insert_link Sport How to win on your own terms: Simone Biles claims her eighth Olympic gold on her Paris 2024 ‘redemption tour’ By Vaughan Cruickshank, University of Tasmania; Brendon Hyndman, Charles Sturt University, and Carla Valerio, Southern Cross University Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in history. She won her first world championship all-around gold medal in 2013 and has not lost an all-around competition since. She arrived in Paris with 37 medals from World Championships and Olympics, including 27 golds. She has […] todayAugust 1, 2024 13
insert_link Sport Japan’s Hashimoto aiming to match gymnastics legend Uchimura Japan's Daiki Hashimoto is the good-natured farm boy from the Tokyo suburbs who is aiming to emulate gymnastics legend and countryman Kohei Uchimura by retaining his all-around Olympic title in Paris. Hashimoto became the youngest men's all-around champion in Olympic history when he took gold aged 19 at the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Games three years ago. He also triumphed in the horizontal bar event. Hashimoto's success represented a […] todayJuly 17, 2024 8
insert_link Sport No British gymnasts may be weighed after scathing report British Gymnastics has introduced new safeguarding rules that will prevent coaches from weighing athletes in an effort to stamp out methods it said are "on the fringe of abuse". The rules are part of a series of policies that the governing body is introducing following the 2022 Whyte Review, which found there was "systemic" physical and emotional abuse within the sport. British Gymnastics has said it intends to go beyond […] todayNovember 30, 2023 3
