BREAKING — The International Olympic Committee has made it official that USA’s Jordan Chiles must return the Bronze medal from Floor Exercise and it will be awarded to Ana Barbosu of Romania. This follows a ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport and a recertification of
Simone Biles. Mckayla Maroney. Aly Raisman. Maggie Nichols. ❤️
Thank you for your strength in testifying at today’s Senate Hearing, as well as for your tireless efforts to hold those at fault accountable.
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Yesterday Simone Biles posted on Instagram: “I truly do feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders at times. I know I brush it off and make it seem like pressure doesn’t affect me but damn sometimes it’s hard”
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Love it! Sam Mikulak gets flagbearer honors as the Women’s and Men’s gymnastics teams from the USA hold their own private Opening Ceremony, since they won’t be able to be in the Stadium tonight.
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An emotional Oksana Chusovitina took her final bow as an athlete on the Olympic stage, wiping away tears as competitors, coaches, delegation officials, media & more took to their feet for a standing ovation & roaring round of applause.
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For Grace, Jordan and Suni to put in a rotation like that on uneven bars immediately after the news their teammate Simone Biles is out is remarkable. Such strength.
Six U.S. women have won Olympic All-Around gold:
Mary Lou Retton 🥇 1984
Carly Patterson 🥇 2004
Nastia Liukin 🥇2008
Gabby Douglas 🥇2012
Simone Biles 🥇 2016
Suni Lee 🥇 2020
NBC reports that Simone Biles withdrawal is not due to injury but another issue. We will report more details as we have them. Whatever the case, everyone should respect the situation and let her have her space.
🥇🥈🥉One of the most epic podiums in gymnastics history! Simone Biles (USA), Rebeca Andrade(BRA) and Sunisa Lee (USA) showcased brilliant gymnastics and each have such compelling stories in their journeys to the Paris 2024 Games. Congratulations!!!
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Raw. Beautiful. Powerful. An emotional
@katelyn_ohashi
got real last night when she revealed she was in a serious car accident the night before traveling to St. Louis. The NCAA Co-Floor Champion & Team Champion has had a remarkable season & year. What a special moment...
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‼️We are 15 days from the start of the Tokyo Olympics!‼️
Today, we take a look back at Kyla Ross on beam during the 2012 Olympics! At 15 years of age, Kyla was calm, cool, & collected in the biggest meet of her life!
It’s a 10 for Suni Lee! The first 10 of her collegiate career! 👑 Her Olympic teammates Jordan Chiles and Grace McCallum got their first career 10’s last night. Your move Jade Carey 👀
MyKayla Skinner will replace Simone Biles in VT Finals at
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. Skinner had 4th highest score in vault during qualifications, but did not advance due to 2-per-country rule. She’ll compete alongside U.S. teammate Jade Carey, who qualified in second.
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There it is! 🔥 Simone Biles lands the Yurchenko double pike, officially giving the vault a new name: the Biles II! It’s the 5th skill to bear Biles name in the Code of Points; the 2nd vault. 🐐
“This is a hard sport. She’s 26 years old and she’s doing big gymnastics. So when you can succeed and do everything that [she’s] doing, you should give people their flowers!” -Jordan Chiles on getting the crowd on their feet after Simone Biles’ floor routine.
🇺🇸USA’s Jade Carey will compete in All-Around finals, qualifying in after Simone Biles withdrew. Carey actually had a score in the Qual round that would have originally earned her a spot, but didn’t advance due to 2-per-country rule.
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What a comeback story for MyKayla Skinner! From missing the final due to the 2-per country rule and announcing her retirement, to being granted the opportunity of a lifetime and coming away an Olympic silver medal!
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JUST. WOW‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
🎥Chris Talbot/Instagram • Ben Bloom from Washington at the end of his Gymnastics career, has finally done the impossible! History has been made.
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From the American Society for Yad Vashem on Facebook: Happy 101st birthday to Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and world champion gymnast! Born in Budapest on January 9, 1921, Keleti (née Klein) was the Hungarian National Champion in gymnastics by the age of 16.
Simone originally wasn’t planning for the Yurchenko double pike tonight, but knew it could be a close competition with Andrade so revised her Game Plan
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 It was like a scene out of a movie. It came down to the last few routines on the final event. The crowd was chanting ‘U-S-A, U-S-A‘.’ The pressure was on. And Team USA put on a show and soared onto the podium, claiming their first team medal since the 2008 Olympics in
GOLDEN! Reigning Olympic vault champion Rebeca Andrade grabs her second World vault title! 🥇 Biles finishes second 🥈 and Yeo Seojeong finishes third. 🥉
Suni Lee spoke today about how excited she is to attend
@AuburnU
, where she’ll compete for the
@AuburnGym
Tigers! “I don’t want to miss that college experience,” she says. “I’m looking forward to that so much! I’m so excited!”
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Simone Biles has been training a double pike beam dismount in Tokyo and we may see that as her dismount in Event Finals, in place on the full twisting double or double-double that she has previously competed
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It’s 12:47 p.m. on Saturday in Tokyo. Simone Biles, the G.O.A.T. in gymnastics, is bored in her hotel room at the Olympics. She poses a simple request of her 4.3 million Followers: “tell me a secret, I’m bored.” Her reactions and responses: Priceless!
The bright arena lighting affected Suni Lee on her layout stepout beam mount according to coach Jess Graba. If they go with the straddle mount, her routine will start from 6.5 instead of 6.7
Gymnastics Royalty in paradise for Simone Biles’ wedding today! 💍
From L to R: Melanie de Jesus dos Santos, Aly Raisman, Maggie Nichols, Simone Biles, Madison Kocian, Jordan Chiles and Katelyn Ohashi!
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Jordyn Wieber stated she will not attend the USAG Hall of Fame induction. “Until I feel like they have accepted that responsibility and done what they have to do to prevent it from happening to other athletes, I don’t want to support the organization.”
Head to Team Finals!!!
1. USA 172.296 Q
2. Italy 166.861 Q
3. China 166.628 Q
4. Brazil 166.499 Q
5. Japan 162.196 Q
6. Canada 161.563 Q
7. Great Britain 160.830 Q
8. Romania 159.497 Q
‼️We are 40 days from the start of the Tokyo Olympics!‼️
Today, we take a look back at Shawn Johnson’s gold medal winning beam routine from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing!
Final Results from the Core Hydration Classic!
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See you in Fort Worth!
1. Biles 59.500
2. Shilese Jones 57.650
3. Jordan Chiles 55.450
4. Jade Carey 54.400
5. Skye Blakely 54.350
6. Tiana Sumanasekera 53.900
7. Leanne Wong 53.450
Joscelyn said she is great. She was feeling all of the emotions after Simone's floor routine. Finding out Melanie won a bronze with her team was an incredible moment for WCC. "I was crying so many happy tears for all of us!"
Your 2023 World All-Around Medalists!
🥇Simone Biles grabs her sixth All-Around title! 🇺🇸
🥈Rebeca Andrade wins the silver! 🇧🇷
🥉Shilese Jones is going home with the bronze! 🇺🇸
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With the silver medal on uneven bars, Kaylia Nemour wins the first World medal ever for Algeria and the first World medal ever for the continent of Africa!
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