by admin | Jun 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Laurie Hernandez’s left knee was so heavily taped she worried she wouldn’t be able to get out of her warm-ups in time, and she couldn’t take more than a step or two without her knee giving out and hyperextending. Maybe, coach Jenny Zhang suggested, she should scratch....
by admin | Jun 11, 2021 | Representation, SEW
USA Gymnastics announced Friday that Dianne Durham will be inducted into the 2021 Hall of Fame, 38 years after she became the first Black gymnast to win the senior national championship and four months after her death at age 52. Durham will be inducted alongside the...
by admin | Jun 11, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Suni Lee earned her second consecutive silver medal in the all-around competition and secured second place in the U.S. Gymnastics Championships over the weekend. Lee takes pride in her placement and says that it “felt really good to be in the top two,”...
by admin | Jun 10, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
An Australian swimmer has withdrawn from upcoming Olympic trials, citing “misogynistic perverts” in the sport. Madeline Groves, 26, said in 2020 she had complained “a few years ago” about an unnamed person in the sport who had made her feel uncomfortable. Announcing...
by admin | Jun 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
On the face of it, Sally Fitzgibbons could not have timed her run to the Tokyo Olympics much better, after the Australian surfer’s hot streak continued with a gold medal at the final qualification event for the Games. Victory at the ISA World Surfing Games in El...
by admin | Jun 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Two-time Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce clocked the world’s fastest women’s 100m in nearly 33 years on Saturday and re-established herself as the favorite for a third gold in Tokyo. Fraser-Pryce, the Jamaican who won the 2019 World title...
by admin | Jun 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Two-time Olympic medalist Laurie Hernandez is officially out of the U.S. Gymnastics Championship. The 20-year-old hyperextended her right knee while attempting her beam dismount during warmups Friday before the opening night of the meet. While...
by admin | Jun 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Simone Biles completed a historic weekend in Fort Worth, Texas, with ease on Sunday night — and looks more than ready for Tokyo. Biles won her seventh all-around U.S. Gymnastics Championships title on Sunday with an overall score of 119.950, which gives her the most...
by admin | Jun 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
The 2021 US Gymnastics Championships start June 3, and ahead of the national competition, gymnast Jade Carey showcased an incredible tumbling pass on floor. It’s a triple-twisting double back layout, also referred to as a laid-out triple-double or...
by admin | Jun 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Three-time beach volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings was defeated in her bid to reach a sixth Olympics when she and partner Brooke Sweat lost in a qualifying match Wednesday in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The early-round loss to the Netherlands means the U.S....
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