by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Gabby Douglas’ return to gymnastics has been postponed after she tested positive for COVID. The three-time Olympic medalist announced the news a day before the 2024 Winter Cup in Louisville, Kentucky, where she was scheduled to compete on beam, floor, and vault....
by admin | Feb 15, 2024 | Representation, SEW
The Winter Cup will have a golden hue. Reigning Olympic all-around champion Suni Lee is registered for the meet later this month, USA Gymnastics announced Monday night. That makes two Olympic gold medalists in the field, with London all-around champion Gabby Douglas...
by admin | Feb 9, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Gabby Douglas, who was the first Black gymnast to win the Olympic all-around gold medal when she earned the top prize in London in 2012, is ready to try for another one. “I’m still a competitor at heart,” Douglas said in an interview Tuesday night on...
by admin | Feb 7, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Making the U.S. gymnastics team for the Paris Games is harder than ever before and the squad that is ultimately selected could be the most successful ever at the Olympics, athletes vying to make the cut said this week. All-around Olympic champions Gabby Douglas,...
by admin | Jul 14, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas has announced she’s making a return to competitive gymnastics. In her first Instagram post since August, the 27-year-old gymnast wrote Thursday that she “did a lot of journaling, reflecting, soul searching and...
by admin | Dec 30, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Retired American gymnast Gabrielle “Gabby” Douglas wowed fans in the mid-2000s with her dynamic floor routines and her gold-medal winning performances at the Olympic Games, but it appeared as though her success was short-lived. After winning the 2012 all-around...
by admin | Aug 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Black women have always elevated the sport of gymnastics, and this past year is irrefutable proof of that. From viral floor routines from college gymnasts to jaw-dropping, never-before-seen skillsexecuted by Simone Biles, Black gymnasts have finally been recognized...
by admin | Jul 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Gabby Douglas was the breakout star of the 2012 London Olympics when she helped the U.S. women’s gymnastics team win its first team gold since 1996. Though she won’t be competing in Tokyo – she hasn’t participated in a competition since the 2016 Rio...
by admin | Jun 30, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Before Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas wowed the world and dared many to believe, and even before Dominique Dawes and Betty Okino, there was Dianne Durham. Durham was the first Black woman to win a U.S. gymnastics national championship. “People referred to her as a...
by admin | Mar 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As a young child I can still vividly remember watching the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, mesmerized by Dominique Dawes, as she became the first Black person of any nationality or gender to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics. I grew up listening to friends talk...
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