Team GB secure their first women’s team gymnastics medal in 93 YEARS after producing stunning fightback to take bronze… pipping Italy in the final round having been as low as SEVENTH earlier in the competition By Pa Reporter Published: 09:17 EDT, 27 July 2021 | Updated: 10:40 EDT, 27 July 2021 Great Britain claimed a … Read more
Gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi is facing fresh claims that he physically abused and psychologically tortured young female athletes going back to the 1960s. Karolyi, who coached in his native Romanian before defecting to the US in 1981 where he took charge of the American national team, and wife Martha are alleged to have beaten, starved, … Read more
Gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi is facing fresh claims that he physically abused and psychologically tortured young female athletes going back to the 1960s. Karolyi, who coached in his native Romanian before defecting to the US in 1981 where he took charge of the American national team, and wife Martha are alleged to have beaten, starved, … Read more
A former US women’s gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar who was charged in Michigan on Thursday with two dozen crimes has died by suicide, according to local reports. John Geddert took his own life with a gun just hours after he was brought up on two dozen charges including sexual … Read more
Roll with it! London Zoo’s five-year-old gorilla Gernot wows visitors with his first roly poly Gernot the gorilla finally completed a forward roll after practising all summer The five-year-old ape, who lives at London Zoo, rolled over four times in a row He is the youngest member of the zoo’s western lowland gorilla community Zoo … Read more
British Gymnastics chief Jane Allen will retire from role in December after allegations of abuse and bullying in her organisation British Gymnastics has been hit by allegations from British Olympic athletes The Whyte Review has been set up to address claims of abuse and bullying CEO Jane Allen described recent developments as ‘extremely difficult’ Becky … Read more
A 52-year-old former coach of the United States gymnastics team will appear in court in Las Vegas on Monday to face 14 charges of lewdness with children. Terry Gray, who helped prepare Morgan White and Alyssa Beckerman for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, was arrested by police in Las Vegas on Friday. John C. Manly, a … Read more