While the squad is filled with veterans, Rivera, 16, is the lone gymnast on the team who will be making her Olympic debut. She has trouble coming to grips with the fact that she, too, will be going to Paris. “It feels so surreal. I cannot believe that I’m here right now,” sh...
Sunisa Lee, Hezly Rivera, Jade Carey, Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles were selected for the 2024 U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics team on Sunday night. / Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports If you weren’t watching closely, you might have been confused: Red, white and blue streamers floated from ...
Biles, a two-time Olympic balance beam bronze medalist, had a flawless flight series in her routine and posted a 14.366. Simone Biles of U.S. competes on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's team final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, July 30, 2024.Hannah Mckay/Reuters Th...
, the tokyo women’s runner-up and former world record-holder injured, sharon lokedi has been added to kenya’s marathon team. lokedi, who finished second in boston this year, joins defending olympic titlist peres jepchirchir , who won here in 2022, and hellen obiri , the two-time ...
Ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Skinner faced backlash for criticizing members of Team USA’s women’s gymnastics squad in a since-deleted YouTube video. “BesidesSimone[Biles], I feel like the talent and the depth just isn’t what it used to be,” she stated. “I mean, o...
With their latest win, Biles, 27, surpassed Miller as the most decorated American Olympic gymnast. (Biles has eight Olympic medals, and Miller has seven.) Elsewhere in the NBC News interview, Miller reacted toBiles breaking her record. “I am so happy,” she gushed. “My heart is full ...
As the greatest gymnast of all time, Biles is headed to Tokyo for an all but certain gold medal sweep. Biles finished first at the U.S. Gymnastics Trials with a score of 118.098, automatically qualifying for a spot on Team USA. She is the only non-first-time Olympian on the women’s...
The unsung hero of the world-beating US women’s gymnastics team is a very good boy Beacon, a golden retriever therapy dog, was a crucial part of the Americans’ preparations for the Olympics as he helped soothe athletes’ nerves Expand US gymnast Simone Biles with Beacon...
The US gymnastics star won all-around gold at Paris 2024, becoming the first gymnast to win two non-consecutive titles and the first woman to own two Olympic all-around gold medals since Vera Čáslavská.
After Biles led the U.S. Olympics women’s gymnastics team to gold on July 30, she became the most decorated gymnast in U.S. history with eight Olympic medals, including five gold. She surpassed former OlympianShannon Miller, who won seven Olympic medals. ...