Freed from her "twisties", gymnastics superstar Simone Biles returns to the global stage at the world championships which start in Antwerp on Saturday, with the 2024 Paris Olympics in her sights after a two-year break to treat her mental health. Britain's Max Whitlock also returns after an extended break with mental health struggles as the two-time Olympic pommel horse champion builds towards his bid to become the first gymnast to win four Olympic medals on the same apparatus next year - he won
Posted: September 29, 2023, 12:59 pm
Mazel Paris Alegado may only be nine-years-old, but she’s already making history.
Posted: September 26, 2023, 9:02 am
Skateboarder Mazel Alegado, nine, says she is aiming for the Olympics after reaching the women's park final at the Asian Games.
Posted: September 25, 2023, 2:49 pm
Anthony Nesty made more history Thursday when he was picked to lead the U.S. men's swimming team in Paris, where he will become the first Black head coach for the powerhouse American squad at the Olympics. Nesty's selection was announced by USA Swimming, which also appointed Todd DeSorbo to head the women's squad next summer.
Posted: September 22, 2023, 2:04 am
Britain's Max Whitlock will face Northern Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan in the pommel horse final at the FIG World Challenge Cup in Paris on Sunday after finishing joint-top in qualification.
Posted: September 16, 2023, 9:14 pm
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: The three-time Olympic champion is back in love with swimming after a break to work on his mental health and, as Jack Rathborn finds, is determined to create history at Paris 2024
Posted: September 14, 2023, 3:34 pm
Biles won her historic eighth U.S. women's all-around championship in August after two years away following the 2020 Olympics.
Posted: September 7, 2023, 1:41 pm
Great Britain won 64 medals and finished fourth in the medal table at the Tokyo Olympics
Posted: September 7, 2023, 7:25 am
The incident occurred at the team’s swimming camp at Loughborough
Posted: September 5, 2023, 3:12 pm
British athletes took 10 medals away from Budapest in a promising performance ahead of Paris 2024
Posted: August 28, 2023, 12:42 pm
Simone Biles became the only gymnast to win eight all-around titles at the U.S. gymnastics championships.
Posted: August 28, 2023, 1:03 am
Simone Biles was willing to take half-point deduction to have coach nearby when she did the Yurchenko double pike vault.
Posted: August 26, 2023, 5:21 pm
Simone Biles can add to her resume this weekend by becoming the only gymnast to win eight all-around titles at the U.S. gymnastics championships.
Posted: August 25, 2023, 11:03 pm
Simone Biles is attempting to capture her eighth national all-around title at the U.S. gymnastics championships.
Posted: August 22, 2023, 11:18 pm
Femke Bol fell in the closing stages of the 4x400m mixed relay in Budapest as Great Britain capitalised to take silver
Posted: August 19, 2023, 9:33 pm
Everything you need to know ahead of the showpiece event in Budapest
Posted: August 18, 2023, 3:49 pm
Aug. 7—The remote control gets a workout this time of year as a I click through an assortment of odd sporting events and meaningless pre-season NFL games to see which one grabs my interest. I didn't watch the US Women's Soccer Team bow out of the World Cup at an early stage. The US had won the last two, so packing up after the quarterfinals was a withering disappointment after all of the big ...
Posted: August 8, 2023, 3:52 am
Simone Biles said she’s “heading in the right direction” after winning at the U.S. Classic but still has work to do before committing to an Olympics return. The 26-year-old gymnast’s convincing victory over the weekend came at her first competition since 2021′s Tokyo Olympics, where she withdrew from multiple events after experiencing a mental condition known as “the twisties.” Asked after the ...
Posted: August 7, 2023, 9:19 pm
Simone Biles is back.
Posted: August 6, 2023, 2:25 am
Simone Biles was all smiles and as dominant as ever, winning in her return to competitive gymnastics at the 2023 U.S. Classic.
Posted: August 6, 2023, 2:19 am
Simone Biles made an impressive return to gymnastics competition Saturday after her struggles at the Tokyo Olympics, winning the Core Classic all-round title.
Posted: August 6, 2023, 2:07 am
Simone Biles was all smiles and as dominant as ever, winning in her return to competitive gymnastics at the 2023 U.S. Classic.
Posted: August 6, 2023, 12:35 am
The sport once pressured young athletes to stay skinny from a very young age, but a newer culture emphasizes power over weight.
Posted: August 5, 2023, 6:39 pm
Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles will make a return to competitive gymnastics at the 2023 U.S. Classic. Here's what you need to know.
Posted: August 5, 2023, 11:22 am
Simone Biles returns to competition at the U.S. Classic, two years after a case of the "twisties" hindered her performance at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Posted: August 4, 2023, 7:55 pm
Maybe she’s the Michael Jordan of gymnastics, or maybe he was the Simone Biles of basketball. Either way, Biles fans here will have a front-row seat this weekend. Biles, often considered the greatest gymnast of all time, will make her return to the sport in Hoffman Estates on Saturday for the first time since the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she withdrew from several competitions to protect her ...
