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State Gymnastics: North/Tartan’s Sydney Johnson wins two titles
6+ hour, 50+ min ago (396+ words) North/Tartan senior Sydney Johnson captivated the crowd and captured two individual titles in the Class 2A state gymnastics meet Saturday afternoon at Roy Wilkins Auditorium. Johnson won on the balance beam with a 9.700 and claimed her second individual championship for…...
2-time Olympic champion Chloe Kim injures shoulder, ‘trying to stay optimistic’ for Italy
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (510+ words) By EDDIE PELLS, AP National Writer American snowboarding star Chloe Kim said Thursday that she took "the silliest fall" in training and dislocated her shoulder, threatening her chance to win a third straight gold medal at nex month's'Winter Olympics'in Italy....
AP sources: In ‘Nassar 2.0,’ Olympics watchdog failed to close abuse case against gymnastics coach
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1375+ words) By EDDIE PELLS, AP National Writer Now, a new AP investigation has found that months before Gardner's arrest on allegations of installing cameras in a girls gym bathroom in Purvis, Mississippi, he was willing to accept a lifetime ban from…...
University of Minnesota Men’s Gymnastics Club finds new home in St. Paul
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (840+ words) Off Fairview Avenue in St. Paul, a new gymnastics facility has a bit of everything. One side of the gym has high-level training for the University of Minnesota Men's Gymnastics Club, and on the left of the gym are mini…...
USA Gymnastics and Olympic sports watchdog failed to stop coach’s sexual abuse, lawsuits allege
2+ mon, 2+ 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
4+ mon, 1+ 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…...
Artist of Suni Lee sculpture in St. Paul, now stolen, hopes it’s returned to community
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (763+ words) The artist who created the sculpture of St. Paul Olympian Suni Lee spent months to perfect her likeness in clay, which was then cast in bronze. When artist Seexeng Lee was notified Thursday that the artwork had been stolen from…...
Minnesotans qualify for U.S. Gymnastics Championships
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (248+ words) Tatum Drusch of Flips Gymnastics has qualified for the senior women's competition, and Charlie Larson of the University of Michigan has qualified for the senior men's field. In addition, David ... Six athletes with Minnesota ties have qualified for the U.S. Gymnastics…...
Gophers’ Maura Braun invited to Team USA AmeriCup Trials
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (212+ words) Gophers women's basketball player Mara Braun has been invited to participate in the 2025 USA Women's AmeriCup Team Trials, USA Basketball announced Monday. The trials are set to begin June 17 at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Braun…...
Mary Lou Retton, US gymnastics icon who survived health scare, arrested on suspicion of DUI
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (294+ words) FILE " Mary Lou Retton celebrates her balance beam score at the 1984 Olympic Games, Aug. 3, 1984 in Los Angeles. Retton, 16, became the first American woman ever to win an individual Olympic gold medal in gymnastics. Retton continues to recuperate at home following…...