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Simone Biles began the gymnastics competition at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, July 28. On July 30, the U.S. women's gymnastics team won gold in the women's artistic team all-around final.
The most diverse women’s gymnastics team in history will begin competing this weekend at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games – and inspiring younger gymnasts with their performances.
It was a fitting response to winning your country’s first Olympic medal in the women’s gymnastics team event for 96 years, which is precisely what Manila Esposito, Alice D’Amato, Angela ...
The individual all-around is an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the second modern Olympics in 1900, and has been held every Games since. The women's competition was added in 1952.
Since the tenth edition of the tournament, in 1934, women's events are held together with men's events. The FIG was founded in 1881 and was originally entitled FEG (Fédération Européenne de Gymnastique), but changed its name in 1921, becoming the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG); [ 3 ] this name change roughly correlates with ...
The United States women's national artistic gymnastics team represents the United States in FIG international competitions. As of 2024, the U.S. team is the reigning World team champion and the reigning Olympic team gold medalists, with the five gymnasts nicknamed the "Golden Girls."
In July 2022, Biles and a group of 90 women sued the FBI for $1 billion for its mishandling of sexual assault allegations against Lary Nassar, Team USA’s former gymnastics doctor. During later ...
The existing women's program—all-around and event finals on the vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise—was introduced at the 1950 World Championships and at the 1952 Summer Olympics. [12] The earliest champions in women's gymnastics tended to be in their 20s, and most had studied ballet for years before entering the sport.