Italy’s Alice D’Amato barely wobbled on her way to gold. D'Amato stunned on beam with a 14.366 score in an event full of falls and mishaps. She has quite an impressive resume — but Monday’s gold medal ...
The U.S. women's gymnastics team has among the highest difficulty scores on one of the most difficult gymnastic events: the balance beam. Olympic gymnasts have a ...
Want to follow the women’s gymnastics competition in Paris, but don’t understand the skills or how they’re scored? Here’s a guide. By Maggie Astor Maggie Astor, normally a political reporter, is a ...
Jonathan Owens knows his wife, Simone Biles, is the greatest of all time when it comes to gymnastics. “I try to remember her routines. It’ll be like random times, she’ll be on the floor [and] does ...
Daredevil gymnast Lily Smith has pulled off a breathtaking balance beam routine 52 storeys above the streets below. The rooftop sequence, choreographed by the athlete herself, featured gravity-defying ...
Simone Biles continued to dominate at the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Before stunning with crowd with her vault routine, which earned a 15.975 — the highest score of the ...
Wayzata’s coaches made sure to put their gymnasts through “pressure sets” on the balance beam over the last couple weeks of practice. Coaches would scream as the athletes get on the beam, or dive ...
Never in Carly Woodard's NCAA gymnastics career had she scored a perfect 10. She was close, with a few 9.95s on beam — but the University of Oklahoma fifth-year senior finally earned that elusive ...