A balance beam Olympic gold medal has evaded Simone Biles. Will she finally capture it at the 2024 Paris Olympics? Biles withdrew from several events at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 after developing ...
Brooklyn Moors battled a classic case of the yips. Call it a hurdle to jump over or an obstacle to conquer — the Canadian graduate student said she couldn’t “flip backward.” “It’s tough because if you ...
A trio of U.S. gymnasts have one last day to add to their collection of medals at the 2024 Olympics. Simone Biles, with three golds already secured in Paris, will take part in both the balance beam ...
For junior Emili Horike of Edison, this past summer was all about working and perfecting a new handspring routine for the beam that she was hoping would help her have great success during the upcoming ...
The balance beam. Even the name of women’s gymnastics’ most anxiety-inducing event puts the mind ill at ease. The word “balance” implies there can be a lack of it. The dimensions of the beam don’t ...
The 2025 gymnastics season is underway and teams are beginning to put up big numbers. Below, check out the full beam performance list from this past week. *These numbers are based off stats reported ...
That's the width of a balance beam in NCAA gymnastics. Every event in gymnastics is challenging and awe-inspiring, but the ability to perform those type of skills on that tiny of a space perhaps might ...
What a long, strange trip this week has been… Week 9 was marked by an onslaught of injuries, illnesses, controversies, inclement weather and structural issues (we’re looking at you, Stegeman Coliseum) ...
Not everything went according to plan in Pauley Pavilion for the Bruins on Sunday. In its first home meet of the season versus then-No. 16 Oregon State, then-No. 6 UCLA gymnastics recorded its first ...
Wayzata’s coaches made sure to put their gymnasts through “pressure sets” on the balance beam over the last couple weeks of practice. Coaches would scream as the athletes get on the beam, or dive ...