The 2024 Paris Olympics are just around the corner, and one superstar collegiate gymnast is giving some support to one of the most famous athletes in the sport and giving a warning to the rest of the world. LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne was on the red carpet ahead of the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles...
Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata’s Olympic dreams came to a stunning end Thursday when she was sent home from training camp in Monaco for allegedly violating the team’s smoking ban. Miyata, the captain of Japan’s gymnastics team, was thrown off the team following an investigation, according to the BBC. Smoking is a violation of the Japan...
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci redefined perfection on this day in history, July 18, 1976, when she scored the first-ever perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics history. Competing on the uneven bars apparatus during the compulsory portion of the team event of the women’s artistic gymnastics competition, Comaneci made history in less than 30 seconds. “Chris, this...
Nastia Liukin was a teenager when she was a part of the United States women’s gymnastics team and won gold in the all-around competition during the 2008 Olympics. She picked up silver medals in the team, uneven bars and balance beam competitions and a bronze medal in the floor exercise. In 2005, she won gold...
After months of anticipation, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the long-polluted Seine River on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river was clean enough to host open swimming competitions during the 2024 Olympics — and the opening ceremony on the river nine days away. Clad in a wetsuit and goggles, Hidalgo...
News that flag football will be a part of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics has piqued the interest of many NFL stars who would love to showcase their skills on the global stage. Add San Francisco 49ers veteran fullback Kyle Juszczyk to that list. “I 100% want to play flag football in 2028,”Juszczyk told Fox...
Sunny Choi will be among the first Americans to appear on Team USA’s breaking team later this summer as the sport takes hold of the Olympics for the first time. Choi will be wearing the red, white and blue along with three other breaking competitors. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Breaking athlete...
A French soldier was stabbed while on patrol outside the Gare de l’Est train station in eastern Paris on Monday, days before the 2024 Summer Olympics are set to begin with the opening ceremony next week. The soldier was hospitalized with a shoulder injury but was not considered to be in life-threatening condition, officials said...
Katie Ledecky will enter the 2024 Paris Olympics as one of the favorites in the pool, no matter which event she competes in. The American swimming star has 10 Olympic medals, including seven gold and three silver. She took home gold medals in the 800- and 1,500-meter freestyle events and silver in the 400-meter and...
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