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UCLA gymnastics team places third in elite quad meet
12+ hour, 16+ min ago (314+ words) Ranked best in the country after its first quad meet, the UCLA gymnastics team went straight into the fire one week later with another quad meet against three fellow elite programs. The Bruins finished third in the Sprouts Farmers Market…...
UCLA’s Sumanasekera and Matthews embracing college gymnastics
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (580+ words) LOS ANGELES " The elite-to-college gymnastics transition is easier said than done. Tiana Sumanasekera and Nola Matthews are learning the adjustment firsthand just a week and a half into the NCAA season. The freshmen competing in the heart of lineups for…...
UCLA gymnast Ciena Alipio ready for an expanded role
1+ week, 1+ day ago (744+ words) LOS ANGELES " Ciena Alipio stared up at the Pauley Pavilion crowd as she took a deep breath from under the uneven bars, the weight of years of yet-realized effort lifting off her shoulders as the senior leaped from the ground…...
UCLA gymnastics team still strong with a new look
4+ week, 2+ day ago (618+ words) Welcome to senior-season Jordan Chiles " and an upcoming season where a new-look UCLA gymnastic team greets a potentially impactful freshman class. Following a 2025 campaign, in which now-fourth-year coach Janelle McDonald led the Bruins to her best finish as runner-up to…...
USA Gymnastics and Olympic sports watchdog failed to stop coach’s sexual abuse, lawsuits allege
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (506+ words) By RYAN J. FOLEY and EDDIE PELLS The lawsuits allege USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Center for SafeSport were told about "inappropriate and abusive behaviors" in December 2017, including that Gardner was hugging and kissing girls and engaging in other grooming behaviors while…...
CAS rejects Israel’s effort to participate in artistic gymnastics worlds
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (267+ words) The CAS also turned down Israel's request to force the International Gymnastic Federation (FIG) to guarantee Israel's participation, or alternatively cancel or move the artistic worlds, set to start on Sunday in Jakarta. The Indonesia government last week said it…...
Susan Shelley: What is going on at UCLA?
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (495+ words) Children play outside Royce Hall at the UCLA campus in Westwood on Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) What is going on at UCLA? An email arrived on July 26 with a surprising message from Emeritus Professor Daniel Lowenstein of the…...
SPECIAL REPORT: Lolo Jones banned from Olympic Training Center
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (81+ words) Elena Meyers Taylor and Lolo Jones of the United States celebrate their sixth place finish after the two-woman bobsleigh race on day six of the 2025 IBSF World Championships at Mt Van Hoevenberg on March 15, 2025 in Lake Placid, New York. (Photo…...
Double duty: Jolie Robinson thrives as parent, heptathlete at UC Irvine
8+ mon, 1+ day ago (1973+ words) Big West track and field star's journey has been challenging and more meaningful with her young son as an inspiration. IRVINE " The first of the heptathlon's seven events is the 100-meter hurdles, 10 obstacles all in a row, threatening to derail…...
Jordan Chiles, UCLA advance to NCAA gymnastics finals
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (767+ words) The UCLA gymnasts and staff celebrate after learning their team score in the NCAA gymnastics semifinals on Thursday night in Fort Worth, Texas. UCLA edged defending national champion LSU to earn one of four spots in Saturday's finals, along with…...