches | Cath Bishop

  09-12-2024 09:00
  Danny Care’s whistleblowing suggests there remains too much of a grey area between tough training, bullying and abuseDanny Care’s stories about the England rugby environment under Eddie Jones reveal important insights into the ways that sport is experienced, organised and led. Beyond the shocking examples of belittling and bullying that he alleges, a picture emerges of an ongoing, highly damaging cultural illiteracy among players, coaches and leaders.It’s striking how hard it w
  
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• Is 61 too old to take up gymnastics? Not if you’re planning on living to 100

  17-11-2024 15:00
  The older I get, the more I want to play rather than just work out. Have I left it too late to learn a backflip, cartwheel or forward tuck – especially with a dodgy knee?How do you know when it’s time to slow down? I’ve been wondering that ever since I decided to live to 100. Sure, I may not make it; but if I do I expect exercise to play a huge part, alongside a healthy diet and (seriously, kids, this really isn’t rocket science) evidence-based medicine rather than wellne
  
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• Bela Karolyi, gymnastics coach who mentored Nadia Comaneci, dies aged 82

  17-11-2024 03:24
  Karolyi trained multiple Olympic gold medalists and help turn the US into an international gymnastics powerBela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the US into an international power, has died. He was 82.USA Gymnastics said Karolyi died Friday. No cause of death was given. Continue reading...
  
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• Petition to save elite London gym where Spider-Man’s Tom Holland trained

  29-10-2024 07:00
  Charity that leases building sold to developers during Covid lockdown is told it must vacate it by ChristmasThe UK could lose out on future sporting champions after an elite youth training centre whose alumni include the Spider-Man star Tom Holland was sold to developers, campaigners have said.The East London Gymnastic Centre was built with lottery funding in 1997 to provide affordable coaching in a deprived part of the capital. Continue reading...
  
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• Jordan Chiles appeals to Swiss supreme court over stripping of Olympic bronze

  17-09-2024 04:38
  
  Romanian athlete was awarded bronze over ChilesIOC ordered American to return Olympic medalJordan Chiles is asking Switzerland’s supreme court to overturn a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that stripped the gymnast of a bronze medal in the floor exercise at the 2024 Olympics.Chiles, with the support of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and USA Gymnastics, filed the appeal on Monday. Continue reading...
  
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• Jordan Chiles says stripping of Olympic bronze took away ‘the person I am’

  11-09-2024 22:46
  Romanian athlete was awarded bronze over ChilesIOC ordered American to return Olympic medalUS gymnast Jordan Chiles has spoken about the emotional fallout after she was stripped of the bronze medal she won at this summer’s Paris Olympics.“The biggest thing that was taken from me was, it was the recognition of who I was. Not just my sport, but the person I am,” she said, her voice breaking at times with emotion, during an appearance at the Forbes Power Women’s Summit on We
  
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• The long road to make the US a force in men’s gymnastics

  11-09-2024 12:00
  American stars such as Simone Biles have made Olympic golds seem routine. But there is a drive to make their male counterparts dominant in the sport tooIn late July the five members of the United States men’s gymnastics team ended a 16-year medal drought when they clinched bronze in Paris. Asher Hong, Paul Juda, Brody Malone, Fred Richard, and Stephen Nedoroscik were instantly turned into fodder for everything from extensive dives into the sport to Superman memes. When the dust settled, it
  
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• US Olympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik joins Dancing with the Stars

  22-08-2024 17:29
  ‘Pommel horse guy’ becomes first confirmed cast member for reality show’s 33rd season premiering 17 SeptemberThe US Olympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik will appear on the new Dancing with the Stars season, ABC’s Good Morning America hosts announced on Thursday.“I want to bring some of that gymnastics – maybe a backflip or handstand. I want to have fun with it,” Nedoroscik told GMA hosts Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos and Gio Benitez. Continue readin
  
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• Max Whitlock: ‘Scott whacked me in the leg and said: “You’re the Olympic champion”’

  17-08-2024 09:00
  Six-time Olympic medallist, who missed a bronze in Paris by 0.1 points in his last event before retirement, reflects on friendships, family, teamwork and achievementMax Whitlock was warming up for his pommel horse final at the Paris Olympics when his South Korean rival Hur Woong approached him and translated a message into his phone. “It said he’s been watching me for over 10 years and he’s learned a lot from me,” says the 31-year-old. “It’s a surreal feeling
  