Posted: August 4, 2023, 7:36 pm
After documenting near-abusive training practices of elite gymnastics in her 1995 book, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes, sports journalist and author Joan Ryan found herself unable to watch the sport.
Posted: August 4, 2023, 12:40 pm
Athing Mu, the reigning Olympic and world champion in the women's 800 meters, has not decided whether to defend her title or train, and not compete, with a focus on the Olympics.
Posted: August 2, 2023, 7:00 pm
Olympic champion Tom Daley has said he will come out of virtual retirement and return to the pool to target a spot at Paris 2024.
Posted: July 30, 2023, 12:55 pm
Ledecky dominated a stacked field in her favorite race to pass Michael Phelps for the most individual world swimming titles in history with 16.
Posted: July 29, 2023, 7:48 pm
Four-time Commonwealth champion Jarman is targeting Paris 2024
Posted: July 27, 2023, 5:33 pm
Lee and Daley won 10m synchro gold together in Tokyo but Lee is now the senior member in a new partnership Noah Williams
Posted: July 27, 2023, 5:21 pm
Comment: IOC overlord Thomas Bach thinks the Olympics can help heal ‘division and war’ but Paris 2024 might want to solve its own troubles first, one year out from the Games
Posted: July 27, 2023, 11:13 am
After the necessary Covid restrictions and rules at the Tokyo and Beijing Games, there is no better place on earth for the Olympics than Paris.
Posted: July 26, 2023, 3:30 pm
With one year to go until the 2024 Paris Olympics, officials have dealt with a corruption probe and questions around tickets and security.
Posted: July 26, 2023, 10:25 am
Sha'Carri Richardson and Jimmer Fredette are among the U.S. athletes who could win their first Olympic medals at the 2024 Paris Games next summer.
Posted: July 26, 2023, 10:17 am
U.S. Olympic swimmers finding their voices when it comes to mental health challenges. Ahead of world championships, some share what they've learned.
Posted: July 22, 2023, 11:49 am
Rising UCLA junior Emma Malabuyo embodies the new generation of elite-level gymnasts who continue to compete at a high level well into their 20s.
Posted: July 14, 2023, 11:30 am
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas announced her return to competitive gymnastics on Thursday in an Instagram post.
Posted: July 14, 2023, 9:59 am
The 27-year-old has not competed since the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Posted: July 13, 2023, 9:50 pm
Gabby Douglas is back to gymnastics training, but not in Iowa. The gold medalist who once trained in West Des Moines announced her return Thursday.
Posted: July 13, 2023, 9:40 pm
Three-time gold medalist Gabby Douglas was first Black woman to win Olympic all-around title. She hasn't competed since 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro
Posted: July 13, 2023, 3:16 pm
One of several Japanese officials charged in a widespread bribery scandal involving Tokyo Olympic organizers was found guilty Tuesday but avoided jail time. The verdict in Tokyo District Court for Joji Matsui, the former head of Amuse consulting company, was the first for someone on the receiving end of the bribes from companies seeking sponsorships and licensing for the 2020 Games. Matsui was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for four years.
Posted: July 4, 2023, 7:06 am
An injury prevented her from trying to make the Olympic team last time. Now Trinity Thomas wants one more shot at the U.S. gymnastics roster.
Posted: July 3, 2023, 3:58 pm
Jun. 30—She's back. An American treasure wrapped in a 4'8" shell and arguably the greatest U.S. gymnast of all time — Simone Biles — is returning to competition on her own terms and timeline on Aug. 4 at the U.S. Classic in Chicago. I couldn't be happier. When Biles, a seven-time Olympic medalist, made the decision to bow out of the last Olympics, I was both disappointed and supportive. Some ...
Posted: July 1, 2023, 3:59 am
Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles plans to return to elite competition at the US Classic in early August, her first event since suffering mental health problems at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Posted: June 28, 2023, 4:56 pm
The seven-time Olympic medalist spent most of the last two years away from elite gymnastics after she removed herself from five of six finals at the Tokyo games.
Posted: June 28, 2023, 3:55 pm
Simone Biles in the field for the U.S. Classic, a qualifying meet for the U.S. gymnastics championships. It will be her first competition since Tokyo.
Posted: June 28, 2023, 3:21 pm
Simone Biles will compete in a gymnastics meet for the first time since the Tokyo Olympics at the U.S. Classic on Aug. 5.
Posted: June 28, 2023, 3:09 pm
Mondo Duplantis is the subject of "Born to Fly," a documentary on his rise to become an Olympic pole vault champion.
Posted: June 28, 2023, 12:31 pm