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The 1996 Olympic team, known as the Magnificent Seven, was the first American team to win Olympic gold. An iconic moment in the sport's history came late in the competition, when an injured Kerri Strug stuck a vault to secure the title. After 1996, the team regressed for several years as their stars took breaks from competing.
The 2016 Olympics were the most successful games to date for the United States in women's gymnastics, with four golds, four silvers, and one bronze medal overall. For the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 due to COVID-19), the U.S. women's team earned the team silver medal. Simone Biles was the only gymnast from the previous Olympics to return to the ...
With the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, finally here, the United States women’s gymnastics team hopes to come out on top once again. Led by returning favorite, Simone Biles, the team ...
The U.S. Classic is an annual summer gymnastics meet for elite artistic gymnasts of the United States.The meet occurs before Nationals and is a qualifier for it. In Olympic years, the aforementioned meets along with the U.S. Olympic Trials are used for selection to the team.
Sunisa Lee. Age: 21 Hometown: St. Paul, Minnesota Suni Lee competed in the Tokyo Olympics and won a gold medal for best all-around athlete at the time, in 2021. Last year, she began suffering from ...
Biles, a five-time Olympic medalist at the 2016 Rio Games, said afterward she was "not in the right headspace." “I’m not going to lose a medal for this country and for these girls," she said.
Gymnastics career; Discipline: Women's artistic gymnastics: Years on national team: 2007–11 : College team: UCLA Bruins: Level: International Elite (2006–10) Club: All Olympia Gymnastics Center: Former coach(es) Galina Marinova, Artur Akopyan, Valorie Kondos Field: Music: Assassin's Tango (2008) Apasionada (2010) Bust Your Windows (2011 ...
Biles collected her eighth Olympic medal, making her the most decorated U.S. Olympic gymnast, passing Shannon Miller’s seven medals. The 27-year-old can add to her medal haul this week in the ...