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• Jordan Chiles says ‘unjust’ stripping of Olympic bronze has led to racist abuse

  15-08-2024 21:33
  Romanian athlete was awarded bronze over ChilesIOC has said American must return Olympic medalJordan Chiles says she has been left “heartbroken” by the decision to strip her of her Olympic bronze medal and says she has been exposed to racially motivated abuse on social media.The US gymnast was initially given bronze in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics after an appeal over how the judges scored her routine was accepted and she moved from fifth to third place. However, the Roma
  
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• Why does Jordan Chiles have to return her Olympic gymnastics medal? – video

  14-08-2024 15:22
  The American sports writer Beau Dure explains how an incorrect ruling made in haste has resulted in the US gymnast Jordan Chiles being asked to return her Olympic bronze medal, despite potential evidence that she is indeed deserving of it. During the Paris Games, Chiles was not awarded points that she should have been for one of her routines. USA Gymnastics put in an inquiry which was accepted, however the court of arbitration for sport (CAS) concluded that they were four seconds too slow in doi
  
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• Head of panel in Jordan Chiles appeal worked on cases for Romanian government

  14-08-2024 15:18
  Dr Hamid G Gharavi previously represented RomaniaRomanian athlete was awarded bronze over ChilesCas says Gharavi had declared work with RomaniaA new detail has emerged in the battle over Jordan Chiles’s Olympic bronze medal, a saga which has overshadowed a thrilling gymnastics competition at the Paris Games.Chiles was initially given bronze in the floor exercise after an appeal over how the judges scored her routine was accepted and she moved from fifth to third place. However, the Romania
  
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• Paris Olympics 2024: Guardian photographers at the Games – picture essay

  13-08-2024 21:00
  Among 1,578 accredited photographers in the French capital were three covering the Games for the Guardian and ObserverAfter the Covid-affected Olympics in Tokyo, Paris 2024 welcomed the return of packed stadiums, venues and also photographer enclosures. Among the 1,578 accredited photographers were three covering the Games for the Guardian and Observer.A multiple exposure shot of Alice D’Amato performing on the vault during the final of the women’s gymnastics team all-around where th
  
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• Jordan Chiles must return bronze medal after USA Gymnastics appeal fails

  13-08-2024 10:45
  American was demoted from third to fifth placeUSA Gymnastics had submitted new evidenceUSA Gymnastics officials say an arbitration panel will not reconsider a decision asking the gymnast Jordan Chiles to return the bronze medal she won at the Paris Olympics.Last week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) voided an on-floor appeal from Chiles’s coach that was initially upheld and moved her from fifth to third in the floor exercise in Paris. Cas’s decision came after the Romanian O
  
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• Highs, lows and Snoop Dogg: the Guardian’s most memorable Paris Olympic moments

  12-08-2024 13:00
  Léon Marchand and Antoine Dupont led the way as home athletes put on a show, but it was the city itself that proved the ultimate star of a wonderful GamesBest moment Julien Alfred winning the women’s 100m, St Lucia’s first medal in any Olympic Games. Followed instantly by panic at how to write 900 coherent words on this in the next 20 minutes. Continue reading...
  
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• Jordan Chiles’s bronze medal saga has inflicted needless suffering on innocent gymnasts

  12-08-2024 11:16
  The American gymnast, and her Romanian counterpart, have been on a rollercoaster. They should be allowed to keep the medals they earnedIn 1972, the US Olympic men’s basketball team took a one-point lead over the Soviet Union in the gold-medal game in Munich with three seconds left. Through a chaotic sequence of events, those three seconds were played three times. The third time was the charm, for the Soviets at least, and they took a one-point win.The US men have, for 52 years, refused to
  
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• Biles and Ledecky for 2028? Home Olympics will be a lure for Team USA veterans

  12-08-2024 00:11
  Some of the biggest American stars at Paris 2024 may be tempted to extend their careers when they would otherwise be riding off into the sunsetThe run-up to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics officially began on Sunday night with a closing ceremony at the Stade de France featuring a “death-defying stunt” by Tom Cruise – who repelled off the stadium to collect the Olympic flag before riding off to LA through the streets of Paris – with performances by California emissaries Bill
  
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• IOC orders US gymnast Jordan Chiles to return bronze medal after appeal saga

