WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Sports Minister Grant Robertson has called allegations of psychological and physical abuse in gymnastics in the country “deeply concerning” and urged any athletes affected and their parents to come forward. New Zealand’s tw... More »
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Shannon Miller thinks her time as the United States’ most decorated Olympic gymnast will come to an end this summer and the 42-year-old will be in Tokyo cheering on Simone Biles as she bids to supplant her. Biles bagged five medals, inclu... More »
(Reuters) – American Simone Biles reasserted her position as the world’s unrivaled number one gymnast with an amazing winning performance at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Kansas City, Mo., on Sunday. Biles became the first woman in nearly 70 years to ca... More »
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A sexual abuse scandal is engulfing Brazilian gymnastics this week as a former national coach has come under investigation for allegedly abusing dozens of boys. The scandal in Brazil follows the sentencing of former USA Gymnastics team do... More »
(Reuters) – A public relations firm billed Michigan State University for more than $500,000 for January as it tracked social-media activity surrounding the case of convicted physician Larry Nassar that often included the accounts of his sexual assault victims ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Larry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnastics doctor, who pleaded guilty in November 2017 to sexual assault charges, returns from a break to listen to victim testimony in the courtroom during his sentencing hearing in Lansing, Michigan, U.S., January ... More »
Gedderts Twistars USA Gymnastics Club is seen in Dimondale, Michigan, U.S., February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook LANSING, Mich. (Reuters) – Gymnastics coach Jamie Boyd-Hamilton is painfully questioning everything that once seemed normal in the Michigan commu... More »
Meridian Township Police Chief Dave Hall and Twsp Manager Frank Walsh publicly apologize to assault victim Brianne Randall-Gay (on video conference screen) for failing to properly investigate her 2004 allegations against Larry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnast... More »
FILE PHOTO: Larry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnastics doctor, who pleaded guilty in November 2017 to sexual assault charges, returns from a break to listen to victim testimony in the courtroom during his sentencing hearing in Lansing, Michigan, U.S., January ... More »
Larry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnastics doctor, who pleaded guilty in November 2017 to sexual assault charges, is led from the courtroom after listening to victim testimony during his sentencing hearing in Lansing, Michigan, U.S., January 23, 2018. REUTERS/... More »
FILE PHOTO: Larry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnastics doctor who pleaded guilty in November 2017 to sexual assault charges, is escorted into the courtroom during his sentencing hearing in Lansing, Michigan, U.S., January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Fil... More »
Procter & Gamble will "evaluate" next year whether to negotiate another sponsorship deal with USA Gymnastics (USAG), a company spokesperson said on Thursday. More »
FILE PHOTO: Former USA Gymnastics’ team physician Larry Nassar poses in this handout photo received November 10, 2017. Department of Attorney General/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics ... More »
Japan's Kenzo Shirai won his second gold medal at the world gymnastics championships when he claimed the men's vault title by a mere 0.001 in Montreal on Sunday. More »
Xiao Ruoteng became the first Chinese man to take gold in a major global individual all-around competition since Yang Wei at the 2008 Beijing Olympics when he claimed victory at the world championships in Montreal on Thursday. More »
Kohei Uchimura's remarkable tenure as world all-around champion ended on Monday as the Japanese pulled out of qualification at the gymnastics world championships in Montreal with an apparent lower left leg injury. More »
2016 Rio Olympics – Artistic Gymnastics – Final – Women’s Individual All-Around Final – Rio Olympic Arena – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 11/08/2016. Silver medal winner Alexandra Raisman (USA) of the U.S, and gold medal winner Simone Biles (USA) hug Raisman’s coac... More »
2016 Rio Olympics – Artistic Gymnastics – Final – Women’s Individual All-Around Final – Rio Olympic Arena – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 11/08/2016. Alexandra Raisman (USA) of USA (Aly Raisman) competes on the floor during the women’s individual all-around final. ... More »
LONDON She was once the ponytailed Romanian teenager excited at the thought of owning colored socks and eating bubble gum yet Nadia Comaneci went on to captivate the world by performing an Olympic feat that continues to stir the emotions four decades later. Th... More »
SEOUL Olympic vault champion Yang Hak-seon, South Korea’s first gold medal winner in gymnastics, looks set to miss out on the chance to defend his title at Rio de Janeiro Games after suffering an Achilles injury. Yang, also vault world champion in 2011 and 201... More »
TORONTO U.S. rhythmic gymnast Laura Zeng increased her gold medal haul to five, women’s baseball made a landmark debut and hosts Canada had their least productive day at the Pan American Games on Monday. The 15-year-old Zeng, her focus fixed firmly on the 2016... More »
