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Simone Biles Is SI's Sportsperson of the Year

Magazine honors gold-medal-winning Olympian after mental health struggles, big comeback

(Newser) - "She has altered the face of gymnastics, sparked sweeping change across sports—and this year capped it all with an astonishing personal comeback." This is Sports Illustrated's description of its Sportsperson of the Year for 2025: Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles. The 27-year-old athlete—who People notes...

Gymnastics Coach Bela Karolyi Dies at 82
Gymnastics Coach Bela Karolyi
Dies at 82
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Nov 17, 2024 8:33 AM CST

Gymnastics Coach Bela Karolyi Dies at 82

Romanian gained fame through students Comaneci, Retton, Strug, and others

(Newser) - Bela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the United States into an international power in the sport, has died at the age of 82, per the AP . USA Gymnastics said Karolyi died Friday. No cause of death was given. Karolyi and his...

Chiles Takes Next Step in Fighting for the Bronze

Olympic gymnast appeals to Switzerland's Supreme Court

(Newser) - American gymnast Jordan Chiles is asking Switzerland's Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that stripped her of a bronze medal in floor exercise at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Chiles, with the support of the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee and USA...

Jordan Chiles Tears Up While Talking About Medal Drama

Gymnast gives first interview since she was stripped of Olympic bronze

(Newser) - Gymnast Jordan Chiles on Wednesday opened up about what it was like to be stripped of the bronze medal in the women's floor exercise event at the Paris Olympics. "I followed the rules. My coach followed the rules. We did everything that was totally, completely right," she...

Romanian Gets Medal, Thinks of 'Sabrina and Jordan'

Gymnast Ana Barbosu cites Olympic spirit during the 'difficult situation'

(Newser) - Ana Barbosu was presented with the bronze medal in the gymnastics floor exercise on Friday, in a belated ceremony after American Jordan Chiles first was awarded third place in the Olympic event. The International Olympic Committee had given Romanian officials permission Thursday to make the presentation, USA Today reports, though...

Jordan Chiles' Olympic Medal Controversy Takes Another Turn

USA Gymnastics says CAS has decided not to reconsider its decision

(Newser) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport has declined to restore the bronze medal in the Paris Olympics' women's gymnastics floor exercise event to Jordan Chiles following an appeal by USA Gymnastics. CAS rules "do not allow for an arbitral award to be reconsidered even when conclusive new evidence...

MyKayla Skinner Says She's Getting Death Threats

Gymnast wants Simone Biles to call off her fans

(Newser) - MyKayla Skinner says she's been getting death threats ever since Simone Biles brought renewed attention to comments she made about the current US women's gymnastics team competing at the Paris Olympics. Skinner, in a July video that she later deleted, bemoaned what she saw as a decrease in...

Podium Photo Is a Classic
Podium
Photo Is
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Aug 6, 2024 11:44 AM CDT

Podium Photo Is a Classic

Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles ensure historic all-Black podium won't soon be forgotten

(Newser) - Simone Biles may not have clinched gold in her signature event Monday , but she helped deliver a "display of sportsmanship" and another "enduring image " of the Paris Games, CNN reports. Taking the podium after the floor exercise finals, the silver medalist joined her friend and teammate, bronze...

No Golden Send-Off for Simone Biles

She fails to medal on the beam, takes home silver in her signature floor event

(Newser) - Simone Biles didn't get the golden send-off she'd hoped for. Biles earned silver in the floor exercise finals Monday—her 11th Olympic medal—after a routine that included a couple of costly steps out of bounds. Brazil's Rebeca Andrade became the first gymnast to beat Biles in...

Cheesy Photos of Italian Gymnast Resurface, Go Viral

Pics of silver medalist Giorgia Villa posing with large hunks of cheese are resurfacing

(Newser) - Giorgia Villa missed the Tokyo Olympics due to 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 US team's gold, Angela Andreoli, Alice D'Amato, Manila Esposito, Elisa Iorio, and Villa matched Italy's...

Simone Biles Reclaims Gold in Tense All-Around Final

American gymnast wins it for the second time in her career

(Newser) - Simone Biles remains peerless. Even when she's not quite perfect. The American gymnastics star edged Brazil's Rebeca Andrade during a tense Olympic all-around final on Thursday, per the AP . Biles' total of 59.131 was just over a point ahead of Andrade at 57.932, one of the...

Simone Biles' 'Lazy' Instagram Caption Goes Viral

Post-victory Instagram post appears to settle a score with former teammate MyKayla Skinner

(Newser) - Simone Biles had six words to say about the US gymnastic team's gold medal on Tuesday, and as Time reports, they appeared to take a direct stab at a former teammate's criticism of the current team. "Lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions," Biles captioned a photo...

'Pommel Horse Hero' Praised After Sealing Win for US

Fans are comparing 'quirky' Stephen Nedoroscik to Clark Kent

(Newser) - The American men's gymnastic team ended its 16-year medal drought at the Olympics on Monday—and the bronze medal win in the team final was sealed by Stephen Nedoroscik, who has become America's "pommel horse hero," according to Emily Giambalvo at the Washington Post . The pommel...

Simone Biles and Team USA Take Back the Throne

Team takes all-around gold

(Newser) - "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 US women's team to all-around gold in the finals inside a raucous Bercy Arena on Tuesday night. With Biles at her...

US Male Gymnasts End Long Medal Drought

Brody Malone comes through for the US, 16 months after devastating injury

(Newser) - The American men's gymnastic team earned bronze in Paris on Monday for its first medal since 2008. After qualifying in fifth place, the US men ended a 16-year drought to the delight of the dozens of fans waving American flags who chanted "USA! USA!" throughout the evening,...

Injured Simone Biles Pulls Rabbit Out of a Hat Anyway

Team USA finishes atop the leaderboard as stars come out to watch the star gymnast

(Newser) - Simone Biles didn't let some leg discomfort slow her down. As the AP reports, the gymnastics superstar posted an all-around total of 59.566 during Olympic qualifying on Sunday inside a packed and star-studded Bercy Arena despite complaining of a left calf injury that had her limping. US gymnastics...

Simone Biles Has a New Option at the Olympics

Team USA says star gymnast doesn't have to compete in any finals events if she doesn't want to

(Newser) - Simone Biles will be back at the Olympics this summer, three years after she pulled herself out of multiple events at the Tokyo Games to contend with mental health issues. This time around, however, the 27-year-old gymnast will have more say in how and when she competes—meaning she won'...

Japan's Top Olympic Gymnast Ousted for Smoking

Women's team captain Shoko Miyata violated strict rules on drinking, too

(Newser) - With the Paris Olympics only a week away, Japan is suddenly without a team captain in women's artistic gymnastics. Shoko Miyata has been sent home from France by the Japan Gymnastics Association because—prepare to gasp—the 19-year-old admitting to smoking and drinking, reports the Japan Times . The offenses...

USA Gymnasts Are Getting Extra Sparkly for Paris

One of the leotards for Simone Biles and Co. will feature 10K Swarovski crystals

(Newser) - One of the side attractions at the Olympics is checking out all the various outfits designed for the competitors. For Team USA's gymnastics contenders, this year is going "big on bling," per People , with leotards crafted with thousands of Swarovski crystals to make the gymnasts sparkle and...

Simone Biles Secures Her 3rd Trip to the Olympics

She nabs the only automatic spot on the 5-woman team

(Newser) - Simone Biles is heading back to the Olympics and the white-hot spotlight that comes with it. The gymnastics superstar earned a third trip to her sport's biggest stage by cruising to victory at the US Olympic trials on Sunday night, posting a two-day all-around total of 117.225 to...

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