  11-08-2024 12:39
  Cas voids inquiry that elevated Chiles to podiumRomania’s Ana Barbosu now awarded bronze in floorThe latest medal table | Live schedule | Full resultsUS Olympic officials say they will appeal a against court ruling that resulted in American gymnast Jordan Chiles being asked to return the bronze medal she won in the Paris Olympics floor exercise. The news came after sport’s highest court voided an on-floor appeal by Chiles’s coach that vaulted the gymnast to third.The Internatio
  
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• From Biles to Yee and Bol: 10 great moments at the Paris Olympics

  11-08-2024 09:00
  
  Abiding memories of the Games included Marchand’s dominance, Ngamba’s bronze and 100m and 1500m thrillersThree years after Simone Biles was forced to withdraw from all but one of her Olympic finals due to the twisties, she returned to produce one of the great Games comebacks. Across nine days of excellence that yielded three gold medals and a silver, Biles most notably held off a brilliant challenge from Rebeca Andrade to become the oldest ever all-around champion
  
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• US gymnast Jordan Chiles to lose Olympic bronze after court ruling

  10-08-2024 20:18
  Cas voids inquiry that elevated Chiles to podiumRomania’s Ana Barbosu now awarded bronze in floorUSA Gymnastics says it is ‘devastated’ by decisionThe court of arbitration for sport has voided the inquiry that led to Olympic bronze on the floor exercise for the American gymnast Jordan Chiles, with the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) confirming Romania’s Ana Barbosu will now replace Chiles as bronze medalist.CAS ruled on Saturday that the appeal by US coach Cecil
  
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• Paris Olympics 2024: hoops and loops on day 14 – in pictures

  09-08-2024 16:22
  The best images from day 14, with rhythmic gymnastics, wrestling, climbing, and sprint relay all in focus Continue reading...
  
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• Suni Lee pokes fun at her Olympics balance beam fall in viral TikTok

  07-08-2024 19:46
  ‘Unfortunately I was selected for the olympics,’ Team USA gymnast wrote in her post with more than 20m viewsThe US Olympic gymnast Suni Lee joined in on a social media trend on Tuesday, poking fun at herself for falling during the balance beam final on Monday.The video, posted to Lee’s TikTok, shows the moment she fell off the balance beam, with the caption “unfortunately I was selected for the olympics” and a remix of the American national anthem playing in the bac
  
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• Romanian PM to boycott Olympic closing ceremony in gymnastics protest

  06-08-2024 18:02
  Ana Barbosu demoted from bronze while celebratingRomanian great Nadia Comaneci also criticises decisionRomania’s prime minister, Marcel Ciolacu, said he will boycott the Olympic closing ceremony after his country were denied a medal in the women’s gymnastics.Ana Barbosu had already begun celebrating her bronze for the floor event on Monday when coaches for Jordan Chiles, of the United States, entered an appeal to judges over Chiles’s score. The inquiry resulted in a 0.1 boost f
  
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• The unsung hero of the Olympic-champion US women’s gymnastics team is a very good boy

  06-08-2024 18:00
  Beacon, a golden retriever therapy dog,was a crucial part of the Americans’ preparations for the Olympics as he helped soothe athletes’ nervesThe US women’s gymnastics team is back on top of the world. Three years after the Americans settled for a team silver at the Tokyo Olympics, a five-woman squad of Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera regained the title and finished with eight medals overall. Not bad for the oldest US Olympic squad in 72 yea
  
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• Gracious, petty and brilliant – Biles is arguably bigger than the US Olympic movement

  06-08-2024 10:00
  There is a credible argument that the gymnast has been America’s best athlete for more than a decade. And she now wields incredible influenceThe latest medal table | Live schedule | Full resultsEight years ago at the Rio Olympics, when Simone Biles made the quantum leap from gymnastics-famous to worldwide household name with her epochal four-golds-in-seven-days masterclass, the most common refrain to describe her greatness was that her routines were so preposterously difficult that she cou
  
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• Keely Hodgkinson surges to 800m glory on golden day for Britain in Paris

  05-08-2024 23:44
  British cycling trio win women’s team sprint goldClarke and Woods collect canoe slalom medalsKeely Hodgkinson punched the air as she confirmed herself as the poster girl of British athletics with a stunning win in the women’s 800m final, as Team GB’s velodrome campaign kicked off with a world-record gold medal run.Hodgkinson, at the age of 22 already the world No 1, took an early lead in the Stade de France but Kenya’s Mary Moraa and Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma stubborn
  
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