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Alipio, Ciena
Antolin, Jeanette
Arnold, Conventional Beth
Atler, Vanessa
Baker, Kennedy
Baumann, Alyssa
Beam, Angela
Beck,Kendall
Beckerman, Alyssa
Bhardwaj, Mohini
Bieger, Jana
Biles, Simone
Blakely, Sloane
Booth, Charlotte
Borden, Amanda
Bowles, Shannon
Brink, Heather
Bross, Rebecca
Bruce, Wendy
Butler, Sophia
Byrd, Chelsa
Caquatto, Bridgette
Caquatto, Mackenzie
Carow, Jennifer
Carter, Stephanie
Chang, Monique
Childs, Nicole
Chiles, Jordan
Chio, Kailin
Chow, Amy
Clark, Kaitlyn
Comforte, Kristina
Courtney, Olivia
Dantzscher, Jamie
Davis, Chelsea
Dawes, Dominique
Dennis, Nia
Desch, Madison
Desiderio, Christina
DeZiel, Jessie
Dodd, Mylan
Dooley, Erinn
Douglas, Gabby
Dowell, Brenna
Drayton, Amari
Durham, Dianne
Dyson, Kaitie
Eaker, Kara
Eberle, Annabeth
Emmons, Michelle
Ernst, Peyton
Faehn, Rhonda
Fatta, Addison
Filetti, Dana
Finnegan, Aleah
Finnegan, Sarah
Fjordholm, Marie
Flammer, Monica
Foley, Natalie
Fontaine, Larissa
Frazier, eMjae
Frazier, Margzetta
Fritzinger, Cory
Garrison, Kelly
Gaskins, Emily
German, Karis
Gowey, Rachel
Greaves, Olivia
Hamm, Betsy
Hano, Felicia
Hardman, Katie
Harris, Nicole
Hartung, Corey
Hatch,
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Simone Biles
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Simone Biles News: U.S. Gymnast Completes Paris Olympics “Redemption Tour” With Four Medals
Simone Biles is leaving the Paris Olympics with three gold medals and one silver, making her an time Olympic medalist and the most decorated U.S. gymnast in Olympic history.
After largely withdrawing from the Tokyo Games in , Biles has bounced back, referring to her performance in this year’s Summer Olympics as her “redemption tour.” The year-old gymnast took home the gold in the individual and team all-arounds, as well as the vault, during which she landed her signature double pike. Although Biles stumbled in the balance beam rotation and missed the podium, she ended competition with a silver medal for her floor routine.
“Obviously, it wasn’t my best performance, but at the end of the day, whoever medaled, medaled, and that’s what’s so exciting, because you just never know, it’s gymnastics,” Biles said after her final performance. “I’ve accomplished way more than my wildest dreams, not just at this Olympics, but in the sport, so I can’t be mad at my performances. A couple years ago, I didn’t think I’d be back here at an Olympic Games, so competing and then walking away with four medals I’m pretty proud of myself.”
While it was previously assumed that s
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With the cancellation of the Summer Olympics this year and a pandemic continuing to rage on, most of us are stuck at home watching grainy YouTube videos of old gymnastics competitions—or “Athlete A,” the new Netflix documentary on female gymnasts.
“Athlete A” highlights the costs of being an Olympic gymnast to the forefront, explicitly addressing the widespread sexual and emotional abuse that runs rampant in the community. Although we see immaculately poised athletes with gleaming smiles on screen, it’s important to remember that these young women grapple with physical danger and intense emotional pressure on a daily basis. Similarly, the books below offer multiple perspectives on gymnastics that extend beyond a second bar routine. They cover a wide range of what it means to be a competitive gymnast, whether through details of minutiae like blistered, chalky hands or a comprehensive documentary of multiple gymnasts’ lives. They provoke the reader to look beyond the oh-so-satisfyingly timed flips, and challenge us to think about the systems of power, inequity, and (often) abuse that govern the world of competitive gymnastics.
So, the next time you find yourself missing the Olympics and perfect gymnastics routines, try reading one of these books. Perhaps we can welcome the Ol